The 20032 European Society of Hypertesion/European Society Cardiology (ESH-ESC)guidelines have recently proposed a new risk stratification scheme for estimating absolute risk for cardiovascular disease. At variance from the previous 1999 World Health Organization-International Society of Hypertension (WHO-ISH) guidelines, the new criteria include some additional risk factors such as obesity, abnormal high-density (HDL) or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels and define a slight increase in creatinine and microalbuminuria as signs of target organ damage (TOD).
Cardiovascular risk stratification according to the 2003 ESH-ESC guidelines in uncomplicated patients with essential hypertension : comparison with the 1999 WHO/ISH guidelines criteria / C. Cuspidi, S. Meani, M. Salerno, B. Severgnini, V.B. Fusi, C. Valerio, E.M. Catini, F. Magrini, A. Zanchetti. - In: BLOOD PRESSURE. - ISSN 0803-7051. - 13:3(2004), pp. 142-151.
Cardiovascular risk stratification according to the 2003 ESH-ESC guidelines in uncomplicated patients with essential hypertension : comparison with the 1999 WHO/ISH guidelines criteria
S. MeaniSecondo
;B. Severgnini;V.B. Fusi;C. Valerio;E.M. Catini;F. MagriniPenultimo
;A. ZanchettiUltimo
2004
Abstract
The 20032 European Society of Hypertesion/European Society Cardiology (ESH-ESC)guidelines have recently proposed a new risk stratification scheme for estimating absolute risk for cardiovascular disease. At variance from the previous 1999 World Health Organization-International Society of Hypertension (WHO-ISH) guidelines, the new criteria include some additional risk factors such as obesity, abnormal high-density (HDL) or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels and define a slight increase in creatinine and microalbuminuria as signs of target organ damage (TOD).Pubblicazioni consigliate
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