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Title: Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Refractory Hypertension
Author: Armario García, Pedro
Calhoun, David A.
Oliveras, Anna
Blanch, Pedro
Vinyoles, Ernest
Banegas Banegas, José Ramón
Gorostidi, Manuel
Segura, Julian
Ruilope, L. M.
Dudenbostel, Tanja
Sierra, Alejandro de la
Keywords: Hipertensió
Malalties cardiovasculars
Hypertension
Cardiovascular diseases
Issue Date: 7-Dec-2017
Abstract: Background- We aimed to estimate the prevalence of refractory hypertension (RfH) and to determine the clinical differences between these patients and resistant hypertensives (RH). Secondly, we assessed the prevalence of white-coat RfH and clinical differences between true- and white-coat RfH patients. Methods and Results- The present analysis was conducted on the Spanish Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Registry database containing 70 997 treated hypertensive patients. RH and RfH were defined by the presence of elevated office blood pressure (≥140 and/or 90 mm Hg) in patients treated with at least 3 (RH) and 5 (RfH) antihypertensive drugs. White-coat RfH was defined by RfH with normal (<130/80 mm Hg) 24-hour blood pressure. A total of 11.972 (16.9%) patients fulfilled the standard criteria of RH, and 955 (1.4%) were considered as having RfH. Compared with RH patients, those with RfH were younger, more frequently male, and after adjusting for age and sex, had increased prevalence of target organ damage, and previous cardiovascular disease. The prevalence of white coat RfH was lower than white-coat RH (26.7% versus 37.1%, P<0.001). White-coat RfH, in comparison with those with true RfH, showed a lower prevalence of both left ventricular hypertrophy (22% versus 29.7%; P=0.018) and microalbuminuria (28.3% versus 42.9%; P=0.047). Conclusions- The prevalence of RfH was low and these patients had a greater cardiovascular risk profile compared with RH. One out of 4 patients with RfH have normal 24-hour blood pressure and less target organ damage, thus indicating the important role of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in guiding antihypertensive therapy in difficult-to-treat patients.
Note: Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.007365
It is part of: Journal Of The American Heart Association, 2017, vol. 6, num. 12, p. e007365
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/122908
Related resource: https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.007365
ISSN: 2047-9980
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