Hypertension is the most common non-communicable disease and affects approximately 25% of the world’s population. Less than a quarter of this subset has adequately controlled blood pressure. Uncontrolled hypertension can occur due to poor adherence to therapy, inadequate or incorrect therapy and resistant or secondary hypertension. The previous article discussed the burden of hypertension in India and the significance of acting against it wisely. Click here to read more.
Uncontrolled hypertension is recognized when a patient on multiple antihypertensive does not show achievement of the target blood pressures, even when the therapy is continued for an adequate time period. It is a life-threatening disease and can occur due to multiple reasons. These are often complex and can be categorized as patient related or treatment related factors. Resistant hypertension is defined when a patient…
