Prevalence and management of hypertension in primary care in Portugal. Insights from the VALSIM study.

Abstract

There is considerable regional variation in treatment patterns. The proportion of hypertensive patients under monotherapy is still very high. Increasing the use of combination antihypertensive therapy would probably improve HT control in the population. Furthermore, increased use of CCBs would probably also be useful, as they are used less than would be expected, compared to other European countries.