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In a Belgian primary care survey discussed in this editorial, blood pressure was adequately controlled in only 38% of treated patients and 31% of the overall hypertensive population of older men.
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Highlights the persistent gap between hypertension guidelines and real-world clinical practice, emphasizing the need to address physician inertia and patient non-compliance.
Highlights the persistent gap between hypertension guidelines and real-world clinical practice, emphasizing the need to address physician inertia and patient non-compliance.
Michel Burnier (2002) conducted an editorial in Hypertension (n=3,761). Guideline-directed management of hypertension was evaluated on Blood pressure control (< 140/90 mmHg). In a Belgian primary care survey discussed in this editorial, blood pressure was adequately controlled in only 38% of treated patients and 31% of the overall hypertensive population of older men.
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