PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Hyman, David J. AU - Pavlik, Valory N. TI - Poor hypertension control: Let’s stop blaming the patients DP - 2002 Oct 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 793--799 VI - 69 IP - 10 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/69/10/793.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/69/10/793.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2002 Oct 01; 69 AB - Physician behavior—not patient noncompliance—is the major cause of poor hypertension control in the United States, many studies show. Hypertension control is unlikely to improve unless physicians become more aggressive in treating mildly elevated systolic blood pressure.