Should we spend less or control a greater percentage of hypertensive patients?

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  • Décio Mion Júnior
  • Katia Coelho Ortega

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Author Biographies

Décio Mion Júnior

Professor and head of the Hypertension Unit of Hospital das Clínicas, Discipline of Nephrology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Katia Coelho Ortega

Postgraduate student in the Discipline of Nephrology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

References

Waeber B, Burnier M, Brunner HR. How to improve adherence with prescribed treatment in hypertensive patients? J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2000;35(Suppl. 3):S23-S26.

Mion Jr D, Pierin AMG, Ignes EM, et al. Conhecimentos, preferências e perfil dos hipertensos quanto ao tratamento farmacológico e não farmacológico. J Bras Nefrol 1995;17:229-36.

III Consenso Brasileiro de Hipertensão Arterial. Rev Bras Clin Terap 1998;24(6):231-72.

Mion Jr. D, Guimarães A, Pierin AMG. Tratamento da hipertensão arterial - Respostas de médicos brasileiros a um inquérito. Rev Ass Med Brasil 2001:47:249-54.

Hansson L, Zanchetti A, Carruthers SG, et al. Effects of intensive blood-pressure lowering and low dose aspirin in patients with hypertension: principal results of the Hypertension Optimal Treatment (HOT) Randomised Trial. HOT Study Group. Lancet 1998;351:1755-62.

Gavras H. Modern approaches to initiating antihypertensive therapy. Hypertension 1995;13:593-7.

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2002-07-07

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Mion Júnior D, Ortega KC. Should we spend less or control a greater percentage of hypertensive patients?. Sao Paulo Med J [Internet]. 2002 Jul. 7 [cited 2025 Oct. 16];120(4):99. Available from: https://periodicosapm.emnuvens.com.br/spmj/article/view/2713

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Vol. 120 No. 4 (2002)

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