Knowledge of blood pressure levels and targets in patients with coronary artery disease in the USA

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 769-774

  Cheng, S ^a,d   Lichtman, J H ^b   Amatruda, J M ^b   Smith, G L ^b   Mattera, J A ^a   Roumanis, S A ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b,c  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Coronary artery diseases; Knowledge; Practice guidelines; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SYSTOLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27144461222     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001895     Document Type: Article

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