Landmark Trials: Hypertension Management: What’s new!

Volume 2, Apr 2013

Rohit Mathur, MD, DM, Jodhpur, India

Hypertension has been a silent killer, the leading risk factor for myocardial infarction (MI), Heart failure, chronic renal failure and Stroke. It is responsible for the majority of office visits, number one reason for drug prescription and affects almost 25% of the world population. Prevalence of hypertension has been increasing steadily over the last decade.

Volume 2, Number 2, Pages: 113-9