Learn about the diagnosis and treatment of resistant hypertension (also called apparent treatment resistant hypertension) from guest Vivek Bhalla, MD. What is the prevalence of this disease? What does the screening process look like, and what does the research support in terms of guideline-directed medical therapy?

AHA Scientific Statement on Resistant Hypertension:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYP.0000000000000084 

Cost Effectiveness Screening PA & Resistant Hypertension, Lubitz, et. al.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26555126/ 

Primary Aldosteronism Foundation: https://www.primaryaldosteronism.org/ 

Stanford Hypertension Center: https://med.stanford.edu/hypertension.html 

The Endocrine Society: PA Screening https://www.endocrine.org/news-and-advocacy/news-room/featured-science-from-endo-2021/few-patients-at-risk-for-common-high-blood-pressure-disorder-receive-screening

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