Hypertension; East and West

Hypertension is the number one public health burden accounting for most cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide. While the more developed western countries have shown some success in combating hypertension, the same cannot be said for developing and newly developed countries in the East. Th...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rahman, Abdul Rashid, Abdul Rashid, Aneesa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MedCrave Group 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62063/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62063/1/Hypertension%3B%20East%20and%20West.pdf
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description Hypertension is the number one public health burden accounting for most cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide. While the more developed western countries have shown some success in combating hypertension, the same cannot be said for developing and newly developed countries in the East. The prevalence of hypertension is increasing in the East and coupled with low awareness, and poor blood pressure control on treatment, it will continue to pose substantial health demand in the East. Lessons needs to be learned from the West to combat this public health scourge.
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spelling upm-620632019-03-21T07:46:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62063/ Hypertension; East and West Abdul Rahman, Abdul Rashid Abdul Rashid, Aneesa Hypertension is the number one public health burden accounting for most cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide. While the more developed western countries have shown some success in combating hypertension, the same cannot be said for developing and newly developed countries in the East. The prevalence of hypertension is increasing in the East and coupled with low awareness, and poor blood pressure control on treatment, it will continue to pose substantial health demand in the East. Lessons needs to be learned from the West to combat this public health scourge. MedCrave Group 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62063/1/Hypertension%3B%20East%20and%20West.pdf Abdul Rahman, Abdul Rashid and Abdul Rashid, Aneesa (2017) Hypertension; East and West. Journal of Cardiology & Current Research, 10 (1). pp. 1-3. ISSN 2373-4396 https://medcraveonline.com/JCCR/JCCR-10-00353
spellingShingle Abdul Rahman, Abdul Rashid
Abdul Rashid, Aneesa
Hypertension; East and West
title Hypertension; East and West
title_full Hypertension; East and West
title_fullStr Hypertension; East and West
title_full_unstemmed Hypertension; East and West
title_short Hypertension; East and West
title_sort hypertension; east and west
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62063/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62063/1/Hypertension%3B%20East%20and%20West.pdf