Significance of blood pressure levels achieved with felodipine anti-hypertensive treatment on cardiovascular structure and function changes


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One of the targets of anti-hypertensive treatment is cardiovascular structural and functional improvements, while the level of blood pressure (BP) under treatment is related to patient


morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation of BP achieved after felodipine monotherapy to the degree of cardiovascular changes. Six hundred patients with


essential hypertension were studied and grouped according to diastolic BP (DBP) levels after 6 months of therapy: 90–94 (n = 86), 85–89 (n = 186), 80–84 (n = 180) and