title: Highlights and summary of the 2006 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations.
abstract: The present paper summarizes and highlights key messages of the 2006 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management and diagnosis of hypertension. An important message in the 2006 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations is to improve patient adherence to antihypertensive therapy by incorporating a number of techniques. These new recommendations still need to be incorporated into what remain as the older but still important considerations for the diagnosis, management and treatment of the patient with hypertension, namely, to assess blood pressure in all adults at all appropriate visits, to expedite the diagnosis of hypertension, to assess and manage global cardiovascular risk, to emphasize that lifestyle modifications are the cornerstone of antihypertensive therapy, to treat to target, and to use combinations of antihypertensive medications and lifestyles to achieve recommended targets. Minor changes in pharmacological therapies are discussed, and potentially important aspects related to home and self-monitoring, particularly with respect to patients with masked hypertension (blood pressure controlled in the office but not at home), are introduced.
authors.affiliation: Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. rtouyz@uottawa.ca
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Touyz
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D026683:Advisory Committees; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002170:Canada; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008019:Life Style; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy; D010349:Patient Compliance
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers