title: [Treatment of arterial hypertension: 1993 recommendations].
abstract: Guidelines for the management of high blood pressure have been recently actualized by several expert panels. These reports display many common features: 1) non-pharmacological or pharmacological therapy should be initiated only after careful evaluation of hypertension (including repeated measurements of blood pressure) and associated cardiovascular risk factors; 2) life-style modifications should always be recommended: weight loss when overweight, regular physical activity, sodium restriction, moderation of alcohol consumption, smoking cessation; 3) initial drug therapy: all reports advocate the use of a low-dose diuretic or of a beta-blocker. According to contraindications or concomitant disease(s), other drugs can be used as initial therapy: converting enzyme inhibitors, calcium antagonists, alpha 1-blockers, alpha-beta-blockers.
authors.affiliation: Clinique d'Hypertension artérielle, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leeman
mesh_terms: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015897:Comorbidity; D004032:Diet; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D004232:Diuretics
vernacular_title: Traitement de l'hypertension artérielle: les recommandations de 1993.