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ReviewCureus2018

American Heart Association High Blood Pressure Protocol 2017: A Literature Review.

Asad Ali, Muhammad Abu Zar, Ahmad Kamal, Amber E Faquih, Chandur Bhan, Waleed Iftikhar, Muhammad Bilal Malik, Malik Qistas Ahmad, Nouman Safdar Ali, Shahzad Ahmed Sami and 3 more

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Review in Cureus, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Asad AliMedicine, CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, Lahore, PAK.
Muhammad Abu ZarHematology and Oncology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.
Ahmad KamalHematology and Oncology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.
Amber E FaquihGraduate, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Chandur BhanInternal Medicine, Chandka Medical College Hospital, Larkana, PAK.
Waleed IftikharInternal Medicine, CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, Lahore, PAK.
Muhammad Bilal MalikInternal Medicine, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, PAK.
Malik Qistas AhmadHematology-Oncology, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, USA.
Nouman Safdar AliMedicine, Jinnah Hospital/Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, PAK.
Shahzad Ahmed SamiInternal Medicine, CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, Lahore, PAK.
Fnu JitidharInternal Medicine, Orthopedic and Medical Institute, Karachi, PAK.
Abbas M CheemaInternal Medicine, Combined Military Hospital, Lahore, PAK.
Annum ZulfiqarInternal Medicine, Sheikh Zayed Medical College/Hospital, Lahore, PAK.
CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry · PKUniversity of Arizona · USCombined Military Hospital · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypertension is the most prevalent clinical symptom arising from various cardiovascular disorders. Likewise, it is considered a precursor or sequelae to the development of acute coronary artery disease and congestive heath failure (CHF). Hypertension has been considered a cardinal criterion to determine cardiovascular function. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) global observatory data, hypertension causes more than 7.5 million deaths a year, about 12.8% of the total human mortality. Similarly, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) states that 35% of the American adults have been estimated to have a persistently high blood pressure, which makes it about one in every three adults. Hypertension is a modifiable symptom that can be managed through pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods and standard protocols set forth by the American Heart Association (AHA). With new findings from various clinical trials related to the management of hypertension, new developments and recommendations have been made to update the previously established protocols for hypertension. This article aims to discuss and dissect the modern updates of hypertension management as comprehensively elaborated in the 2017 Hypertension Clinical Practice Guidelines.

Indexed as

anti-hypertensiveatrial fibrillationcardiovascular eventschronic kidney disease (ckd)comorbiditiesintra cranialperipheral artery diseasepharmacologic treatmentreduced ejection fractionsalt-sensitive

Identifiers

PMID30410836
PMCPMC6207493
OpenAlexW2889083286

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