High normal blood pressure and prehypertension: the debate continuesPeter Bolli
Ambulatory Internal Medicine Teaching Clinic, St Catharines, Ontario
Can J Cardiol 23:581-3. 2007
..Besides annual follow-up, the Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommends lifestyle therapy for individuals with high normal blood pressure. Ongoing research will establish whether any further management is required...
- Treatment resistant hypertension
Peter Bolli
Ambulatory Internal Medicine Teaching Clinic, St Catharines, Canada
Am J Ther 15:351-5. 2008
..Secondary forms of hypertension, although comprising only approximately 5% of patients with treatment resistant hypertension, are important to identify because they may represent a curable form of hypertension...
- New algorithm for the diagnosis of hypertension
Martin G Myers
Division of Cardiology, Sunnybrook and Women s Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Am J Hypertens 18:1369-74. 2005
..Out-of-office BP measurements are recommended, whenever feasible, to minimize both measurement error associated with mercury sphygmomanometry and the white coat effect experienced by some patients...
- Effectiveness of multidisciplinary patient counselling in reducing cardiovascular disease risk factors through nonpharmacological intervention: results from the Healthy Heart Program
David R Simpson
The Niagara Clinical Teaching and Research Centre, Hotel Dieu Health Sciences Hospital, St Catharines, Ontario
Can J Cardiol 20:177-86. 2004
..CONCLUSIONS: Multidisciplinary CVD prevention counseling positively influenced participant readiness for lifestyle behaviour change which translated into significant reductions in several physiological risk factors...
- The 2008 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part 1 - blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk
Raj J Padwal
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Can J Cardiol 24:455-63. 2008
..To provide updated, evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and assessment of adults with hypertension...
- The 2007 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: part 1- blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk
Raj S Padwal
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Can J Cardiol 23:529-38. 2007
..To provide updated, evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and assessment of adults with hypertension...
- Masked hypertension: a common but insidious presentation of hypertension
D W McKay
Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Can J Cardiol 22:617-20. 2006
..Physicians need to use careful clinical judgment to identify and treat subjects with masked hypertension. The present review discusses masked hypertension, its importance to clinical practice and some aspects of patient management...
- The 2006 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part I--Blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk
B R Hemmelgarn
Division of Nephrology, University of Calgary, and Foothills Hospital, 1403 29th Street Northwest, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Can J Cardiol 22:573-81. 2006
..To provide updated, evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and assessment of adults with high blood pressure...
- Applying the 2005 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations: 1. Diagnosis of hypertension
Peter Bolli
Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital, Windsor, Ont
CMAJ 173:480-3. 2005
- The 2005 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: part 1- blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk
Brenda R Hemmelgarn
Division of Nephrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Can J Cardiol 21:645-56. 2005
..All recommendations reported in the present paper received at least 95% consensus. These guidelines will continue to be updated annually...
- The 2004 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part I--Blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk
Brenda R Hemmelgarn
Division of Nephrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Can J Cardiol 20:31-40. 2004
..Only the recommendations that achieved high levels of consensus are reported. These guidelines will be updated annually...
- The 2001 Canadian recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part one--Assessment for diagnosis, cardiovascular risk, causes and lifestyle modification
Kelly B Zarnke
London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital Campus, London, Canada
Can J Cardiol 18:604-24. 2002
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