TY - JOUR
T1 - 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
AU - Modesti, Pietro A.
AU - Agostoni, Piergiuseppe
AU - Agyemang, Charles
AU - Basu, Sanjay
AU - Benetos, Athanase
AU - Cappuccio, Francesco P.
AU - Ceriello, Antonio
AU - del Prato, Stefano
AU - Kalyesubula, Robert
AU - O'Brien, Eoin
AU - Kilama, Michael O.
AU - Perlini, Stefano
AU - Picano, Eugenio
AU - Reboldi, Gianpaolo
AU - Remuzzi, Giuseppe
AU - Stuckler, David
AU - Twagirumukiza, Marc
AU - van Bortel, Luc M.
AU - Watfa, Ghassan
AU - Zhao, Dong
AU - Parati, Gianfranco
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - 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
AB - 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
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000125
DO - https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000125
M3 - Article
C2 - 24577410
SN - 0263-6352
VL - 32
SP - 951
EP - 960
JO - Journal of Hypertension
JF - Journal of Hypertension
IS - 5
ER -