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Topic : Hypertension

The effectiveness of the NHBPEP can be measured in several ways. Public knowledge regarding the sequelae of high blood pressure has increased dramatically. For example, in 1972, the year the program began, less than one-fourth of the American population knew of the relationship between hypertension and stroke and hypertension and heart disease. Today, more than three-fourths of the population know of that relationship. In addition, the Nation's population has received the message to get their blood pressure measured. Virtually all Americans have had their blood pressure measured at least once, and three-fourths of the population have it measured every 6 months.

Campus Resources :

University Hospital
Studies in progres

References :

NIH from NHBLI for information on National High Blood Pressure Education Program (NHBPEP)

NIH from NHBLI for information on Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC VI) and its Reference Card

NIH from NHBLI for information on NATIONAL HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE EDUCATION PROGRAM (NHBPEP) WORKING GROUP REPORT ON AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING

Diagnostics:

Guidelines for Electrocardiography. JACC Vol. 19, 1992: 473-81
ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography. Circulation Vol. 95, No. 6, March 18, 1997: 1686-1744
Guidelines for Clinical Use of Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging. JACC Vol. 25, 1995: 521-47

Some Other References:

Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT):

Experimental approaches to determining the choice of first-step therapy for patients with hypertension. The ALLHAT Research Group Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial. Clin Exp Hypertens 1996 Apr-May;18(3-4):569-79

Systolic Blood Pressure in the Elderly Program (SHEP Trial):

The benefit of treating isolated systolic hypertension. Curr Hypertens Rep 2001 Aug;3(4):333-9

Effect of treating isolated systolic hypertension on the risk of developing various types and subtypes of stroke: the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP). JAMA 2000 Jul 26;284(4):465-71

Prevention of heart failure by antihypertensive drug treatment in older persons with isolated systolic hypertension. SHEP Cooperative Research Group. JAMA. 1997 Jul 16;278(3):212-6.

Effect of treatment of isolated systolic hypertension on left ventricular mass. JAMA. 1998 Mar 11;279(10):778-80.

Effect of diuretic-based antihypertensive treatment on cardiovascular disease risk in older diabetic patients with isolated systolic hypertension. JAMA. 1996 Dec 18;276(23):1886-92.

Influence of long-term, low-dose, diuretic-based, antihypertensive therapy on glucose, lipid, uric acid, and potassium levels in older men and women with isolated systolic hypertension: Arch Intern Med. 1998 Apr 13;158(7):741-51.

Treatment of Mild Hpertension Study (TOMHS):

Long-term effects on plasma lipids of diet and drugs to treat hypertension. JAMA. 1996 May 22-29;275(20):1549-56.

Comparison of five antihypertensive monotherapies and placebo for change in left ventricular mass in patients receiving nutritional-hygienic therapy in the Treatment of Mild Hypertension Study. Circulation. 1995 Feb 1;91(3):698-706.

Lifestyle intervention: results of the Treatment of Mild Hypertension Study. Prev Med. 1995 Jul;24(4):378-88.

General:

Morbidity and mortality in the Swedish Trial in Old Patients with Hypertension (STOP-Hypertension) Lancet. 1991 Nov 23;338(8778):1281-5

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