Real-world Impact of Blood Pressure Control in Patients With Apparent Treatment-Resistant or Difficult-to-control Hypertension and Stages 3 and 4 Chronic Kidney Disease
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with aTRH and stage 3-4 CKD and uncontrolled BP despite treatment with ≥3 antihypertensive classes had an increased risk of MACE+ and ESRD and incurred greater healthcare resource utilization and medical expenditures compared with patients taking ≥3 antihypertensive classes with controlled BP.PMID:38436491 | DOI:10.1093/ajh/hpae020
Source: American Journal of Hypertension - Category: Cardiology Authors: George Bakris Cindy Chen Alicia K Campbell Veronica Ashton Lloyd Haskell Mukul Singhal Source Type: research
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