[HTML][HTML] HEARTS in the Americas: Targeting Health System Change to Improve Population Hypertension Control

P Ordunez, NRC Campbell, DJ DiPette… - Current Hypertension …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose of Review HEARTS in the Americas is the regional adaptation of Global Hearts, the
World Health Organization initiative for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and …

[HTML][HTML] Association between population hypertension control and ischemic heart disease and stroke mortality in 36 countries of the Americas, 1990-2019: an …

R Martinez, P Soliz, NRC Campbell… - … de Salud Pública, 2023 - SciELO Public Health
Objective. To quantify the association between the prevalence of population hypertension
control and ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke mortality in 36 countries of the Americas …

The HEARTS Partner Forum-supporting implementation of HEARTS to treat and control hypertension

T Khan, AE Moran, P Perel, PK Whelton… - Frontiers in public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), principally ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke, are the
leading causes of death (18.6 million deaths annually) and disability (393 million disability …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of Hypertension, Diabetes, and Other Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Two Indigenous Municipalities in Rural Guatemala: A Population …

E Steinbrook, D Flood, J Barnoya, CM Montano… - Global Heart, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Nearly 50% of Guatemalans are Indigenous Maya, yet few studies have
examined the prevalence of modifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing costs of a hypertension program in primary care: evidence from the HEARTS program in Mexico

C Chivardi, B Hutchinson, V Molina… - … de Salud Pública, 2023 - SciELO Public Health
ABSTRACT Objective. In 2021, Mexico launched the HEARTS program to improve the
prevention and control of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in 20 primary care …

Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of high blood pressure in a cohort in Northern Andean Peru

G Sanchez-Samaniego, SM Hartinger… - Global Health …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Gaps exist along the high blood pressure (HBP) diagnosis-treatment-control
pathway in high, low and middle-income countries. Objective To determine the prevalence …

[HTML][HTML] Mean systolic blood pressure above the control threshold in people with treated uncontrolled hypertension: a pooled, cross-sectional analysis of 55 national …

RM Carrillo-Larco, WC Guzman-Vilca, X Xu… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The hypertension care cascade has been characterized worldwide, yet it has
not been quantified how far above the blood pressure control threshold people with …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the accuracy of blood pressure measuring devices in Australia: a modelled return on investment study

Z Desson, JE Sharman, A Searles, AE Schutte… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - nature.com
The VALID BP project was initiated to increase the availability of validated blood pressure
measuring devices (BPMDs). The goal is to eliminate non validated BPMDs and minimise …

[HTML][HTML] Ampliación del manejo de las enfermedades cardiovasculares en la atención primaria mediante HEARTS en las Américas

CF Etienne - Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2023 - SciELO Public Health
Este es un artículo de acceso abierto distribuido bajo los términos de la licencia Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO, que permite su uso, distribución y …

[HTML][HTML] Scaling up cardiovascular disease management in primary care through HEARTS in the Americas

CF Etienne - Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2023 - SciELO Public Health
While the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Region of the
Americas, among the hardest-hit, has worked hard to respond to the pandemic while also …