Cardiovascular risk assessment in low-resource settings
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Cardiovascular risk assessment in low-resource settings: a consensus document of the European Society of Hypertension Working Group on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk in Low Resource Settings
The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010 confirms ischemic heart disease and stroke as the leading cause of death and that hypertension is the main associated risk factor worldwide. How best to respond to the rising prevalence of hypertension in resource-deprived settings is a topic of ongoing public-health debate and discussion. In low-income and middle-income count...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Hypertension
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0263-6352
DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000000125