Cardiovascular risk assessment in hypertensive patients Evaluación del riesgo cardiovascular en hipertensos Avaliação do risco cardiovascular em hipertensos

• Main Authors: Elaine Amaral de Paula (Author), Rogério Baumgratz de Paula (Author), Darcília Maria Nagen da Costa (Author), Fernando Antonio Basile Colugnati (Author), Elenir Pereira de Paiva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: to assess cardiovascular risk by means of the traditional Framingham score and the version modified through the incorporation of emerging risk factors, such as family history of acute myocardial infarction, metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease. METHOD: participants were 50 hypert...