Практические аспекты применения амлодипина в лечении артериальной гипертонии у женщин

36 women with hypertension 1-2 degrees of average-risk were examined. Not less than two weeks before the inclusion of patients to the study all antihypertensive medications were canceled. All patients administered amlodipine 5-10 mg/day. At baseline and after 24 weeks of therapy were ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, Holter monitoring, echocardiography. Arterial stiffness was measured by pulse wave velocity. According to the study of amlodipine provides adequate control of blood pressure during the day, a positive effect on the modified circadian blood pressure, vascular stiffness and structural and functional performance of the heart, does not increase myocardial electrical instability. Amlodipine an effective antihypertensive agent with a pronounced vaso and cardioprotective effect and well tolerated in women with hypertension.