JAMA Clinical Reviews

Resistant Hypertension: Diagnosis and Management

JAMA Clinical Reviews

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Resistant hypertension affects about 10% of those treated for hypertension. Managing it involves lowering sodium intake, exercising, losing weight, reducing alcohol consumption, and using optimal diuretics, combination pills, and mineralocorticoid antagonists. Author Michel Azizi, MD, PhD, from Hospital European Georges Pompidou in France discusses this and more with JAMA Associate Editor David L. Simel, MD, MHS.

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