Medicographia N° 104 (Vol 33 – N°3 – 2010)

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Improving the management of hypertension: reconsidering efficacy assessment

Editorial

• Guidelines on the management of hypertension: where do we stand?
  Directives sur la prise en charge de l’hypertension : où en est-on ?
  G. Mancia and G. Grassi, Italy

Themed articles

• Can we improve BP control rates? Lessons from the Health Survey for England 2006
  N. Poulter, United Kingdom
• Antihypertensive efficacy and destiffening strategy
  M. E. Safar, France
• Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: 24-hour blood pressure control as a therapeutic goal for improving cardiovascular prognosis
  E. O’Brien, Ireland
• The preeminence of systolic blood pressure measurement in the management of patients with high blood pressure
  P. Sever, United Kingdom
• Effect of antihypertensive drugs on central blood pressure over and above brachial blood pressure: focusing on blood pressure amplification
  A. D. Protogerou, Greece
• Need for fixed-dose–combination therapy in the early phases of hypertension
  S. Julius, USA

Controversial Question

• Management of hypertension in clinical practice: can we forget about diastolic blood pressure?
  T. Albassam, Saudi Arabia -A. Coca, Spain – S. Filipova, Slovakia –
  S. A. Golwalla, India – I. Barna, Hungary – L. F. Martins, Portugal –
  A. Öncül, Turkey – A. R. A. Rahman, Malaysia – E. B. Reyes, Philippines –
  B. Trimarco, Italy – J. Widimský Jr, Czech Republic

COVERAM

• Coveram in the management of hypertension: improving each and every component of antihypertensive efficacy for lifesaving benefits
  V. Vandzhura, France

Interview

• The role of patient education in improving treatment compliance in hypertension
  H. White, United Kingdom

Focus

• Fixed antihypertensive drug combinations and prognostic benefits: what is the evidence?
  J.-J. Mourad, France

Update

• Antihypertensive treatment efficacy: genetic aspects
  J. J. Brugts and M. L. Simoons, The Netherlands

A Touch of France

• Gunpowder, madness, and hysteria: the birth of neurology in France
  Vignettes of five great neurologists who made history at the Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris: Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893), Pierre Marie (1853-1940), Joseph Babinski (1857-1932), Jean Lhermitte (1877-1959), Paul Castaigne (1916-1988)
  C. Régnier, France
• French neuroscience in the vanguard: the ICM is taking off
  An interview with Y. Agid, France