Estimation of cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients in primary care.
Year: 2000
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Assessment of absolute cardiovascular risk is a rational method of managing hypertension. General practitioners and practice nurses were asked to estimate absolute risk in a group of elderly hypertensive patients during clinical practice. Risk was correctly estimated in 21% of patients, underestimated in 63% of patients, and overestimated in 16% of patients. Unless primary health care professionals use cardiovascular risk charts or tables, treatment decisions in primary care may not be made against realistic estimates of patients' susceptibility to cardiovascular disease.
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Authors: A A Montgomery, T Fahey, C MacKintosh, D J Sharp, T J Peters
Institution: University of Bristol
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W119551317