title: Patient adherence: a 'risk factor' for cardiovascular disease.
abstract: Adherence to cardiovascular treatment regimen is a major problem that limits the potential success of therapeutic advances. Considerable understanding of this issue has been gained in recent years, and improved approaches are available for the practitioner to improve patient adherence.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Minneapolis 55454-1015.
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Luepker
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012307:Risk Factors