Integrated Antihypertensive and Statin Treatment Protocols for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
In low- and middle-income countries where the majority of preventable cardiovascular disease deaths occur, less than 10% of eligible patients receive statins for primary cardiovascular disease prevention. Since 2017, the Global Hearts initiative has implemented simple World Health Organization (WHO)...
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| author | Andrew E. Moran Obehi Aimiosior Reena Gupta Anupam Pathni Swagata Kumar Sahoo Girma Dessie Kufor Osi Xiulei Zhang Bolanle Banigbe Renu Garg Thomas R. Frieden |
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| description | In low- and middle-income countries where the majority of preventable cardiovascular disease deaths occur, less than 10% of eligible patients receive statins for primary cardiovascular disease prevention. Since 2017, the Global Hearts initiative has implemented simple World Health Organization (WHO) HEARTS hypertension and diabetes treatment protocols. In this editorial, we propose an approach of integrating statin treatment into existing HEARTS hypertension and diabetes protocols as a way of expanding statin coverage in low-and middle-income countries. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-45af3d9445ab474a9358bbddf1f6535f2025-01-08T07:57:07ZengUbiquity PressGlobal Heart2211-81792024-12-01191939310.5334/gh.13761357Integrated Antihypertensive and Statin Treatment Protocols for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income CountriesAndrew E. Moran0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3554-0085Obehi Aimiosior1Reena Gupta2Anupam Pathni3Swagata Kumar Sahoo4Girma Dessie5Kufor Osi6Xiulei Zhang7Bolanle Banigbe8Renu Garg9Thomas R. Frieden10Resolve to Save Lives, New York; Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New YorkResolve to Save Lives, New YorkResolve to Save Lives, New York; University of California at San Francisco, San FranciscoResolve to Save Lives, New DelhiResolve to Save Lives, New DelhiResolve to Save Lives, Addis AbabaResolve to Save Lives, AbujaVital Strategies, JinanResolve to Save Lives, New YorkResolve to Save Lives, New YorkResolve to Save Lives, New YorkIn low- and middle-income countries where the majority of preventable cardiovascular disease deaths occur, less than 10% of eligible patients receive statins for primary cardiovascular disease prevention. Since 2017, the Global Hearts initiative has implemented simple World Health Organization (WHO) HEARTS hypertension and diabetes treatment protocols. In this editorial, we propose an approach of integrating statin treatment into existing HEARTS hypertension and diabetes protocols as a way of expanding statin coverage in low-and middle-income countries.https://account.globalheartjournal.com/index.php/up-j-gh/article/view/1376hypertensiondyslipidemiastatinsantihypertensive medicinessimple treatment protocol |
| spellingShingle | Andrew E. Moran Obehi Aimiosior Reena Gupta Anupam Pathni Swagata Kumar Sahoo Girma Dessie Kufor Osi Xiulei Zhang Bolanle Banigbe Renu Garg Thomas R. Frieden Integrated Antihypertensive and Statin Treatment Protocols for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Global Heart hypertension dyslipidemia statins antihypertensive medicines simple treatment protocol |
| title | Integrated Antihypertensive and Statin Treatment Protocols for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries |
| title_full | Integrated Antihypertensive and Statin Treatment Protocols for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries |
| title_fullStr | Integrated Antihypertensive and Statin Treatment Protocols for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrated Antihypertensive and Statin Treatment Protocols for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries |
| title_short | Integrated Antihypertensive and Statin Treatment Protocols for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries |
| title_sort | integrated antihypertensive and statin treatment protocols for cardiovascular disease prevention in low and middle income countries |
| topic | hypertension dyslipidemia statins antihypertensive medicines simple treatment protocol |
| url | https://account.globalheartjournal.com/index.php/up-j-gh/article/view/1376 |
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