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ORVOSI HETILAP
Volume 154, Issue 40, Pages 1587-1591Publisher
AKADEMIAI KIADO RT
DOI: 10.1556/OH.2013.29692
Keywords
hypertension; therapy; adherence; persistence; risk
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Hypertension is one of the most frequent chronic diseases as well as most important cardiovascular risk factors in developed countries. Blood pressure control to target levels can significantly decrease the risk for development of coronary artery disease, stroke, chronic renal disease and mortality. Adequately maintained blood pressure is very important in high risk patients. In the treatment of hypertension, life style therapy and drug treatment have essential roles. Further, patient adherence plays a significant part of the treatment, too. Importantly, about half of the patients only become adherent to antihypertensive therapy by the end of the first year treatment. Hence, non-adherence of patients is an important cause for resistant hypertension. Adherence is influenced by the complexity of drug regimen and characteristic of drug class, as well as age and gender of patients.
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