Tsai Wei-Chuan
Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2011;7:137-41. doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S11235. Epub 2011 Mar 9.
Patients are considered to be at high risk of cardiovascular events if they have diabetes, chronic kidney disease, stroke, established coronary artery disease, or a coronary artery disease equivalent. Blood pressure-lowering therapy has been shown to reduce cardiovascular events in these patients significantly. Identification of high-risk patients by global risk evaluation is recommended for every hypertensive patient. Treatment of hypertension in high-risk patients with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor antagonist, with or without addition of a dihydropyridine calcium channel antagonist, is a reasonable approach based on current clinical trials.
如果患者患有糖尿病、慢性肾病、中风、已确诊的冠状动脉疾病或冠状动脉疾病等效症,则被认为具有心血管事件的高风险。降压治疗已被证明能显著降低这些患者的心血管事件。建议对每位高血压患者进行全球风险评估以识别高风险患者。根据目前的临床试验,使用血管紧张素转换酶抑制剂或血管紧张素受体拮抗剂治疗高危患者的高血压,无论是否加用二氢吡啶类钙通道拮抗剂,都是一种合理的方法。