Effect of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring on Patient ’s Awareness and Goal Attainment Under Antihypertensive Therapy: The Factors Influencing Results in Anti-HypertenSive Treatment (FIRST) Study

Conclusion: In a large Swiss cohort of patients with arterial hypertension, information and training on BP self-measurement and direct involvement of patients by using HBPM led to improvement in BP control. Treatment with irbesartan alone or in combination with hydrochlorothiazide was well tolerated and markedly reduced BP.Kidney Blood Press Res 2018;43:979 –986
Source: Kidney and Blood Pressure Research - Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research