Screening programs for hypertension.
Year: 1974
Type: article
Abstract: MAJOR SCREENING PROGRAMS FOR HYPERTENSION ARE NECESSARY FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: (a) the 12 to 15% prevalence of hypertension in the North American population; (b) the high proportion of hypertensive patients who are inadequately treated or whose disease is not even recognized; (c) the fact that in too many medical centres hypertension is poorly investigated or considered an insignificant finding; (d) the demonstration by many groups, especially the Framingham study, of hypertension as the major factor in the occurrence of severe cardiovascular disease; and (e) the achievement of a marked decrease in severe cardiovascular complications following adequate treatment. But such screening programs are of little value if unaccompanied by a major educational effort directed not only to the public but also to the medical profession, and a parallel increase in the funding of biomedical research into the basic physiopathological mechanisms of hypertension.
Source: PubMed Central
Authors: J Genest, O Kuchel, G Leduc, P Granger, R Boucher, J M Rojo-Ortega, W Nowaczynski
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1492376325