Finger SBP measurement as a way to manage hypertension in patients with markedly calcified arteries: a case report
Rémy Hamdan,
Anne-Laure Baldassini,
Alice Vilcan
et al.
Abstract:Overestimation of blood pressure (BP) resulting from medial artery calcification (MAC) is a cause of pseudoresistant hypertension. In this condition, there is no noninvasive way to reliably assess the BP. We report the case of a 62-year-old man who had a four-limb MAC, hypertension despite five antihypertensive molecules, and significant orthostatic hypotension following the addition of the fifth drug. Hypotension symptoms resolved after discontinuation of two treatments. Subsequently, measurement of finger SB… Show more
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