Open AccessThe Role of Therapeutic Inertia and the Use of Fixed‐Dose Combination Therapy in the Management of Hypertension
Author(s) -
Basile Jan,
Black Henry R.,
Flack John M.,
Izzo Joseph L.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of clinical hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1751-7176
pISSN - 1524-6175
DOI - 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2007.07180.x
Subject(s) - medicine , interim , panel discussion , family medicine , alternative medicine , gerontology , library science , law , pathology , political science , advertising , computer science , business
On April 9, 2007, a panel discussion was held to discuss the role of therapeutic inertia and the value of using fixed‐dose combination therapy in the management of hypertension. The panel was moderated by Jan Basile, MD, Professor of Medicine, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC. Discussants included Henry R. Black, MD, Clinical Professor Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, John A. Flack, MD, MPH, Professor and Interim Chair and Chief, Division of Translational Research and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, and Joseph L. Izzo, Professor and Vice Chair, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. This expert panel discussion was supported by Novartis and each author received an honorarium from Novartis for time and effort spent participating in the discussion and reviewing the transcript for important intellectual content prior to publication. The authors maintained full control of the discussion and the resulting content of this article.