title: International Society of Hypertension (ISH): statement on blood pressure lowering and stroke prevention.
abstract: The ISH Statement on blood pressure lowering and stroke prevention was finalized after presentation and discussion at the World Health Organization and International Society of Hypertension (WHO-ISH) Meeting on Stroke and Blood Pressure, held in Melbourne Australia, 5-7 December 2002. The meeting was conducted under the auspice of the Austin Hospital Medical Research Foundation, Melbourne.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chalmers
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Todd
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: Lawrie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beilin
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Donnan
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frommer
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huxley
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lenfant
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: MacMahon
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mancia
authors.forename: Shanthi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mendis
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Whitworth
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zanchetti
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D020521:Stroke / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents