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Drug-Resistant Hypertension

Authors :
Michele Battistel
Giulio Barbiero
Garry L. Jennings
Gian Paolo Rossi
Daan J.L. van Twist
Giuseppe Maiolino
Peter W. de Leeuw
Interne Geneeskunde
MUMC+: MA Alg Interne Geneeskunde (9)
RS: CARIM - R3.02 - Hypertension and target organ damage
RS: MHeNs - R1 - Cognitive Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
RS: Carim - V02 Hypertension and target organ damage
Source :
Hypertension, 73(5), 920-925. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

In summary, long-term exposure to a large, iatrogenic highflow fistula caused very severe systolic hypertension to develop, which was resistant to standard treatment. Closure of the fistula with percutaneous embolization resulted into a marked improvement of the hypertension, which became responsive to drug treatment.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0194911X
Volume :
73
Issue :
5
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Hypertension
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....75612bd92eba59bc44011683b1171347
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1161/hypertensionaha.118.12068