Walter van der Merwe, Hypertension Specialist
GP's - do you have a patient with difficult or resistant hypertension or with a possible secondary cause who you are struggling to sort out? Please consider referring these people to me Patients - do you have high blood pressure which is difficult for your doctor to control or other concerns about diagnosis and management of your blood pressure? Please discuss with your family doctor whether referral to my clinic would be appropriate Purpose of the Website? (1) To advertise my clinic (2) To make some basic information on hypertension available to GP's and patients (3) A point of contact for anyone else in NZ interested in hypertension, and to stimulate interest in and debate around the topic of hypertension - I would be delighted to hear from you! Disclaimer Everything that appears on the website is solely my opinion. The content of "Management tips to GP's" and "Monthly Newsletter-Comment" represent my own interpretation of the current evidence, which in some instances differs from current New Zealand opinion and practice.