Cardiovascular risk factors, drug treatment and hypertension control among pharmacologically treated hypertensive patients in SPANISH primary care centers
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Control of blood pressure and risk of stroke among pharmacologically treated hypertensive patients.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Despite improved control of blood pressure during the last decades in the United States, a considerable proportion of treated hypertensives have not achieved target blood pressure levels. We estimated the proportion of strokes occurring among treated hypertensive patients that may be attributable to uncontrolled blood pressure. METHODS A population-based case-control st...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hypertension
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0895-7061
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-7061(00)00964-x