Antihypertensive therapy: from 2003 to 2013 and beyond

摘要

How research on antihypertensive therapy has moved and progressed since 2003, when Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy was inaugurated, to 2013, when it celebrates its 10th anniversary, can clearly be seen by comparing the first edition of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH)-European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines on the management of arterial hypertension [1], published in 2003, with the third edition just published this year [2]. From the pedestal of the 2013 guidelines, we can also easily look forward and scrutinize future progresses if current research needs are going to be fulfilled.