[The coronary hypertensive: therapeutic principles]

Abstract

Since arterial hypertension is one the main risk factors of coronary atherosclerosis, the association hypertension-coronary disease is a frequent one. Moreover, arterial hypertension aggravates the coronary disease and this association is therefore of very poor prognosis. However, this prognosis seems to improve with early and adapted treatment based largely at this time on beta-blockers and calcium inhibitors.