| Autor: |
Pedro Armario, David A. Calhoun, Anna Oliveras, Pedro Blanch, Ernest Vinyoles, Jose R. Banegas, Manuel Gorostidi, Julián Segura, Luis M. Ruilope, Tanja Dudenbostel, Alejandro de la Sierra |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2017 |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 6, Iss 12 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2047-9980 |
| DOI: |
10.1161/JAHA.117.007365 |
| Popis: |
BackgroundWe aimed to estimate the prevalence of refractory hypertension (RfH) and to determine the clinical differences between these patients and resistant hypertensives (RH). Secondly, we assessed the prevalence of white‐coat RfH and clinical differences between true‐ and white‐coat RfH patients. Methods and ResultsThe present analysis was conducted on the Spanish Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Registry database containing 70 997 treated hypertensive patients. RH and RfH were defined by the presence of elevated office blood pressure (≥140 and/or 90 mm Hg) in patients treated with at least 3 (RH) and 5 (RfH) antihypertensive drugs. White‐coat RfH was defined by RfH with normal ( |
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