Standardized treatment to improve hypertension control in primary health care: The HEARTS in the Americas Initiative

DJ DiPette, K Goughnour, E Zuniga… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hypertension is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) worldwide. Despite
the availability of effective antihypertensive medications, the control of hypertension at a …

Improved blood pressure control to reduce cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality: the standardized hypertension treatment and prevention project

P Patel, P Ordunez, D DiPette… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Hypertension is the leading remediable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, affecting more
than 1 billion people worldwide, and is responsible for more than 10 million preventable …

[PDF][PDF] Comprehensive Management of Hypertension: Strategies, Guidelines, and Emerging Therapies

I Karunarathna, K Kusumarathna… - Uva Clinical Lab …, 2024 - researchgate.net
Hypertension, a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease, poses a significant public
health challenge globally. This article explores the multifaceted approach to hypertension …

The World Health Organization recognizes noncommunicable diseases and raised blood pressure as global health priority for 2025

DL Cohen, RR Townsend, SY Angell… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Monitoring Framework includes a set of nine
voluntary noncommunicable disease goals for 2025. 1 It was endorsed by the World Health …

Scaling up effective treatment of hypertension—a pathfinder for universal health coverage

TR Frieden, CV Varghese, SP Kishore… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
High blood pressure is the world's leading cause of death, but despite treatment for
hypertension being safe, effective, and low cost, most people with hypertension worldwide …

Controlling hypertension from a public health perspective

JR Chiong - International journal of cardiology, 2008 - Elsevier
Hypertension is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. It affects 1 in 4
American adults making it the most common chronic condition in the country. Recent studies …

Hypertension treatment and control in five European countries, Canada, and the United States

K Wolf-Maier, RS Cooper, H Kramer, JR Banegas… - …, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Levels of hypertension treatment and control have been noted to vary between Europe and
North America, although direct comparisons with similar methods have not been …

2021 World Health Organization guideline on pharmacological treatment of hypertension: Policy implications for the region of the Americas

NRC Campbell, MP Burnens, PK Whelton… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the Americas and raised
blood pressure accounts for over 50% of CVD. In the Americas over a quarter of adult …

American Society of Hypertension regional chapters: leveraging the impact of the clinical hypertension specialist in the local community

BM Egan, DT Lackland, JN Basile - 2002 - academic.oup.com
Hypertension control has remained at 24% to 27% for the past decade, despite revision of
national treatment guidelines, expansion of therapeutic options, and evidence from clinical …

Best antihypertensive strategies to improve blood pressure control in Latin America: position of the Latin American Society of Hypertension

A Coca, P Lopez-Jaramillo, C Thomopoulos… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Evidence from randomized trials has shown that effective treatment with blood pressure (BP)-
lowering medications reduces the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients …