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An expert panel discussed strategies for improving blood pressure control, emphasizing the importance of prompt goal attainment and the use of fixed-dose combination therapies.
A panel discussion was convened to discuss methods of improving blood pressure control rates and future study focus.
Panel consensus endorses prompt BP goal attainment and fixed-dose combinations; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.
A panel discussion was convened on November 10, 2006, to discuss methods of improving blood pressure control rates and future study focus. The expert panel was moderated by George L. Bakris, MD, Director, Hypertension Center, Endocrine Division, the University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, and included Matthew R. Weir, MD, Division of Nephrology, the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, and Henry R. Black, MD, Roberts Professor of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
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Bakris et al. (2007) conducted an editorial in Hypertension. Antihypertensive combination therapy was evaluated. An expert panel discussed strategies for improving blood pressure control, emphasizing the importance of prompt goal attainment and the use of fixed-dose combination therapies.
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