[When should secondary hypertension be suspected?].
Secondary hypertension is diagnosed in 5 to 10% of hypertensive patients. The probability of secondary hypertension increases, if the screening is focused on patients in which even a combination of three medicaments fails to attain the therapeutic objective, i.e. the so-called treatment-resistant hypertensives. Exclusion of secondary hypertension is part of the analysis of treatment-resistant hypertension. The most common causes of secondary hypertension are renal diseases, renal artery stenosis and primary hyperaldosteronism.
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D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006994:Hypoaldosteronism / Q000150:complications*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000150:complications