Blood pressure control: Time for action

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 102, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 465-467

  Lantelme, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Clinical inertia; Guidelines; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EFFECT; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FRANCE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73349142064     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: 18752128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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