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A recent series of articles in the American Journal of Hypertension (JW Cardiol Nov 3 2010) reflects the growing consensus that decisions regarding hypertension treatment should be individualized and that algorithms for individual treatment approaches should be developed and tested. In two accompanying editorials, Morris Brown and Curt Furberg propose treatment strategies based on the findings of the studies.
Focusing on heterogeneity in the response of individual patients to various antihypertensive drugs, Brown describes how various patient-specific characteristics such as ethnicity and plasma renin reactivity (PRA) relate to the probable pathophysiologic mechanisms of hypertension, depicted as a spectrum with pure …