Samantha Lui, Lisa Dubrofsky, Nadia A Khan, Sheldon W Tobe, Jessica Huynh, Laura Kuyper, Anna Mathew, Syed Amin, Ernesto L Schiffrin, Paula Harvey, Alexander A Leung, Marcel Ruzicka, Birinder Mangat, David Reid, John Floras, Jesse Bittman, Lauren Garbutt, Branko Braam, Rita Suri, Fady Hannah-Shmouni, Ally Prebtani, Sebastien Savard, Thomas E MacMillan, Terrence D Ruddy, Michel Vallee, Apoorva Bollu, Alexander Logan, Raj Padwal, Jennifer Ringrose
BACKGROUND: The hypertension specialist often receives referrals of patients with young-onset, severe, difficult-to-control hypertension, patients with hypertensive emergencies, and patients with secondary causes of hypertension. Specialist hypertension care compliments primary care for these complex patients and contributes to an overall hypertension control strategy. The objective of this study was to characterize hypertension centres and the practice patterns of Canadian hypertension specialists...
December 2023: CJC open