Uncontrolled and Apparent Treatment Resistant Hypertension in the United States, 1988 to 2008

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Authors

Brent M. Egan · Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center

Yumin Zhao · Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center

R. Neal Axon · Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center

Walter A. Brzezinski · Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center

Keith C. Ferdinand · Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center

Abstract

Untreated, undertreated, and aTRH patients have consistent characteristics that could inform strategies to improve blood pressure control by decreasing untreated hypertension, reducing therapeutic inertia in undertreated patients, and enhancing therapeutic efficiency in aTRH.

Topics & Keywords

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Sodium Intake and Health Nutritional Studies and Diet

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Circulation

Volume 124, Issue 9, pp. 1046-1058

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.111.030189

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