Refractory arterial hypertension: important, but suboptimally characterized
Abstract Refractory arterial hypertension (HTN) is a newly described severe phenotype of anti-hypertensive therapy failure. It is defined as uncontrolled blood pressure on (near-)maximal treatment using ≥ 5 antihypertensive drugs, two of which are long-acting thiazide-like diuretics (e.g. chlorthalidone) and mineraloco...