title: Antihypertensive therapy: achievements, failures, and prospects.
abstract: Several studies have shown that treatment of hypertension does not return risk to normal. Reasons include imperfect clinic organization, poor patient compliance, adverse drug effects, inadequate blood pressure control, and, particularly, failure to affect the atheromatous complications of hypertension. Future therapeutic efforts, and especially drug design, should be directed to these needs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents