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A 65-year-old, Caucasian male, diagnosed of hypertension at 60 years of age, was referred by his family physician to evaluate uncontrolled hypertension. He was treated with three antihypertensive drugs. He reports symptoms of morning headache, diurnal sleepiness and snoring. 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) was performed, and the final diagnosis was uncontrolled hypertension. A polysomnographic study confirmed a severe obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSA).
International guidelines now recognize OSA as one of the most common risk factors of resistant hypertension.
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Segura, J. (2019). Patient with Hypertension and OSA. In: Hypertension and 24-hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring. Practical Case Studies in Hypertension Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02741-4_5
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