[Assessment of Efficacy of Combined Pharmacotherapy With Fixed Perindopril/Amlodipine Combination in Patients With Combined Cardiovascular Pathology in Outpatient Practice].

AIM: to study effects of using fixed perindopril/amlodipine combination in complex treatment of patients with combined cardiac pathology in active observation mode, in comparison with other angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE inhibitors) or angiotensin II receptor antagonists (ARA), including free combination with calcium channel blockers (CCB) in conditions of routine outpatient practice.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The design of the study included two stages: I - monitoring effectiveness of pharmacotherapy performed in routine outpatient practice (duration of 2 months), II - "active treatment (management)" - changing the pharmacotherapy scheme in patients who did not reach the target level of "office" blood pressure (BP), monitoring patients for 6 months and carrying out, if necessary, dose correction of the newly appointed treatment regimen. The study included 50 patients aged 45-65 years with combined cardiovascular pathology: II-III degree arterial hypertension, I-III functional class (FC) stable angina pectoris, I-III FC chronic cardiac failure.

RESULTS: Number of patients who reached target level of office BP by the end of active observation was 41 (p.