Authors: Juan Carlos Yugar-Toledo, Heitor Moreno Júnior, Miguel Gus, Guido Bernardo Aranha Rosito, and Luiz César Nazário Scala.
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– Flowchart of the evaluation of resistant hypertension. ABPM: ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; HBPM: home blood pressure monitoring; Na+: sodium; BP: blood pressure.
– Prognosis of chronic kidney disease according to degrees of albuminuria and decline in estimated GFR.76 Green: low risk; yellow: moderate risk; orange: high risk; red: very high risk.
– Predominant pathophysiological mechanisms in controlled (C-RH) and uncontrolled (U-RH) resistant hypertension. Refractory hypertension (uncontrolled with five or more medications) is included in the U-RH group.
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