2021 World Health Organization guideline on pharmacological treatment of hypertension: Policy implications for the region of the Americas

• Main Authors: Norm R.C. Campbell (Author), Melanie Paccot Burnens (Author), Paul K. Whelton (Author), Sonia Y. Angell (Author), Marc G. Jaffe (Author), Jennifer Cohn (Author), Alfredo Espinosa Brito (Author), Vilma Irazola (Author), Jeffrey W. Brettler (Author), Edward J. Roccella (Author), Javier Isaac Maldonado Figueredo (Author), Andres Rosende (Author), Pedro Ordunez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the Americas and raised blood pressure accounts for over 50% of CVD. In the Americas over a quarter of adult women and four in ten adult men have hypertension and the diagnosis, treatment and control are suboptimal. In 2021, the...