RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Lederman, Lynne
T1 Even Small Improvements in Control of Hypertension May Improve Cardiac Function in Afro-Caribbean Individuals
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2013
FD SAGE Publications
VO 13
IS 14
SP 15
OP 15
DO 10.1177/155989771314009
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/14/15.abstract
AB Most hypertension guidelines are based on randomized studies that enrolled few black patients. In the Caribbean, treatment of hypertension is important especially in black patients, who suffer from higher rates of hypertension-associated morbidity and mortality (eg, diastolic dysfunction, heart failure, renal disease) than non-black patients. This article discusses successful pilot studies of a primarily black patient population using a database developed over a decade.