Review Article

Benefits from Treatment and Control of Patients with Resistant Hypertension

Table 1

Fatal and nonfatal events at the VA trial in patients with severe hypertension receiving active treatment (HCTZ, reserpine, and hydralazine) or placebo (modified from the VA collaborators [43]).

EventsActive treatment
Placebo

Deaths04
Stroke14
Coronary events02
Heart failure02
Renal damage02
Accelerated hypertension012