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Cardiovascular risk assessment in low-resource settings : a consensus document of the European Society of Hypertension working group on hypertension and cardiovascular risk in low resource settings
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(2014) Cardiovascular risk assessment in low-resource settings : a consensus document of the European Society of Hypertension working group on hypertension and cardiovascular risk in low resource settings. Journal of Hypertension, 32 (5). pp. 951-960. doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000000125 ISSN 0263-6352. An open access version can be found in:
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000125
Abstract
The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010 confirms ischemic heart disease and stroke as the leading cause of death and that hypertension is the main associated risk factor worldwide. How best to respond to the rising prevalence of hypertension in resource-deprived settings is a topic of ongoing public-health debate and discussion. In low-income and middle-income countries, socioeconomic inequality and cultural factors play a role both in the development of risk factors and in the access to care. In Europe, cultural barriers and poor communication between health systems and migrants may limit migrants from receiving appropriate prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. To use more efficiently resources available and to make treatment cost-effective at the patient level, cardiovascular risk approach is now recommended. In 2011, The European Society of Hypertension established a Working Group on 'Hypertension and Cardiovascular risk in low resource settings', which brought together cardiologists, diabetologists, nephrologists, clinical trialists, epidemiologists, economists, and other stakeholders to review current strategies for cardiovascular risk assessment in population studies in low-income and middle-income countries, their limitations, possible improvements, and future interests in screening programs. This report summarizes current evidence and presents highlights of unmet needs.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Hypertension -- Risk factors, Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Risk factors | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Hypertension | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0263-6352 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | May 2014 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 32 | ||||||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 951-960 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000125 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
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