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Prevalence and risk factors for resistant hypertension among hypertensive patients from a developing country

BACKGROUND: To study the prevalence and define deferential risk factors for ‘Resistant’ hypertension (RHT) in a hypertensive population of South Asian origin. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among hypertensive patients attending clinics at the Cardiology Unit, Colombo fr...

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Autores principales: Kumara, WA Nuwan, Perera, Thisara, Dissanayake, Mekhala, Ranasinghe, Priyanga, Constantine, Godwin R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3848873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24053215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-373