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Practice Guideline
. 2016 Sep;107(3 Suppl 3):1-6.
doi: 10.5935/abc.20160151.

7th Brazilian Guideline of Arterial Hypertension: Chapter 1 - Concept, Epidemiology and Primary Prevention

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Mvb Malachias, F L Plavnik, C A Machado, D Malta, L C N Scala, S Fuchs
Practice Guideline

7th Brazilian Guideline of Arterial Hypertension: Chapter 1 - Concept, Epidemiology and Primary Prevention

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Mvb Malachias et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2016 Sep.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Mortality rate in Brazil due to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and distribution according to cause in 2013. IHD: ischemic heart disease; CbVD: cerebrovascular disease; HD: hypertensive disease; CHF: congestive heart failure.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Mortality rate in Brazil due to CVD from 2000 to 2013. Source: Information System on Mortality. Health Surveillance Secretariat, Brazilian Ministry of Health.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Hospitalization rate in Brazil per 100,000 inhabitants, per geopolitical region, from 2010 to 2012.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Prevalence of prehypertension (PH).
Figure 5
Figure 5
Meta-analysis of the risk of the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in individuals with prehypertension (PH).
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