Major Cardiovascular Risk Factors Are Not Taken Into Account by Physicians When Targeting Blood Pressure Values for Uncontrolled Hypertensive Patients | Zendy

Michel Ducher | Zendy; Laurent Juillard | Zendy; E. Leutenegger | Zendy; J. P. Fauvel | Zendy

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Major Cardiovascular Risk Factors Are Not Taken Into Account by Physicians When Targeting Blood Pressure Values for Uncontrolled Hypertensive Patients

Author(s) -

Michel Ducher,

Laurent Juillard,

E. Leutenegger,

J. P. Fauvel

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

american journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1941-7225

pISSN - 0895-7061

DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2008.262

Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , framingham risk score , diabetes mellitus , framingham heart study , population , disease , cardiology , endocrinology , environmental health

The main factors studied possibly explaining inadequate blood pressure (BP) control in the population are related either to treatment or to patients. Subjective behavior of physicians might also explain insufficient BP control in the population. This study analyzed the consistency between systolic BP (SBP) targets set by physicians for uncontrolled hypertensive patients and the guidelines according to cardiovascular (CV) risk factors.

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