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1 Taxonomy of adherence.- I Measuring drug adherence.- 2 Qualitative assessment of adherence.- 3 Electronic monitoring of drug adherence.- 4 Measurements of drugs in plasma/urine.- 5 Assessing adherence measurement in large databases.- 6 Direct observed treatment in hypertension.- 7 Novel technologies for following drug adherence.- 8 Ethical aspects of measuring adherence II Risk factors for non-adherence.- 9 Determinants and barriers to adherence in CV diseases.- 10 Beliefs and adherence.- III Adherence in hypertension and CV protection.-  11 Impact of drug adherence in clinical trials.- 12 Drug adherence in essential hypertension: impact of drugs.- 13 Persistence in hypertension in general practice.- 14 Drug adherence in resistant hypertension.- 15 Drug adherence with cardiovascular medicines (statins).- 16 Adherence and cardiovascular risk.- IV Interventions to improve drug adherence.-  17 Which interventions are useful?.- 18 Use of fixed-dose combinations in CV disease prevention.- 19 Nurse-led intervention in Hypertension.- 20 Role of the Pharmacist in supporting adherence.-  21 Integrated approaches to support adherence.-  22 Use of Apps to improve drug adherence.-  V Health care consequences of non-adherence.- 23 Global clinical consequence of poor adherence.- 24 Cost of non-adherence.