Resistant hypertension: a frequent and ominous finding among hypertensive patients with atherothrombosis
Author(s) -
Dharam J. Kumbhani,
Philippe Gabríel Steg,
Christopher P. Can,
Kim A. Eagle,
Sidney C. Smith,
Kevin Crowley,
Shinya Goto,
E. Magnus Ohman,
George L. Bakris,
Todd S. Perlstein,
Scott Kinlay,
Deepak L. Bhatt
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs368
Subject(s) - medicine , resistant hypertension , cardiology , blood pressure
The effect of resistant hypertension on outcomes in patients with atherothrombotic disease is currently unknown. Accordingly, we sought to determine the prevalence and outcomes of resistant hypertension in stable hypertensive outpatients with subclinical or established atherothombotic disease enrolled in the international Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) registry.
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