RESPECT: Observational, Prospective, Open-label, Multi-center Study Evaluating the Antihypertensive Effect of Treatment With Telmisartan (Alone or in Fixed Combination With HCTZ) in General Practitioner and Specialist Practice in Hypertensive Patients With High and Very High Cardiovascular Risk According to the ESH/ESC Guidelines 2007 Who Are Uncontrolled Under Current Treatment.
RESPECT: Observational, Prospective, Open-label, Multi-center Study Evaluating the Antihypertensive Effect of Treatment With Telmisartan (Alone or in Fixed Combination With HCTZ) in General Practitioner and Specialist Practice in Hypertensive Patients With High and Very High Cardiovascular Risk According to the ESH/ESC Guidelines 2007 Who Are Uncontrolled Under Current Treatment.
To assess the efficacy of telmisartan in hypertensive patients with high cardiovascular risk
Study Design:
Inclusion criteria:
Hypertensive patients with BP. 140/90mmHgand high and very high cardiovascular risk according to the ESH/ESC Guidelines 2007 and in whom the prescriber has taken the decision to start treatment with telmisartan 40 or 80 mg, with or without HCTZ 12.5 mg or 25 mg, in the usual way and in line with the SmPC and reimbursement criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Contra-indications as in the Summary of Product Characteristics