Experience of treating hypertension in an outpatient setting: a clinical case

Abstract

Presents a case of treating hypertension stage II, 2 nd degree, risk 3 (high) in a patient of 54 years on an outpatient basis. For antihypertensive therapy was chosen fixed combination of quinapril 20 mg + hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg (Akkuzid) 1 times a day. Assigned therapy has several solutions to achieve the urgent tasks: to reach target blood pressure (BP) during the entire two weeks, to maintain the target blood pressure level throughout the observation period (24 weeks) to achieve regression of left ventricular hypertrophy. Effectiveness of prescribed therapy served as the main reason for high patient complains of treatment.