New Management Strategies for the Hypertensive Patient – from the Disease to the Patient

Claudio Borghi, Arrigo FG Cicero
2007 European Cardiology  
It is well known that hypertension is a strong independent risk factor for coronary and cerebrovascular diseases, as well as for heart failure, atrial fibrillation and chronic renal failure, in both industrialised and developing countries, 1 thus substantially contributing to the global burden of disease. Moreover, it is well known that reducing blood pressure (BP) in
doi:10.15420/ecr.2007.0.1.103 fatcat:vtp7jpgqxrcb7clckpi6ujr7s4