Consensus paper on the evaluation and treatment of resistant hypertension by the Turkish Society of Cardiology

Hypertension is one of the major cardiovascular risk factors, closely related to the major cardiovascular, neurological, and renal adverse events (1, 2). Resistant hypertension (RHT), characterized by uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) despite intensive treatment, was shown to have 3 times more cardiovascular risk compared with controlled BP (3, 4). Moreover, this higher risk is not limited only to cardiovascular events, but also to end-organ damage. It is well documented that effective control of high BP in patients with RHT provides a significant decrease in major adverse events including cardiovascular and renal problems (5, 6)