The First Brazilian Registry of Hypertension

Renato D Lopes; Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso; Andrea Araujo Brandao; Eduardo Costa Duarte Barbosa; Marcus Vinicius Bolivar Malachias; Marco Mota Gomes; Celso Amodeo; Rui Manoel Dos Santos Povoa; Margaret Assad Cavalcante; Dalton Bertolim Précoma; Antônio Carlos Sobral Sousa; João Miguel Malta Dantas; Evandro José Cesarino; Paulo Cesar B Veiga Jardim; RBH Investigators

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2018.08.012

The First Brazilian Registry of Hypertension

Am Heart J. 2018 Nov:205:154-157. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.08.012. Epub 2018 Aug 30.

Authors

Renato D Lopes¹, Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso², Andrea Araujo Brandao³, Eduardo Costa Duarte Barbosa⁴, Marcus Vinicius Bolivar Malachias⁵, Marco Mota Gomes⁶, Celso Amodeo⁷, Rui Manoel Dos Santos Povoa⁸, Margaret Assad Cavalcante⁹, Dalton Bertolim Précoma¹⁰, Antônio Carlos Sobral Sousa¹¹, João Miguel Malta Dantas¹², Evandro José Cesarino¹³, Paulo Cesar B Veiga Jardim²; RBH Investigators

Affiliations

¹ Brazilian Clinical Research Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. Electronic address: renato.lopes@dm.duke.edu.
² Hypertension League, Federal University of Goias, Goiânia, Brazil.
³ State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁴ Moinhos de Vento Hospital, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁵ Medical Sciences School of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
⁶ University Center Cesmac, Maceió, Brazil.
⁷ Dante Pazzanese Institute of Cardiology, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁸ Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁹ Medical Sciences School, Oeste Paulista University and Regional Hospital -, Presidente Prudente, Brazil.
¹⁰ Parana Catolic University, Curitiba, Brazil.
¹¹ Sergipe Federal University, Aracaju, Brazil.
¹² Research Institute of São Bernardo, São Bernardo, Brazil.
¹³ Medical Sciences School, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.

PMID: 30268352
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.08.012

Abstract

A systematic, nationwide assessment of care of patients with hypertension in Brazil is needed. The objective of the First National Registry of Patients with Hypertension in Brazil is to evaluate the clinical profile, treatment patterns, and outcomes of diagnosed hypertensive patients in the country.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Blood Pressure Determination / methods*
Brazil / epidemiology
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Hypertension* / diagnosis
Hypertension* / epidemiology
Hypertension* / therapy
Registries*