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Hypertension is a syndrome requiring comprehensive therapy to improve blood pressure control, increase arterial compliance, and inhibit or reverse vascular remodeling to reduce cardiovascular risk.
Hypertension should be treated as a syndrome, requiring therapies that not only lower blood pressure but also improve arterial compliance and vascular remodeling to reduce cardiovascular risk.
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May support targeting arterial compliance in hypertension therapy; extends syndrome concept but leaves open RCT validation of outcomes.
It is becoming increasingly clear that high blood pressure is not the sole cause of the high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality rates associated with hypertension. Reduction of blood pressure is of utmost importance, but many other factors contribute significantly to the risk of adverse cardiovascular events and death. In this article, Dr Glasser reviews hypertension as a syndrome, emphasizing therapy to improve blood pressure control, increase arterial compliance, and inhibit or reverse vascular remodeling.
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Stephen P. Glasser (2001) conducted a review in Hypertension. Hypertension therapy was evaluated. Hypertension is a syndrome requiring comprehensive therapy to improve blood pressure control, increase arterial compliance, and inhibit or reverse vascular remodeling to reduce cardiovascular risk.
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