Resistant hypertension or resistant prescribing?

Hypertension

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 987-988

  Ernst, Michael E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHLORTALIDONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANT HYPERTENSION;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE;

EID: 83155181426     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.183459     Document Type: Note

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