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Resistant Hypertension Trials and Tribulations

George, MJ; Marks, DJB; Rezk, T; Breckenridge, R; Sofat, R; Martin, J; MacAllister, R; ... Hingorani, A; + view all (2018) Resistant Hypertension Trials and Tribulations. Hypertension , 71 (5) pp. 772-780. 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.10864. Green open access

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Abstract

Introduction Our case concerns a 62-year-old white woman who was referred by her general practitioner in 2012 with a long-standing history of difficult to control blood pressure (BP). She had significant past medical history including an excised meningioma and an implantable cardiac defibrillator for a single episode of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia during general anesthesia. She also had a possible diagnosis of epilepsy and tablet-controlled type-2 diabetes mellitus. On referral to our clinic she was on 5 antihypertensive medications including enalapril 40 mg daily, bisoprolol 10 mg daily, lercanidipine 10 mg daily, losartan 50 mg daily, and indapamide 2.5 mg once daily. She was also on metformin and sodium valproate. In clinic, she appeared well. She complained of occasional headaches but had no other symptom of note. She had no significant family history of high BP. On examination, she had a body mass index in the normal range and after repeated measures, her clinic BP was found to be 195/110 mm Hg. There was very little else to find on examination, including no murmurs or renal bruits. On fundoscopy, she had grade 2 hypertensive retinopathy. Baseline investigations did not reveal anything untoward. She had a normal blood count, renal function, and electrolytes. On urinalysis, she had mild proteinuria, with a urine protein-creatinine ratio of 17 (laboratory reference value 0–13 mg/mmol). Her ECG showed sinus rhythm with a normal rate, axis, and voltage. Her echocardiogram did not show any evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy, left ventricular ejection fraction was 58%, and she had evidence of mild diastolic dysfunction. Ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) was performed and her mean 24-hour BP was 190/105 mm Hg. The range was 118/67 to 227/127 mm Hg, with >90% of readings >140/90 mm Hg. So, here, we have a patient with a diagnosis of resistant hypertension according to the definition in the European guidelines.

Type: Article
Title: Resistant Hypertension Trials and Tribulations
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.10864
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.10864
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Cardiovascular System & Cardiology, RENAL DENERVATION, ANTIHYPERTENSIVE MEDICATIONS, HTN, ABSENCE, DESIGN, SHAM
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Experimental and Translational Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Renal Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > UCL Medical School
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Health Informatics
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Health Informatics > Clinical Epidemiology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10058581
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