Pedro Ordunez, Norm R C Campbell, Donald J DiPette, Marc G Jaffe, Andres Rosende, Ramon Martinez, Angelo Gamarra, Cintia Lombardi, Natalia Parra, Libardo Rodriguez, Yenny Rodriguez, Jeffrey Brettler
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: HEARTS in the Americas is the regional adaptation of Global Hearts, the World Health Organization initiative for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and control. Its overarching goal is to drive health services to change managerial and clinical practice in primary care settings to improve hypertension control and CVD risk management. This review describes the HEARTS in the Americas initiative. First, the regional epidemiological situation of CVD mortality and population hypertension control trends are summarized; then the rationale for its main intervention components: the primary care-oriented management system and the HEARTS Clinical Pathway are described...
December 2, 2023: Current Hypertension Reports