Heart rate is a useful marker of adherence to beta-blocker treatment in hypertension.

Eva KociánováJan VáclavíkJana TomkováPeter OndraJiří JarkovskýKlára BenešováTomáš VáclavíkMonika KamasováMiloš Táborský

Published in: Blood pressure (2017)

We concluded that heart rate was shown to be a good predictor of non-adherence to beta-blocker treatment, and might become a quick and easy measure to determine patient adherence in hypertensive patients.

Keyphrases

heart rate
blood pressure
hypertensive patients
heart rate variability
case report
type diabetes
glycemic control
combination therapy
skeletal muscle
adipose tissue
angiotensin ii