High rates of non-adherence to antihypertensive treatment revealed by high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HP LC-MS/MS) urine analysis

Tomaszewski, Maciej; White, Christobelle; Patel, Prashanth; G. D. Masca, Nicholas; Damani, Ravi; Hepworth, Joanne; J. Samani, Nilesh; Gupta, Pankaj; Madira, W.; G. Stanley, Adrian; Williams, Bryan

doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2013-305063

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High rates of non-adherence to antihypertensive treatment revealed by high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HP LC-MS/MS) urine analysis

Published in Heart • Apr 2, 2014

Authors:

Maciej Tomaszewski

Christobelle White

Prashanth Patel

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Non-adherence to therapy is an important cause of suboptimal blood pressure control but few practical tools exist to accurately and routinely detect it. We used a simple urine-based assay to evaluate the prevalence of antihypertensive treatment non-adherence and its impact on blood press...

Subject

Medicine

Blood pressure

Urine

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