Survey on treatment of hypertension and implementation of World Health Organization/International Society of Hypertension risk stratification in primary care in Belgium

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1297-1302

  Fagard, Robert H ^a   Van den Enden, Maria ^a   Leeman, Marc ^a   Warling, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive treatment; Blood pressure control; Guidelines; Hypertension; Primary care; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BELGIUM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; FAMILY PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0036628750     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200207000-00015     Document Type: Article

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