title: Heart Failure and Hypertension: Importance of Prevention.
abstract: This article discusses the role of hypertension in heart failure. Elevated blood pressure has the greatest population attributable risk for the development of heart failure. The mortality rates following the clinical recognition of heart failure is increased multifold. The treatment of hypertension with antihypertensive agents is particularly effective in preventing heart failure, which makes it the most effective therapy for heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: mpfeffer@rics.bwh.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Marc A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pfeffer
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D013318:Stroke Volume
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents
keywords: Antihypertensive agents; Heart failure; Prevention; Randomized clinical trials