Abstract

PEREZ-CRUZ, Maricela; AFONSO-DE-LEON, José Alberto  and  MORERA-GALBAN, Yailin. Need to calculate global cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients. Rev.Med.Electrón. [online]. 2024, vol.46  Epub Apr 05, 2024. ISSN 1684-1824.

Faced with the global health threat posed by cardiovascular diseases, the HEARTS initiative of the World Health Organization supports countries to strengthen measures to prevent cardiovascular diseases, such as cardiovascular risk stratification. The authors propose as an objective to substantiate the need of calculating global cardiovascular risk in primary health care. Two forms are used to estimate global cardiovascular risk: qualitative and quantitative. In the latter, certain cardiovascular risk factors are considered and expressed in terms of low, medium, and high risk. There are several systems and in different supports that allow their use in various scenarios; in addition they make it possible to plan the follow-up and treatment according to risk. Although they have disadvantages, their use is recommended to prevent complications and death. The calculation of global cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients is a measure of great value for predicting mortality, establishing the therapeutic strategy, and planning patient follow-up. Its use should be extended and consolidated at all levels of health care.

Keywords : arterial hypertension; cardiovascular risk stratification.

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