Hypertension guidelines and coronary artery calcification among South Asians: Results from MASALA and MESA

• Main Authors: Jaideep Patel (Author), Anurag Mehta (Author), Mahmoud Al Rifai (Author), Michael J Blaha (Author), Khurram Nasir (Author), John W McEvoy (Author), Ambarish Pandey (Author), Alka M Kanaya (Author), Namratha R Kandula (Author), Salim S Virani (Author), Antonio Abbate (Author), Gregory Hundley (Author), Laurence Sperling (Author), Parag H Joshi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Untreated hypertension may contribute to increased atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk in South Asians (SA). We assessed HTN prevalence among untreated adults free of baseline ASCVD from the MASALA & MESA studies. The proportion of participants who received discordant recommendat...