Objective Studies have demonstrated that hypertension remains inadequately managed throughout the world, with lack of adherence to BP-lowering medication being a major factor. The aim of the present study was to evaluate if a pharmaceutical care program could improve antihypertensive medication adherence and blood pressure control. Setting This study was conducted in a secondary care hypertension/dyslipidemia o...
Background: Some clinical evidence revealed that statins, apart from lowering cholesterol levels, also have an antihypertensive effect. Our aim was to evaluate the existence of a possible association of statin therapy with blood pressure (BP) control in clinical practice. Materials and Methods: Patients attending a hypertension/ dyslipidemia clinic were prospectively evaluated. Those patients with a diagno...
Introdução: A hipertensão arterial (HTA) é uma doença com elevada prevalência na população adulta, constituindo um importante problema de saúde pública devido às complicações cardiovasculares graves que origina. Apesar do vasto leque de opções terapêuticas disponíveis com eficácia comprovada em ensaios clínicos controlados e aleatorizados, a proporção de hipertensos cuja tensão arterial (TA) se encontra control...
http://www.jcdronline.com/text.asp?2010/1/4/196/74263 ; Background: Although hypertension is, in most cases, a controllable major risk factor in the development of cardiovascular disease, studies have demonstrated that hypertension remains poorly controlled in Portugal. Our aim was to evaluate the covariates associated with poor blood pressure (BP) control in a Portuguese hypertensive population. Patients a...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21192829 ; BACKGROUND: Interventions to improve blood pressure control in hypertension have had limited success in clinical practice despite evidence of cardiovascular disease prevention in randomised controlled trials. The objectives of this study were to evaluate blood pressure control and antihypertensive pharmacotherapy patterns in a population of Eastern Central Region o...
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