[Antihypertensive therapy: who should be treated and to which target?].
There is no doubt today that hypertensive therapy is effective in preventing cardiovascular complications. Having blood pressures 140/190 mmHg repeatedly at the doctor's office is associated with an increased cardiovascular risk and requires drug treatment if non-pharmacological measures do not allow blood pressure normalization. Antihypertensive therapy might already be required in patients exhibiting simultaneously blood pressure > or = 130/180 mmHg and diabetes and/or renal disease.
Waeber
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Division de physiopathologie clinique, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. Bernard.Waeber@chuv.ch
Burnier
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D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents