The large proportion of newly diagnosed hypertensive patients presenting with end organ signs of prolonged uncontrolled hypertension suggests that there are significant numbers of undiagnosed Black patients in the community, suggesting that we should more actively conduct test for hypertension and its complications when we encounter these patients, who constitute a growing part of the populations in Europe.
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