September 26, 2003Journal of Hypertension
Blood pressure is insufficiently controlled in European patients with established coronary heart disease
Population
5,556 patients with established coronary heart disease from 47 hospitals in 15 European countries.
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
at least 6 months after hospitalization
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
BP control remains inadequate in half of European CHD patients despite more medication; leaves open optimal adherence or regimen strategies.
Structured PICO
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Population
5,556 patients (aged < 71 years) with established coronary heart disease (identified after coronary artery bypass grafting, percutaneous coronary intervention, myocardial infarction, or myocardial ischaemia) from 47 hospitals in 15 European countries.
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Outcome
Prevalence of elevated blood pressure (systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg)surrogate
Despite high rates of antihypertensive medication use, blood pressure remains inadequately controlled in approximately half of European patients with established coronary heart disease.
Cite This Study
Boersma et al. (2003) studied this question.