Global cardiovascular risk assessment in different clinical settings: Basal results of the EFFECTUS (Evaluation of Final Feasible Effect of Control Training and Ultra-Sensitisation) programme

High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 55-63

  Volpe, Massimo ^a,b   Tocci, Giuliano ^a   Avogaro, Angelo ^d   Comaschi, Marco ^h   Corsini, Alberto ^g   Cortese, Claudio ^e   Giorda, Carlo Bruno ⁱ   Guida, Piero ^c   Medea, Gerardo ^l   Mureddu, Gian Francesco ^f   Titta, Giulio ^j   Ventriglia, Giuseppe ^l   Zito, Giovanni Battista ^k   Manzato, Enzo ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^f SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

ⁱ ASL 5   (Italy)

^j Italian Federation of General Medicine   (Italy)

^k Cardiology Unit   (Italy)

^l Italian Society of General Medicine SIMG   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Cardiovascular prevention; Cardiovascular risk management; General practice; Global cardiovascular risk; Hypercholesterolaemia; Hypertension; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; NITRATE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; TICLOPIDINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 67949120078     PISSN: 11209879     EISSN: 11791985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00151642-200916020-00004     Document Type: Article

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