Prevalence of arterial hypertension, management of patients with arterial hypertension and varying degrees of risks of cardiovascular events (a study by MERIDIAN-RO)

High blood pressure (BP) is the largest contributor to mortality from cardiovascular diseases compared with other risk factors (RF). In 2008, International Society of Hypertension (HT) published a forecast showing that by 2025 HT will become the leading cause of death and disability not only in the developed countries but around the world [1]. This justifies close attention to hypertension as a socially significant disease