[Current recommendations on arterial hypertension and its therapy. A critical analysis].
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this editorial is to give a critical view of recommendations recently published on hypertension.


METHODS
Present changes in therapeutic aspects involving both pharmacological and non pharmacological treatment are analyzed together with the development of new compounds.


CONCLUSIONS
It is suggested that the organization of care, more than the discovery of new compounds is the critical point for improvement of cardiovascular risk in hypertension.
Safar
M
M
Service de Médecine interne 1, Groupe Hospitalier Broussais-G. Pompidou, Paris. michel.safar@brs.ap-hop-paris.fr
Blacher
J
J
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001158:Arteries; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013599:Systole
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents