TY - JOUR
T1 - Blood pressure control and cardiovascular risk profile in hypertensive patients from central and eastern European countries
T2 - Results of the BP-CARE study
AU - Grassi, Guido
AU - Cifkova, Renata
AU - Laurent, Stephane
AU - Narkiewicz, Krzysztof
AU - Redon, Joseph
AU - Farsang, Csaba
AU - Viigimaa, Margus
AU - Erdine, Serap
AU - Brambilla, Gianmaria
AU - Bombelli, Michele
AU - Delloro, Raffaella
AU - Notari, Massimo
AU - Mancia, Giuseppe
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - AimsLimited information is available on office and ambulatory blood pressure (BP) control as well as on cardiovascular (CV) risk profile in treated hypertensive patients living in central and eastern European countries.Methods and resultsIn 2008, a survey on 7860 treated hypertensive patients followed by non-specialist or specialist physicians was carried out in nine central and eastern European countries (Albania, Belarus, Bosnia, Czech Republic, Latvia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine). Cardiovascular risk assessment was based on personal history, clinic BP values, as well as target organ damage evaluation. Patients had a mean (±SD) age of 60.1 ± 11 years, and the majority of them (83.5) were followed by specialists. Average clinic BP was 149.3 ± 17/88.8 ± 11 mmHg. About 70 of patients displayed a very high-risk profile. Electrocardiogram was performed in 99 of patients, echocardiography in 65, carotid ultrasound in 24, fundoscopy in 68, and search for microalbuminuria in 10. Ambulatory BP monitoring was performed in about one-fifth of the recruited patients. Despite the widespread use of combination treatment (87 of the patients), office BP control (
AB - AimsLimited information is available on office and ambulatory blood pressure (BP) control as well as on cardiovascular (CV) risk profile in treated hypertensive patients living in central and eastern European countries.Methods and resultsIn 2008, a survey on 7860 treated hypertensive patients followed by non-specialist or specialist physicians was carried out in nine central and eastern European countries (Albania, Belarus, Bosnia, Czech Republic, Latvia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine). Cardiovascular risk assessment was based on personal history, clinic BP values, as well as target organ damage evaluation. Patients had a mean (±SD) age of 60.1 ± 11 years, and the majority of them (83.5) were followed by specialists. Average clinic BP was 149.3 ± 17/88.8 ± 11 mmHg. About 70 of patients displayed a very high-risk profile. Electrocardiogram was performed in 99 of patients, echocardiography in 65, carotid ultrasound in 24, fundoscopy in 68, and search for microalbuminuria in 10. Ambulatory BP monitoring was performed in about one-fifth of the recruited patients. Despite the widespread use of combination treatment (87 of the patients), office BP control (
KW - Blood pressure
KW - Cardiovascular risk
KW - Hypertension
KW - Risk factors
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U2 - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq394
DO - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq394
M3 - Article
C2 - 21047877
AN - SCOPUS:78651496814
VL - 32
SP - 218
EP - 225
JO - European Heart Journal
JF - European Heart Journal
SN - 0195-668X
IS - 2
ER -