Endocrine Abstracts

Resistant hypertension (RH) is defined as blood pressure above a goal despite adherence to at least three optimally dosed antihypertensive medications of different classes, one of which is a diuretic.Objectives: We investigated the prevalence of true resistant hypertension in our Department of Endocrinology, and we described the clinico-biological features of theses patients.Methods: We performed a retrospective descriptive study. ...

Younger people with high blood pressure are 28% less likely to be diagnosed than older people. Arterial hypertension warrants further investigations to exclude secondary causes of hypertension in young people (aged <40 years).Objectives: We conducted a retrospective descriptive study to investigate the characteristics hospitalized hypertensive young adults (<40 years) in our department.Results: The sample included 84 patien...