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Editorial
. 2020 Feb;22(2):132-134.
doi: 10.1111/jch.13797. Epub 2020 Jan 31.

Strategies for prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults with hypertension

Paul K Whelton  1 , Norm R C Campbell  2 , Daniel T Lackland  3 , Gianfranco Parati  4   5 , C Venkata S Ram  6   7 , Michael A Weber  8 , Xin-Hua Zhang  9
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Editorial

Strategies for prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults with hypertension

Paul K Whelton et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2020 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: antihypertensive treatment; blood pressure; cardiovascular disease; guidelines; hypertension.

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Conflict of interest statement

None for Drs. Whelton, Lackland, Parati, Ram or Zhang. Dr Campbell was a paid consultant to the Novartis Foundation (2016‐2017) to support their program to improve hypertension control in low‐ to middle‐income countries which includes travel support for site visits and a contract to develop a survey, provided paid consultative advice on accurate BP assessment to Midway Corporation (2017), and is an unpaid member of World Action on Salt and Health (WASH). Dr Weber has received research/consultant fees from AbbVie and Bristol Myers Smith, and honoraria from ReCor Medical, Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson, Ablative Solutions, Boston Scientific, Omron, Sanofi, and Astellas.

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