A different approach to resistant hypertension.
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.
Hirsch
Sheldon
S
Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA. Shelman100@aol.com
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010808:Physical Examination; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D004232:Diuretics; D014665:Vasodilator Agents