Open AccessTHE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN ROLE IN PRIMARY STROKE PREVENTION. THE PLACE FOR ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY
Author(s) -
С. Ю. Марцевич,
Н. П. Кутишенко
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
kardiovaskulârnaâ terapiâ i profilaktika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2619-0125
pISSN - 1728-8800
DOI - 10.15829/1728-8800-2014-4-64-68
Subject(s) - medicine , primary care , stroke (engine) , primary prevention , clinical endpoint , intensive care medicine , primary care physician , secondary prevention , primary health care , physical therapy , family medicine , environmental health , disease , clinical trial , mechanical engineering , population , engineering
The article provides the definition of stroke, data on the mortality, risk factors. In detail, the role of antihypertension therapy is analized for primary stroke prevention, the significance of various antihypertension drugs from the evidence based point of view.