• 1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hospital of Chengdu Office of People’s Government of Tibetan Autonomous Region, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Cardiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
ZHU Ye, Email: zhuye1974@163.com
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Objective  To explore the effect of antihypertensive therapy for hypertension patients from plateau area. Method  A retrospective analysis of medical records for Tibetan patients with hypertension from October to December 2013 in Hospital of Chengdu Office of People’s Government of Tibetan Autonomous Region. Results  The study recruited 165 patients. The rate of treatment, control, and compliance of hypertension patients were 86.7% (143/165), 23.8% (34/143), 43.4% (62/143), respectively. The main characteristics of hypertension treatment were higher proportions of single-drug therapy (81.1%, 116/143); among those the Tibetan drug (24.1%), calcium channel blockers (21.6%), diuretics (19.0%), and traditional compound preparation (18.1%) were most commonly used in the antihypertensive therapy. Conclusions  The rate of treatment was high, but the rate of control and compliance were low in Tibetan patients with hypertension. It was necessary to carry out hypertension education to patients and strengthen the training of doctors at the plateau.

Citation: ZHAO Liming, LI Xiaoping, ZHOU Yao, LI Hongwei, HE Bin, LIU Lanxin, DU Wei, WU Yong, MA Min, HUANG Fangyang, FU Yongxing, ZHU Ye. Investigation on antihypertensive therapy for hypertension patients from plateau area. West China Medical Journal, 2018, 33(3): 317-320. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201603183 Copy

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