[RELIPH - regular treatment and prevention - the key to improvement of situation with cardiovascular diseases in Russia: results of a Russian multicenter study (part III)].

The first results of a big Russian multicenter study " RELIF - Regular treatment and prevention - the key of improvement of the situation with cardiovascular diseases in Russia " are presented. The study examines the accordance of arterial hypertension (AH) and coronary heart disease (CHD) treatment recommended by physicians to contemporary standards. Patients adherence to physicians recommendations is also studied.

[RELIPH -- REgularnoye Letcheniye I ProPHylaktika (Regular Treatment and Prevention) -- the key to improvement of situation with cardiovascular diseases in Russia: results of multicenter study. Part II].

The paper presents results of the conducted in Russia large scale study " REgularnoye Letcheniye I ProPHylaktika (Regular Treatment and Prevention) -- the key to improvement of situation with cardiovascular diseases in Russia -- RELIPH " on assessment of conformity of recommended by medical practitioners treatment of arterial hypertension (AH) and ischemic heart disease (IHD) to contemporary standards as well as compliance of patients to physician s recommendations. Local physicians/general practitioners (n=512) and patients (n=2517) with AH (isolated and combined with IHD) from 20 cities in Russia participated in the study. This publication contains data on assessment of compliance of patients to antihypertensive therapy and to recommendations of physicians concerning non-drug treatment, as well as analysis of large number of factors closely associated with compliance.

[RELIPH--REgularnoye Letcheniye I ProPHylaktika (regular treatment and prevention)--the key to improvement of situation with cardiovascular diseases in Russia: results of multicenter study. Part I].

The paper presents first results of the conducted in Russia large-scale study " REgularnoye Letcheniye I ProPHylaktika (Regular Treatment and Prevention)--the key to improvement of situation with cardiovascular diseases in Russia--RELIPH" on assessment of conformity of recommended by medical practitioners treatment of arterial hypertension (AH) and ischemic heart disease (IHD) to contemporary standards and compliance of patients to physician's recommendations. Local physicians/general practitioners (n=512) and their patients (n=2517) with AH and IHD from 20 cities of Russia participated in the study. The publication contains data on prevalence of risk factors in patients with AH and IHD, their knowledge, habits, skills, and amount of possessed medical information, as well as awareness of primary care physicians about actual problems of secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases.