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Norm R. C. Campbell
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Open AccessHEARTS in the Americas: Targeting Health System Change to Improve Population Hypertension Control
HEARTS in the Americas is the regional adaptation of Global Hearts, the World Health Organization initiative for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and control. Its overarching goal is to drive health ser...
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Weak research on dietary sodium should not generate strong conclusions on a major public health policy
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Open Access2022 World Hypertension League, Resolve To Save Lives and International Society of Hypertension dietary sodium (salt) global call to action
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Open AccessPerceptions of pharmacists on the quality of automated blood pressure devices: a national survey
A recent study found that only 23.8% of blood pressure (BP) devices available for purchase from Australian pharmacies were validated for accuracy. The extent to which pharmacists are aware of this, and other i...
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Open AccessHEARTS in the Americas: a global example of using clinically validated automated blood pressure devices in cardiovascular disease prevention and management in primary health care settings
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Open AccessCountry experiences on the path to exclusive use of validated automated blood pressure measuring devices within the HEARTS in the Americas Initiative
The aim of the HEARTS in the Americas initiative is to promote the adoption of global best practices in the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases, and improve the control of hypertension. HEARTS is...
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Open AccessThe urgency to regulate validation of automated blood pressure measuring devices: a policy statement and call to action from the world hypertension league
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Global proliferation and clinical consequences of non-validated automated BP devices
Professional societies, guideline writing committees, and other interested parties emphasize the importance of accurate measurement of blood pressure for clinical and public health decisions related to prevent...
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Open AccessThe World Hypertension League Science of Salt: a regularly updated systematic review of salt and health outcomes studies (Sept 2019 to Dec 2020)
The World Hypertension League Science of Salt health outcomes review series highlights high-quality publications relating to salt intake and health outcomes. This review uses a standardised method, outlined in...
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The resolve to save lives sodium reduction framework; aligning global efforts to reduce the global burden of cardiovascular disease
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Open AccessSodium and Health: Old Myths and a Controversy Based on Denial
The scientific consensus on which global health organizations base public health policies is that high sodium intake increases blood pressure (BP) in a linear fashion contributing to cardiovascular disease (CV...
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The impact of baseline potassium intake on the dose–response relation between sodium reduction and blood pressure change: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials
Sodium and potassium appear to interact with each other in their effects on blood pressure with potassium supplementation having a greater blood pressure lowering-effect when sodium intake is high. Whether the...
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Open AccessBlood pressure at age 60–65 versus age 70–75 and vascular dementia: a population based observational study
Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common form of dementia. However, there were mixed evidences about the association between blood pressure (BP) and risk of VaD in midlife and late life and limited ev...
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Open AccessACSC Indicator: testing reliability for hypertension
With high-quality community-based primary care, hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) are considered avoidable. The purpose of this study was to test the inter-physician reliability ...
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MEthods of ASsessing blood pressUre: identifying thReshold and target valuEs (MeasureBP): A Review & Study Protocol
Despite progress in automated blood pressure measurement (BPM) technology, there is limited research linking hard outcomes to automated office BPM (OBPM) treatment targets and thresholds. Equivalences for auto...
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Can Hypertension Be Prevented?
With a current worldwide prevalence of 25 % and estimates of 90 % of those living an average lifespan develo** hypertension, there is an increasing perception that hypertension is inevitable. Yet the major c...
