Resistant Hypertension: Diagnosis and Management

Resistant hypertension affects about 10% of those treated for hypertension. Managing it involves lowering sodium intake, exercising, losing weight, reducing alcohol consumption, and using optimal diuretics, combination pills, and mineralocorticoid antagonists. Author Michel Azizi, MD, PhD, from Hospital European Georges Pompidou in France discusses this and more with JAMA Associate Editor David L. Simel, MD, MHS. Related Content: Diagnosis and Management of Resistant Hypertension

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Resistant Hypertension: Diagnosis and Management is an episode from JAMA Clinical Reviews: Interviews about ideas & innovations in medicine, science & clinical practice. Listen & earn CME credit by American Medical Association.

This episode is 18:21 long.

This episode was published on Mar 23, 2026.

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