Erratum to: ARB-Based Single-Pill Platform to Guide a Practical Therapeutic Approach to Hypertensive Patients.
- Massimo Volpe
- Alejandro De La Sierra
- Reinhold Kreutz
- Stephane Laurent
- Athanasios J. Manolis
DOIAbstract
Hypertension is a major modifiable risk for the development of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and renal diseases. Thus, effective treatment of high blood pressure is an important strategy for reducing disease burden; however, in spite of the availability of numerous effective therapies only 30-40 % of patients with hypertension achieve the recommended blood pressure goals of <140/90 mmHg. Lack of adherence to therapy and reluctance to intensify therapy are cited frequently to explain the discrepancy between potential and attained outcomes. Adherence is closely related to the tolerability, effectiveness and complexity of therapy. Therapeutic inertia may be influenced by concerns over tolerability, as well as the lack of clear preferences fo...
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