HYPERTENSION TREATMENT ALGORITHMS "MAY BE A DISSERVICE" TO PATIENTS
Executive Summary
HYPERTENSION TREATMENT ALGORITHMS "MAY BE A DISSERVICE" TO PATIENTS who require individualized therapies, Jay Cohn, MD, University of Minnesota Medical School, declared at an American Society of Hypertension-funded press conference during the American Heart Association annual meeting in Dallas Nov. 16. Cohn said "treating hypertension is much more complex than a simple algorithm would suggest, because judgment is always required." Hans Brunner, MD, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, agreed: "It is essential that treatment is tailored to each patient; no general rule guarantees success."
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