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Majority of patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) leading to heart attack and stroke do not receive appropriate treatment for various reasons.

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The Ongoing Telmisartan Alone and in Combination with Ramipril Global Endpoint Trial (ONTARGET) showed very promising results in Asian patients, as well as non-Asian patients, at high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

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Clinical trials have already convincingly shown that sustained management of hypertension significantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack, heart failure, stroke and heart-related deaths.

Among the most effective medicines available to physicians is telmisartan, a medicine belonging to the angiotensin II receptor blocker class of drugs.
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In the United States alone, approximately 40 million people have high blood pressure. In the Philippines, it is estimated that 22 percent of the adult population has high blood pressure, the fifth leading cause of morbidity or illness among Filipinos.
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Majority of patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) leading to heart attack and stroke do not receive appropriate treatment for various reasons.

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The Ongoing Telmisartan Alone and in Combination with Ramipril Global Endpoint Trial (ONTARGET) showed very promising results in Asian patients, as well as non-Asian patients, at high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 416475 [Title] => Heart specialists welcome ARB trial [Summary] => Local heart specialists welcomed the results of a landmark trial showing that the angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) telmisartan is as effective as, and better tolerated than, the gold standard angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor ramipril in reducing the risk of heart attack, stroke and hospitalization for congestive heart failure in high-risk patients. [DatePublished] => 2008-11-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 13157 [Title] => Reducing heart attack, stroke risks [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-08-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224399 [Title] => Trial seeks optimum hypertension mg’t [Summary] => The growth in the medical understanding of heart disease that has been achieved with well-designed researches and clinical trials is one of the greatest achievements in medical history. Medical researchers all over the world have slowly but continuously provided the answers to many questions on heart-related diseases.
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Clinical trials have already convincingly shown that sustained management of hypertension significantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack, heart failure, stroke and heart-related deaths.

Among the most effective medicines available to physicians is telmisartan, a medicine belonging to the angiotensin II receptor blocker class of drugs.
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In the United States alone, approximately 40 million people have high blood pressure. In the Philippines, it is estimated that 22 percent of the adult population has high blood pressure, the fifth leading cause of morbidity or illness among Filipinos.
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