2019
Community Health Workers Improve Linkage to Hypertension Care in Western Kenya
Vedanthan R, Kamano JH, DeLong AK, Naanyu V, Binanay CA, Bloomfield GS, Chrysanthopoulou SA, Finkelstein EA, Hogan JW, Horowitz CR, Inui TS, Menya D, Orango V, Velazquez EJ, Were MC, Kimaiyo S, Fuster V. Community Health Workers Improve Linkage to Hypertension Care in Western Kenya. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2019, 74: 1897-1906. PMID: 31487546, PMCID: PMC6788970, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.08.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAntihypertensive AgentsBlood PressureBlood Pressure DeterminationCluster AnalysisCommunicationCommunity Health ServicesCommunity Health WorkersFemaleHealth BehaviorHealth PromotionHealth Services AccessibilityHealth Services ResearchHumansHypertensionKenyaMaleMedication AdherenceMiddle AgedRisk FactorsSmartphoneSystoleTelemedicineConceptsCommunity health workersElevated blood pressureBlood pressureSystolic BPUsual careHealth workersHypertension careCovariate-adjusted mixed effects modelAverage overall followBaseline systolic BPHypertension care programCo-primary outcomesSystolic blood pressureSBP reductionHypertension controlOverall followSBP changeRisk factorsCare programLinkage of individualsCareMixed effects modelsGreater reductionMobile healthMortality
2015
Relationship Between Daily Exposure to Biomass Fuel Smoke and Blood Pressure in High-Altitude Peru
Burroughs Peña M, Romero KM, Velazquez EJ, Davila-Roman VG, Gilman RH, Wise RA, Miranda JJ, Checkley W. Relationship Between Daily Exposure to Biomass Fuel Smoke and Blood Pressure in High-Altitude Peru. Hypertension 2015, 65: 1134-1140. PMID: 25753976, PMCID: PMC4466100, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.114.04840.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiastolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureBlood pressureBiomass fuel useHousehold air pollutionVital capacityFuel smokeHigher systolic blood pressurePopulation-based cohort studyDaily exposureHigher diastolic blood pressureBiomass fuel usersBlood pressure outcomesElevated blood pressureHigh blood pressureBiomass fuel smokeMultivariable regression modelsCardiovascular preventionCohort studyLung functionPressure outcomesEffect modificationHigher likelihoodHypertensionFuel users
2007
Effect of Antecedent Hypertension and Follow-Up Blood Pressure on Outcomes After High-Risk Myocardial Infarction
Thune JJ, Signorovitch J, Kober L, Velazquez EJ, McMurray JJ, Califf RM, Maggioni AP, Rouleau JL, Howlett J, Zelenkofske S, Pfeffer MA, Solomon SD. Effect of Antecedent Hypertension and Follow-Up Blood Pressure on Outcomes After High-Risk Myocardial Infarction. Hypertension 2007, 51: 48-54. PMID: 18025296, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.107.093682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk myocardial infarctionLower blood pressureBlood pressureCardiovascular eventsMyocardial infarctionAntecedent hypertensionHeart failureElevated systolic blood pressureAggressive antihypertensive treatmentComposite of deathMyocardial Infarction trialSubsequent cardiovascular eventsVentricular systolic dysfunctionElevated blood pressureModifiable risk factorsSystolic blood pressureAcute myocardial infarctionPostmyocardial infarction periodAntihypertensive treatmentCardiovascular deathSystolic dysfunctionAdverse eventsCardiac arrestRisk factorsHigh risk