PMID: 9540131Apr 16, 1998Paper

Treating hypertension--effect of treatment and cost-effectiveness in respect to later cardiovascular diseases

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal. Supplement
T Hedner

Abstract

A large number of prospective intervention trials have clearly demonstrated that drug treatment of hypertension lower cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In the elderly, where treatment results in higher absolute decreases in morbidity and mortality, drug treatment is clearly cost-effective or even cost-saving in some groups of patients. Although the concept of treating hypertension is generally well accepted, a significant portion of patients remain insufficiently treated. In spite of major advances in the management of hypertension during the last decades, there is an excess morbidity and mortality in the hypertensive population. Thus, treatment is still imperfect, and a number of measures need to be taken in order to bring down cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients to that of the normotensive population.

Citations

Jul 30, 2002·The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences·Ihab HajjarVictor Hirth

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