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What Is the Current Approach to Treating Resistant Hypertension?
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Title What Is the Current Approach to Treating Resistant Hypertension?
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/576806?src=rss
Description What is "resistant hypertension" and how should we treat it? Dr Henry Black reviews the current approaches in this videoblog.
Medscape Cardiology
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Jul 3, 2008
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