Beyond medications and diet: Alternative approaches to lowering blood pressure: A scientific statement from the american heart association

Hypertension

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1360-1383

  Brook, Robert D ^a   Appel, Lawrence J ^a   Rubenfire, Melvyn ^a   Ogedegbe, Gbenga ^a   Bisognano, John D ^a   Elliott, William J ^a   Fuchs, Flavio D ^a   Hughes, Joel W ^a   Lackland, Daniel T ^a   Staffileno, Beth A ^a   Townsend, Raymond R ^a   Rajagopalan, Sanjay ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statement; blood pressure; cardiovascular diseases; complementary therapies; hypertension; prehypertension; preventive medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ALGORITHM; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREATHING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; DIET THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDITATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREHYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION; YOGA;

AHA SCIENTIFIC STATEMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HYPERTENSION; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878945254     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYP.0b013e318293645f     Document Type: Article

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