Austrian Consensus on High Blood Pressure 2019

Elevated blood pressure remains a major cause of cardiovascular disease, disability, and premature death in Austria, with suboptimal rates of detection, treatment and control also in recent years. Management of hypertension is a common challenge for physicians with different spezializations. In an a...

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Published in:Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift 2019-11, Vol.131 (Suppl 6), p.489
Main Authors: Weber, Thomas, Arbeiter, Klaus, Ardelt, Florian, Auer, Johann, Aufricht, Christoph, Brandt, Mathias C, Dichtl, Wolfgang, Ferrari, Julia, Föger, Bernhard, Henkel, Martin, Hohenstein-Scheibenecker, Katharina, Horn, Sabine, Kautzky-Willer, Alexandra, Kepplinger, Erwin, Knoflach, Michael, Koppelstätter, Christian, Mache, Christoph, Marschang, Peter, Mayer, Gert, Metzler, Bernhard, Oberbauer, Rainer, Obermair, Florian, Obermayer-Pietsch, Barbara, Perl, Sabine, Pilz, Stefan, Prischl, Friedrich C, Podczeck-Schweighofer, Andrea, Rebhandl, Erwin, Rohla, Miklos, Roller-Wirnsberger, Regina, Saely, Christoph H, Siostrzonek, Peter, Slany, Jörg, Stoschitzky, Kurt, Waldegger, Siegfried, Wenzel, Rene R, Weiss, Thomas, Wirnsberger, Gerhard, Winhofer-Stöckl, Yvonne, Zweiker, David, Zweiker, Robert, Watschinger, Bruno
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use
Austria
Blood Pressure
Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control
Consensus
Humans
Hypertension - complications
Hypertension - drug therapy
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Summary:Elevated blood pressure remains a major cause of cardiovascular disease, disability, and premature death in Austria, with suboptimal rates of detection, treatment and control also in recent years. Management of hypertension is a common challenge for physicians with different spezializations. In an attempt to standardize diagnostic and therapeutic strategies and, ultimately, to increase the rate of patients with controlled blood pressure and to decrease the burden of cardiovascular disease, 13 Austrian medical societies reviewed the evidence regarding prevention, detection, workup, treatment and consequences of high blood pressure in general and in various clinical scenarios. The result is presented as the first national consensus on blood pressure. The authors and societies involved are convinced that a joint national effort is needed to decrease hypertension-related morbidity and mortality in our country.
ISSN:1613-7671
DOI:10.1007/s00508-019-01565-0