Resistant hypertension: Novel insights

Guillaume Lamirault (1) , Mathieu Artifoni (2) , Mélanie Daniel , Nicolas Barber-Chamoux

1 CIC Nantes - Centre d’Investigation Clinique de Nantes
2 Service de médecine interne [Nantes]

Hypertension is the most common chronic disease and the leading risk factor for disability and premature deaths in the world, accounting for more than 9 million deaths annually. Resistant hypertension is a particularly severe form of hypertension. It was described 50 years ago and since then has been a very active field of research. This review aims at summarizing the most recent findings on resistant hypertension. The recent concepts of apparent-and true-resistant hypertension have stimulated a more precise definition of resistant hypertension taking into account not only accuracy of blood pressure measurement and pharmacological class of prescribed drugs but also patient adherence to drugs and lifestyle recommendations.

Mots clés: Hypertension; adherence to therapy; antihypertensive drugs; blood pressure measurement; medical devices; resistant hypertension; secondary hypertension

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Guillaume Lamirault, Mathieu Artifoni, Mélanie Daniel, Nicolas Barber-Chamoux. Resistant hypertension: Novel insights. Current Hypertension Reviews, 2019, ⟨10.2174/1573402115666191011111402⟩. ⟨hal-02439700⟩