The Hypertension Paradox — More Uncontrolled Disease despite Improved Therapy

Abstract

In the 2009 Shattuck Lecture, Aram Chobanian describes the tremendous progress that has been made in the recognition and treatment of hypertension in the past 60 years. He lays out the basis of an apparent paradox: despite better recognition and treatment, the prevalence of untreated hypertension continues to increase.