RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A different approach to resistant hypertension
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 449
OP 456
VO 74
IS 6
A1 Hirsch, Sheldon
YR 2007
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/74/6/449.abstract
AB Prescription audits document that patients with resistant hypertension are often treated with several vasodilators, with less emphasis on diuretics and beta-blockers. Patients who do not respond to several vasodilators appear to be vasodilator-insensitive; they may be a selected-out cohort who require diuresis or catecholamine suppression for further blood pressure control.