Treatment of resistant hypertension by phlebotomy
- 1 August 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Molecular Medicine
- Vol. 63 (16) , 762-764
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01733828
Abstract
In 15 essential hypertensives resistant against a standard triple combination of antihypertensive drugs phlebotomy was performed. Mean arterial pressure was lowered from 140.1±12.2 mm Hg to 123.8±14.9 mm Hg after 14 days. No serious side effects were observed. The duration of the hypoptensive effect of phlebotomy was about 4 weeks. Phlebotomy can be used in addition to drug treatment in resistant essential hypertension.Keywords
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