Imperial College London
Alternate

Professor Neil Poulter

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Professor of Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine.
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 3446n.poulter

 
 
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Assistant

 

Mrs Ranjit Rayat +44 (0)20 7594 3445

 
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Location

 

55Stadium HouseWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Marin:2019:eurheartj/suz050,
author = {Marin, MJ and Garcia, Vasquez F and Martinez, Marissi E and Diaz, MA and Iturzaeta, A and Becerra, PA and Resin, C and Romero, CA and Irusta, P and Gaydou, A and Cianfagna, D and Diaz, A and Grosse, A and Rodriguez, PD and Beaney, T and Kobeissi, E and Poulter, NR and Zilberman, JM and Argentinian, Society of Hypertension and the MMM Investigators},
doi = {eurheartj/suz050},
journal = {European Heart Journal Supplements},
pages = {D8--D10},
title = {May Measurement Month 2017: analysis of the blood pressure screening results in Argentina-Americas},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suz050},
volume = {21},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Hypertension is a growing concern worldwide, causing over 10 million deaths each year. The prevalence of high blood pressure (BP) in Argentina is 36.3% and 38% of these are unaware of their disease. Half of the hypertensive patients are on pharmacological treatment and only a quarter of them are controlled. The International Society of Hypertension initiated the May Measurement Month (MMM) as a global campaign to raise awareness on high BP that may also serve as a temporary solution to the lack of global screening programs worldwide. A volunteer cross-sectional survey was carried out in May 2017 across 56 health centres. Blood pressure measurement, definition of hypertension and statistical analysis followed the MMM protocol. For this awareness campaign, the Argentine Society of Hypertension coined the slogan: 'Know and control your blood pressure'. A total of 32 346 individuals aged at least 18 years were screened during MMM17. After imputation, 16 263 (50.4%) were hypertensive. Of the 12 156 receiving antihypertensive medication 5400 (44.4%) still had uncontrolled BP. MMM17, called in our country 'Know and control your blood pressure', was the largest BP screening campaign done in Argentina. Almost 6 out of 10 hypertensive patients were either not on treatment or were not controlled to the BP goal. These results suggest that appropriate screening can help to identify a significant number of people with high BP.
AU  - Marin,MJ
AU  - Garcia,Vasquez F
AU  - Martinez,Marissi E
AU  - Diaz,MA
AU  - Iturzaeta,A
AU  - Becerra,PA
AU  - Resin,C
AU  - Romero,CA
AU  - Irusta,P
AU  - Gaydou,A
AU  - Cianfagna,D
AU  - Diaz,A
AU  - Grosse,A
AU  - Rodriguez,PD
AU  - Beaney,T
AU  - Kobeissi,E
AU  - Poulter,NR
AU  - Zilberman,JM
AU  - Argentinian,Society of Hypertension and the MMM Investigators
DO  - eurheartj/suz050
EP  - 10
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1520-765X
SP  - 8
TI  - May Measurement Month 2017: analysis of the blood pressure screening results in Argentina-Americas
T2  - European Heart Journal Supplements
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suz050
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31043864
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/71315
VL  - 21
ER  -
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