© 2004 by BMJ Publishing Group & British Cardiac Society
Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: managing hypertension and hyperlipidaemia
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Professor F D R Hobbs
Primary Care and General Practice, Primary Care Clinical Sciences Building, School of Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; f.d.r.hobbs{at}bham.ac.uk
Cardiovascular medicine has a sound evidence base upon which health professionals can base their interventions to modify risk among the British public. For primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, however, while there is considerable evidence on what to do, data are limited on how the evidence should be implemented in practice. The challenge will be to learn by experience which interventions directed at reducing blood pressure and lipids levels work best in different settings. There is a need to structure care to identify individuals who are at risk. Current targets are explicit and achievable for both hypertension and lipids. Effective treatment is likely to require multiple drug treatment.
Keywords: primary prevention; cardiovascular disease; hypertension; hyperlipidaemia; diabetes
Abbreviations: CHD, coronary heart disease; EUROASPIRE, European action on secondary prevention by intervention to reduce events; HOT, hypertension optimal treatment; MRFIT, multiple risk factor intervention trial; UKPDS, UK prospective diabetes study
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
Technorati What's this?
- Full Text
- Full Text (PDF)
- Submit a response
- Alert me when this article is cited
- Alert me when eLetters are posted
- Alert me if a correction is posted
- Citation Map
Services
- Email this link to a friend
- Similar articles in this journal
- Similar articles in PubMed
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Google Scholar
PubMed
Topic Collections
Bookmark with
Register for free content
The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.
Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.
