Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2020; 115(2): 270-272
Pharmacological Treatment of Hypertension: From the Golden Trio to the Octet
Audes Diógenes Magalhães Feitosa
, Marco Mota-Gomes
, Oswaldo Passarelli Júnior, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso
, Roberto Dischinger Miranda
, Eduardo Costa Duarte Barbosa
, Andrea A. Brandão
, Wilson Nadruz
The treatment of hypertension comprises numerous pharmacological options, which may hinder patient management standardization, thus contributing to therapeutic failure. However, in more recent years, several studies and guidelines from diverse hypertension and cardiology societies have suggested preferential pharmacological classes to treat hypertension. – Based on this evidence, the present report aims to propose a simple and practical pharmacological treatment algorithm that can be applied to patients ranging from stage 1 to refractory hypertension cases ( ).
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