Hyman David J, Pavlik Valory N
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, USA.
Cleve Clin J Med. 2002 Oct;69(10):793-9. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.69.10.793.
Physician behavior--not patient noncompliance--is the major cause of poor hypertension control in the United States, many studies show. Hypertension control is unlikely to improve unless physicians become more aggressive in treating mildly elevated systolic blood pressure.