Interní Med. 2006; 8(4): 162-166

News in the treatment of hypertension

prof. MUDr. Jindřich Špinar CSc., FESC, prof. MUDr. Jiří Vítovec CSc., FESC

I. interní kardioangiologická klinika FN u sv. Anny v Brně

European and american guidelines For the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension were published in the year 2003, followed by Czech and British guidelines in the year 2004. These guidelines are closly simmilar, but still small differences exist. The Czech Society for Hypertension has accepted the European classification with three pre hypertension grades (optimal, normal and high normal), three grades of hypertension and isolated systolic hypertension as a specific form. Combination of antihypertensive drugs and normotension are the basic recommedations for the treatment. A good control of the systolic blood pressure and other risk factors are requested. The lowest preferable value of systolic blood pressure was not described till now. Several studies with metabolicly neutral RAAS blocade or Ca blocade strategy beeing superior to beta blocade and/or diuretics were published in the years 2002–2005.

Keywords: Key words: hypertension, diagnosis, classification, treatment, drug combinations.

Published: June 1, 2006  Show citation