Why the study?
Management of resistant hypertension is challenging, prompting the need to describe referred patient characteristics and identify predictors of blood pressure control after intensive management.
Population
313 patients with confirmed resistant hypertension referred to two expert centres
Comparison
Patients achieving blood pressure control vs patients remaining resistant
Design
Two-centre retrospective cohort study
Follow-up
Median: 2 years [1–4]
Authors
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BP control remains elusive even in expert RHTN centers; leaves open optimal strategies and predictors for trials.
In patients with resistant hypertension managed at expert centers, only a minority achieve BP control, with the psychological ability of cognitive reappraisal being a significant independent predictor of success.
Pappaccogli et al. (2019) studied this question.
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