[Results of the long-term observation and treatment of patients with arterial hypertension].

48 patients, 40 men (mean age 57.4 years) and 8 women (mean age 56.7 years) with stable arterial pressure--II B and III stage according to A. L. Miasnikov's classification, were treated and followed up dynamically in the course of 8 years. The treatment with diuretics, beta-blockers and reserpin has led to a permanent and satisfactory regulation of arterial pressure in most of the patients. Only in 10.4% of the patients the therapeutic results were not satisfactory. In spite of the normalization of the arterial pressure the number of patients with various forms of ischemic heart disease is high--79.2%. The risk factors and their combinations play an important role for this condition (diabetes mellitus, gout, obesity, lipid metabolism changes, etc.). These data imply a new assessment of the drugs used in the treatment of arterial hypertension.