Can Early Management of Hypertension by General Practitioners Improve Outcome?

Hypertension and its cardiovascular sequelae remain one of the major causes of death and disability worldwide, and the prevalence of hypertension in the US and Europe is high. Hypertension is a leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular events. Pharmacological approaches and lifestyle modific...

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Autores principales:	Deborah L Nadler, Athena Poppas
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Radcliffe Medical Media 2019
Materias:	Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system RC666-701
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/de5babfbd0ee497c8d6a9d08b8ba4e07
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:de5babfbd0ee497c8d6a9d08b8ba4e072021-12-04T16:01:10ZCan Early Management of Hypertension by General Practitioners Improve Outcome?10.15420/usc.2019.5.11758-390X1758-3896https://doaj.org/article/de5babfbd0ee497c8d6a9d08b8ba4e072019-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.uscjournal.com/articleindex/usc.2019.5.1https://doaj.org/toc/1758-3896https://doaj.org/toc/1758-390XHypertension and its cardiovascular sequelae remain one of the major causes of death and disability worldwide, and the prevalence of hypertension in the US and Europe is high. Hypertension is a leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular events. Pharmacological approaches and lifestyle modification to treat hypertension early have been consistently shown to improve cardiovascular outcomes in primary and secondary prevention. Recent guidelines recommend initiating treatment at lower blood pressure levels, with normal blood pressure being defined as <120/80 mmHg. Calculating risk using a score such as the Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Calculator is important to enable the general practitioner to give appropriate, individualized care.Deborah L NadlerAthena PoppasRadcliffe Medical MediaarticleDiseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) systemRC666-701ENUS Cardiology Review , Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 58-60 (2019)
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description	Hypertension and its cardiovascular sequelae remain one of the major causes of death and disability worldwide, and the prevalence of hypertension in the US and Europe is high. Hypertension is a leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular events. Pharmacological approaches and lifestyle modification to treat hypertension early have been consistently shown to improve cardiovascular outcomes in primary and secondary prevention. Recent guidelines recommend initiating treatment at lower blood pressure levels, with normal blood pressure being defined as <120/80 mmHg. Calculating risk using a score such as the Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Calculator is important to enable the general practitioner to give appropriate, individualized care.
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Can Early Management of Hypertension by General Practitioners Improve Outcome?

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