Dismal management of hypertension at primary level: Does it reflect a failure of patients, a failure of the system or a failure of doctors?

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 172-174

  Ntusi, Ntobeko B A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORTALIDONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; ETHNICITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HIGH SODIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; LIFESTYLE; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOUTH AFRICA; STROKE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80052253273     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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