[HTML][HTML] 2021 World Health Organization guideline on pharmacological treatment of hypertension: Policy implications for the region of the Americas

NRC Campbell, MP Burnens, PK Whelton… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the Americas and raised
blood pressure accounts for over 50% of CVD. In the Americas over a quarter of adult …

Management of NCD in low-and middle-income countries

W Checkley, H Ghannem, V Irazola, S Kimaiyo… - Global heart, 2014 - Elsevier
Noncommunicable disease (NCD), comprising cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes,
and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, are increasing in incidence rapidly in low-and …

Daily sodium consumption and CVD mortality in the general population: systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies

R Poggio, L Gutierrez, MG Matta, N Elorriaga… - Public health …, 2015 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveThe purpose of the present study was to determine whether elevated dietary Na
intake could be associated with CVD mortality. DesignWe performed a systematic review …

Variations between women and men in risk factors, treatments, cardiovascular disease incidence, and death in 27 high-income, middle-income, and low-income …

M Walli-Attaei, P Joseph, A Rosengren, CK Chow… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Some studies, mainly from high-income countries (HICs), report that women
receive less care (investigations and treatments) for cardiovascular disease than do men …

Effect of a community health worker–led multicomponent intervention on blood pressure control in low-income patients in Argentina: a randomized clinical trial

J He, V Irazola, KT Mills, R Poggio, A Beratarrechea… - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Despite extensive knowledge of hypertension treatment, the prevalence of
uncontrolled hypertension is high and increasing in low-and middle-income countries …

Association between household air pollution exposure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease outcomes in 13 low-and middle-income country settings

T Siddharthan, MR Grigsby, D Goodman… - American journal of …, 2018 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Forty percent of households worldwide burn biomass fuels for energy, which may
be the most important contributor to household air pollution. Objectives: To examine the …

Argentine valuation of the EQ-5D health states

FA Augustovski, VE Irazola, AP Velazquez, L Gibbons… - Value in health, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To develop a set of health state values based on EuroQol EQ-5D instrument for
the Argentine general population. METHODS: Consecutive subjects attending six primary …

Multiple cardiometabolic risk factors in the Southern Cone of Latin America: a population-based study in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay

AL Rubinstein, VE Irazola, M Calandrelli… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death, and its mortality is increasing
in Latin America. However, population-based data on cardiovascular disease risk factors are …

[HTML][HTML] The shift of obesity burden by socioeconomic status between 1998 and 2017 in Latin America and the Caribbean: a cross-sectional series study

SS Jiwani, RM Carrillo-Larco… - The Lancet Global …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background The burden of obesity differs by socioeconomic status. We aimed to
characterise the prevalence of obesity among adult men and women in Latin America and …

Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in selected LMIC communities: results from the NHLBI/UHG Network of centers of excellence for chronic …

VE Irazola, L Gutierrez, G Bloomfield… - Global heart, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease and premature
death worldwide. The prevalence of this public health problem is increasing in low-and …