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Fast Breaking Comments

By Luis Miguel Ruilope

ESI Special Topics, April 2004
Citing URL - http://www.esi-topics.com/fbp/2004/april04-LuisMiguelRuilope.html

Luis Miguel Ruilope answers a few questions about this month's fast breaking paper in the field of Clinical Medicine.


From •>>April 2004

Field: Clinical Medicine
Article Title: 2003 European society of hypertension - European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension
Authors: Mancia, G;Rosei, EA;Cifkova, R;DeBacker, G;Erdine, S;Fagard, R;Farsang, C;Heagerty, AM;Kawecka-Jaszcs, K;Kiowski, W;Kjeldsen, S;Luscher, T;McInnes, G;Mallion, JM;Brien, EO;Poulter, NR;Priori, SG;Rahn, KH;Rodicio, JL;Ruilope, LM;Safar, M;Staessen, JA;van Zwieten, P;Waeber, B;Williams, B;Zanchetti, A;Zannad, F
Journal: J HYPERTENSION
Volume: 21
Page: 1011-1053
Year: JUN 2003
* Osped Maggiore, Ctr Fisiol Clin & Ipertens, Via F Sforza 35, I-20122 Milan, Italy.
* Univ Milano Bicocca, Osped San Gerardo, Monza, Italy.
* Univ Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
* Inst Clin & Expt Med, Prague, Czech Republic.
* State Univ Ghent, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
* Univ Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.
* Univ Catholique Louvain, B-1348 Louvain, Belgium.
* St Emer Hosp, Budapest, Hungary.
* Univ Manchester, Manchester, Lancs, England.
* Jagiellonian Univ, Krakow, Poland.
* Herzgefasschirurg Zentrum, Zurich, Switzerland.
* Ullevaal Univ Hosp, Oslo, Norway.
* Univ Hosp, Zurich, Switzerland.
* Western Infirm & Associated Hosp, Glasgow G11 6NT, Lanark, Scotland.
* CHU Grenoble, F-38043 Grenoble, France.
* Univ Aarhus, Kommunehosp, Aarhus, Denmark.
* Beaumont Hosp, Dublin 9, Ireland.
* Imperial Coll Sch Med St Marys, London, England.
* Univ Pavia, I-27100 Pavia, Italy.
* Univ Munster, D-4400 Munster, Germany.
* Hosp 12 Octubre, E-28041 Madrid, Spain.
* Hop Broussais, F-75674 Paris, France.
* Catholic Univ Louvain, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium.
* Univ Amsterdam, Acad Med Ctr, NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands.
* CHU Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
* Univ Leicester, Leicester, Leics, England.
* Univ Milan, Osped Maggiore, Ist Auxol Italiano, Milan, Italy.
* Ctr Hosp Univ, Nancy, France.

ST:  Why do you think your paper is highly cited?

The paper is highly cited because it describes the guidelines of the European Society of Hypertension-European Society of Cardiology (ESH-ESC).

ST:  Does it describe a new discovery or a new methodology that's useful to others?

It compiles all available evidence in the field of arterial hypertension and gathers advice on how to use this evidence as part of a plan for the successful treatment of the hypertensive patient in actual clinical practice.

ST:  Could you summarize the significance of your paper in layman's terms?

The paper describes how to investigate the cause of elevated blood pressure and how to know the risks faced by a hypertensive patient in suffering the consequences of elevated BP. It also describes the latest advice on how to manage the treatment of a hypertensive patient.

ST:  How did you become involved in this research?

I am an opinion leader in the field of arterial hypertension.End

Luis M. Ruilope, M.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Complutense University
Head, Hypertension Unit
12 de Octubre Hospital
Madrid, Spain

ESI Special Topics, April 2004
Citing URL - http://www.esi-topics.com/fbp/2004/april04-LuisMiguelRuilope.html

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