Enhanced cardiovascular protective effects of valsartan in high-risk hypertensivepatients with left ventricular hypertrophy: Sub-analysis of the KYOTO HEART study.
"We propose that a period of drug withdrawal should be considered as part of ongoing management of hypertensivepatients, " says cardiovascular epidemiologist Christopher Reid.
In a detailed 2007 analysis of over 21, 000 hypertensivepatients already visiting doctors for hypertension in five Western European nations (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) and the United States, the best rate of success was in the United States (63 percent), compared with 31 percent to 46 percent of patients in the European countries.