Consensus of Chinese Specialists on Diagnosis and Treatment of Resistant Hypertension

Resistant hypertension has become a challenge in the treatment of hypertension. As the population continues to age and obesity, sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome, and chronic kidney disease increase in incidence, resistant hypertension has become an increasingly common issue in clinical practice. Failure to control blood pressure can impair target organs such as the heart, brain, and kidney, facilitating the occurrence of clinical cardiovascular events. Therefore, positive and effective blood pressure control is an important part of the treatment of hypertension. Many factors may negatively affect blood pressure control, including unhealthy lifestyles, poor patient compliance, inadequate or substandard medication, and secondary hypertension. Effective diagnosis and rational medication are important in the control of resistant hypertension. The recent introduction of interventional treatment has provided a new opportunity to treat resistant hypertension. This article generalizes the clinical characteristics and diagnosis and evaluation methods of resistant hypertension as well as the therapeutic strategy for obtaining optimal control of blood pressure. By summarizing the current knowledge on resistant hypertension, we stress the importance of accurate diagnosis and treatment of resistant hypertension to further prevent, improve, and standardize the treatment of hypertension in China.SCI(E)PubMed中国科技核心期刊(ISTIC)中国科学引文数据库(CSCD)EDITORIAL MATERIALnlsun@263.net; huoyong@263.net.cn152102-210812