[News in the treatment of hypertension and dyslipidemia].

These review article presents the results of major recent studies in cardiovascular prevention. HOPE-3 study showed that people with medium cardiovascular risk who have not experienced a cardiovascular event, and have normal blood pressure, benefit from deploying a statin, and in the presence of hypertension benefit from deploying a combination of a statin and antihypertensive drugs. Studies evaluating genetic predisposition brought new evidence that both LDL cholesterol and systolic blood pressure are independent and multiplicative causal risk factors for cardiovascular events. A mild long-term reduction in blood pressure and LDL cholesterol has the potential to significantly reduce the lifetime risk of cardiovascular events. In the final section the article discusses options for improving patient adherence to antihypertensive and lipid treatment and the new available fixed combinations for these diseases.Key words: arterial hypertension - cardiovascular prevention - dyslipidemia - fixed combinations - treatment.