Discussing coronary risk with patients to improve blood pressure treatment: Secondary results from the CHECK-UP study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-39

  Grover, Steven A ^a,b,d   Lowensteyn, Ilka ^a   Joseph, Lawrence ^b   Kaouache, Mohammed ^a   Marchand, Sylvie ^a   Coupal, Louis ^a   Boudreau, Ghislain ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Communication; Hypertension; Patient education; Preventive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149165058     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0825-4     Document Type: Article

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