11. A history of poorly controlled hypertension or resting blood pressure >150/100 mmHg in the presence or absence of a stable regimen of anti-hypertensive therapy (measurements will be made after the patient has been resting supine for a minimum of 5 minutes. Two or more readings should be taken at 2-minute intervals and averaged. If the first two diastolic readings differ by more than 5 mmHg, then an additional reading should be obtained and averaged).