David J. Hyman, MD Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
Valory N. Pavlik, PhD Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
Address: David J. Hyman, MD, Department of Medicine, Ben Taub General Hospital, 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX 77030; e-mail dhyman@bcm.tmc.edu
Dr. Hyman has indicated receiving grant or research support from the Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, and Aventis corporations.
Dr. Pavlik has indicated receiving grant support from the Pfizer corporation.
ABSTRACTPhysician behavior—not patient noncompliance—is the major cause of poor hypertension control in the United States, many studies show. Hypertension control is unlikely to improve unless physicians become more aggressive in treating mildly elevated systolic blood pressure.
