Publications by authors named "Lara Ponsa"

One of the principal challenges in managing hypertension is suboptimal medication adherence, which can result in up to 50 % of patients experiencing pseudo-resistant hypertension and inadequate blood pressure control. The intricate nature of antihypertensive regimens, the high cost of therapy, the prevalence of numerous adverse effects and the therapeutic inertia commonly lead to inconsistent drug use and premature discontinuation of treatment. Consequently, nonadherence significantly elevates the risk of cardiovascular events.

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Antihypertensive pharmacological therapy is often characterized by a coadministration of different classes of drugs. Therefore, analytical methods allowing the simultaneous quantification of many drugs are needed for therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) purposes in this context. In particular, TDM represents a useful tool to discriminate poor adherence from real cases of resistant hypertension.

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Introduction: Renovascular hypertension (RVH) remains underdiagnosed despite its significant cardiovascular and renal morbidity.

Aim: This survey investigated screening and management practices for RVH among hypertensive patients in Italian hypertension centres in a real-life setting. Secondary, we analysed the current spread of renal denervation (RDN) and the criteria used for its eligibility.

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