Extracellular Fluid in Resistant Hypertension

Summary

The optimal treatment of drug resistant (defined as BP\> 140/85 despite three anti-hypertensive drugs including a diuretic) is not well defined. This study aims to test the hypothesis that resistant hypertension is caused by excessive expansion of extracellular fluid volume. A secondary objective is to study which of three different antihypertensive drugs would be most useful in drug resistant hypertension.

Timeline

Start

2003-07

Primary completion

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Completion

2006-10

Drugs

Indications