Refractory hypertension

• Autor(a) principal: Cantiga Duarte, Paulo
• Data de Publicação: 2000
• Outros Autores: Sargento, Luís, Nogueira, Braz
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/1989
• topic: hipertensão resistente; terapêutica; adesão; resístant hypertensíon; treatment; compliance

Hypertension is one of the most important risk factor in the increase of morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular disease. Antihypertensive treatment reduces rísk not only for stroke but also for other cardiovascular díseases, despíte the use of the correct antihypertensive agents and the guidelines for there management a Jarge group of patíents faíl to achieve an effective blood pressure control. The term resistant hypertensíon is frequently used when any hypertension has not been controlled adequately but it is very ímportant to dístínguíshed the true resistant hypertension from others forms of hypertension like the pseudohypertension, or secondary hypertensíon because it could Jead to the initiation of unnecessary treatment and potentíally adverse consequences, without forgetíng the ínappropríate therapy and a bad pMient compliance. Resístant hypertension could became a Jess frequent problem with the ímprovement of antihypertensive drugs and ín most patients ít is possible to achíeve normotensíon with tripie drug regimen.