A specific training on hypertension guidelines improves blood pressure control by more than 10% in hypertensive patients: the VALNORM study

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 278-285

  Asmar, Roland ^a   Achouba, Assya ^b   Brunel, Patrick ^b   El Feghali, Ramzi ^a   Denolle, Thierry ^c   Vaisse, Bernard ^d  

^a L'Institut CardioVasculaire   (France)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA K K   (Japan)

^c Hôpital La Providence Gardiner   (France)

^d TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

antihypertensive; Continuous medical education; guidelines; hypertension

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; VALSARTAN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 34447632018     PISSN: 19331711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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