Title
SPRINT on clinical practice: It’s time to change the management of arterial hypertension in Latin America?
Other title
[El SPRINT en la práctica médica: ¿Es momento de modificar el manejo de la hipertensión arterial en Latinoamérica?]
Date Issued
01 October 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignazio Chavez
Abstract
This paper analyzes the feasibility of the implementation of SPRINT trial results, the need to rethink the clinical practice guidelines(CPG) for the management of arterial hypertension and associated costs with daily practice applicability. SPRINT is a clinical trial comparing systolic blood pressure control <120 mmHg and <140 mmHg over cardiovascular complications, generating a great worldwide impact followed by publication of several studies that addressed relevance, usefulness, applicability and controversial aspects of SPRINT from different perspectives. Achieving blood pressure goals is one of the most discussed issue in widely used hypertension CPG around the world and in Latin American. SPRINT has generated and will generate a great impact on CPG, being necessary the reassessment of blood pressure goals and inclusion in future CPG, as has been considered in 2016 Canadian guideline and will be considered in NICE guideline update scheduled for June. The SPRINT trial raises new evidence for the management of hypertension, useful in people over 50 years, from urban populations, with defined cardiovascular risk without associated comorbidities. The applicability of SPRINT in Latin America is limited by increased costs associated with hypertensive patients’ integrated health care, low care coverage, and lack of integrated care programs.
Start page
367
End page
373
Volume
86
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Sistema cardiaco, Sistema cardiovascular
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84995616132
PubMed ID
Source
Archivos de Cardiologia de Mexico
ISSN of the container
14059940
Sources of information:
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