title: [Recent development of recommendations for the screening and treatment of arterial hypertension].
abstract: Hypertension is a very prevalent condition which alone, or in association with various risk factors including smoking, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes mellitus, may lead to fatal or non-fatal stroke or myocardial infarction. Antihypertensive treatment is effective at preventing cardiovascular events. However, only a minority of patients with hypertension ever experience a stroke or myocardial infarction and a few patients with well-controlled hypertension may suffer such events. Before committing a patient to lifelong treatment, the physician should ensure that high blood pressure is not a symptom of an underlying correctable disease, that hypertension is persistent and requires medication, and that prevention measures take into account all correctable risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Unité d'hypertension artérielle, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou-75908 Paris.
authors.forename: Pierre-François
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Plouin
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bobrie
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents