Ariadni Menti, Anastasios Kollias, John A Papadakis, Rigas G Kalaitzidis, Haralampos Milionis, Xenophon Krokidis, George Nikitas, Spyridon Maragkoudakis, Emmanouil Makaris, Evangelos Papachristou, Vasilios Sarakis, Leonidas Lanaras, Eugenia Gkaliagkousi, Dimitrios Goumenos, Charalampos Grassos, Manolis S Kallistratos, Vasiliki Katsi, Dimitrios Konstantinidis, Vasileios Kotsis, Konstantinos G Kyriakoulis, Thomas Makris, Efstathios Manios, Athanasios Manolis, Maria Marketou, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Maria I Pikilidou, Athanasios Protogerou, Pantelis Sarafidis, Marrietta Theodorakopoulou, Konstantinos Tsioufis, Pantelis Zebekakis, Michael Doumas, George S Stergiou
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic had an adverse impact on several cardiovascular risk factors. This study investigated the prevalence, awareness and treatment of hypertension in Greece before and after the pandemic. Data were collected in the context of the May Measurement Month (MMM) global survey initiated by the International Society of Hypertension. METHODS: Adult volunteers (age ≥18 years) were recruited through opportunistic screening in public areas across cities in Greece in 2019 and 2022...
May 30, 2024: Hellenic Journal of Cardiology: HJC