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Editorial
. 2024 Dec 10;19(1):93.
doi: 10.5334/gh.1376. eCollection 2024.

Integrated Antihypertensive and Statin Treatment Protocols for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Andrew E Moran  1   2 , Obehi Aimiosior  1 , Reena Gupta  1   3 , Anupam Pathni  4 , Swagata Kumar Sahoo  4 , Girma Dessie  5 , Kufor Osi  6 , Xiulei Zhang  7 , Bolanle Banigbe  1 , Renu Garg  1 , Thomas R Frieden  1
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Editorial

Integrated Antihypertensive and Statin Treatment Protocols for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Andrew E Moran et al. Glob Heart. .

Abstract

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.

Keywords: antihypertensive medicines; dyslipidemia; hypertension; simple treatment protocol; statins.

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The authors have no competing interests to declare.

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Prototype HEARTS hypertension + statin treatment protocol
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Prototype HEARTS hypertension + statin treatment protocol.
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