The goal of antihypertensive therapy is to reduce the risk associated with blood pressure
elevation. Although the choice of first-line drug therapy may exert some effects on different …

Despite the widespread availability of several effective classes of drugs, systemic arterial
hypertension remains poorly controlled in the majority of patients worldwide. In this article …

Hypertension (HTN) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular mortality, yet only a small
proportion of hypertensive individuals receive appropriate therapy and achieve target blood …

Achieving blood pressure targets in hypertension can be challenging. Often, patients require
multiple medications to reach these targets. The Canadian Hypertension Education Program …

Importance of the field: Hypertension is the most common preventable cause of
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Despite the availability of a multitude of …

Only 30% of hypertensive patients achieved and maintained adequate blood pressure
control on a single drug in recent clinical trials. For the majority of patients who require two …

Major randomized clinical trials have demonstrated unquestionable clinical benefits of
lowering blood pressure without establishing superiority of any specific antihypertensive …

Blood pressure (BP) control remains insufficient worldwide, mostly due to poor adherence to
treatments, clinical inertia, adverse effects and underuse of drug-combination strategies …

The use of antihypertensive therapy is an evolving paradigm. Although blood pressure (BP)
control rates remain low, there have been improvements that may be attributable in part to a …

Hypertension affects an estimated 88 million Americans and is controlled to the
recommended blood pressure (BP) goal of< 140/90 mmHg in only 37% of individuals with …