Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Primary Care Medicine, University of Malaya Primary Care Research Group (UMPCRG), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. chiayc@um.edu.my
BMC Fam Pract, 2014;15:131.
PMID: 24997591 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-131

Abstract

Patients with resistant hypertension are subjected to a higher risk of getting stroke, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and renal failure. However, the exact prevalence of resistant hypertension in treated hypertensive patients in Malaysia is not known. This paper examines the prevalence and determinants of resistant hypertension in a sample of hypertensive patients.

Study site: Primary care clinic, Universiti Malaya Medical Centre

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