Management of Essential Hypertension.

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The treatment of essential hypertension is one of the most critical interventions to decrease cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of hypertension in the US varies across race/ethnicity with African Americans having the highest prevalence and overall less control among racial/ethnic minorities compared with non-Hispanic whites. Therapeutic lifestyle modifications are the bedrock of essential hypertension control, but most patients with hypertension will require pharmacotherapy, usually with multiple medications often in combination. Overall, the principal drug classes recommended as initial pharmacotherapy are thiazide-type diuretics, calcium channel blockers, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers.
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Authors Ferdinand, Keith C;Nasser, Samar A;
Journal Cardiology clinics
Year 2017
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10.1016/j.ccl.2016.12.005
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elderly african american pharmacotherapy goals lifestyle modification essential hypertension

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