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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Secondary Hypertension: Identifying Clues in Patients
Description: Guest: Sandra J. Taler, M.D.
Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. (@ChutkaMD)
Nearly half of all adults in the United States have some degree of hypertension and it’s one of the most common reasons patients are seen in an outpatient practice. The vast majority have essential or primary hypertension and they usually respond to a combination of lifestyle changes and often pharmacologic therapy. A small percentage of these cases have secondary hypertension and often do not respond to treatment unless the underlying cause is found and corrected. At times, it can be difficult to...