Revista de hipertensión: acceso abierto

Resistant Hypertension

Resistant hypertension is defined as blood pressure that remains above goal in spite of concurrent use of three antihypertensive agents of different classes, one of which is a diuretic. Resistant hypertension is most often due to insufficient medical therapy.The prognosis of resistant hypertension is unknown, but cardiovascular risk is undoubtedly increased as patients often have a history of long-standing, severe hypertension complicated by multiple other cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity, sleep apnea, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease.