A call to action and a lifecourse strategy to address the global burden of raised blood pressure on current and future generations: the Lancet Commission on hypertension.
Department of Internal Medicine, Holbæk Hospital and Centre for Individualized Medicine in Arterial Diseases (CIMA), Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. Electronic address: mho@dadlnet.dk.
Michael H
MH
Olsen
Division of Prevention and Primary Care, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA.
Sonia Y
SY
Angell
Global NCD Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Samira
S
Asma
Department of Pharmacology and INSERM U 970, Georges Pompidou Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.
Pierre
P
Boutouyrie
Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Dylan
D
Burger
Department of Medicine at University Hospital of Pennsylvania and Veteran's Administration, PA, USA.
Julio A
JA
Chirinos
Faculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique.
Albertino
A
Damasceno
Christian Delles: Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Christian
C
Delles
INSERM, UMR970, Paris-Cardiovascular Research Center, F-75015, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, F-75006, Paris, France; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Department of Genetics, F-75015, Paris, France.
Anne-Paule
AP
Gimenez-Roqueplo
The University of Western Australia-Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.
Dagmara
D
Hering
Direccion de Investigaciones, FOSCAL and Instituto de Investigaciones MASIRA, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Patricio
P
López-Jaramillo
Hypertension Clinic, Internal Medicine, Hospital Clinico, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Fernando
F
Martinez
The George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Vlado
V
Perkovic
Department of Cardiology, Ghent University and Biobanking & Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Ernst R
ER
Rietzschel
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Perugia, Terni University Hospital, Terni, Italy.
Giuseppe
G
Schillaci
Medical Research Council Unit on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Aletta E
AE
Schutte
Hypertension Center, Hypertension and Nephrology Unit, Department of Medicien, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Angelo
A
Scuteri
Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
James E
JE
Sharman
Department of Cardiology, Division of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Kristian
K
Wachtell
The Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Ji Guang
JG
Wang
D001794:Blood Pressure; D000071219:Global Burden of Disease; D014943:Global Health; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors