Western guidelines bring in cardiovascular risk prediction along with blood pressure levels for initiation of antihypertensive drugs: Is the pitch ready for Indians…

MeSH terms

• Antihypertensive Agents / adverse effects
• Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use*
• Blood Pressure / drug effects*
• Clinical Decision-Making
• Decision Support Techniques*
• Guideline Adherence
• Humans
• Hypertension / diagnosis
• Hypertension / drug therapy*
• Hypertension / epidemiology
• Hypertension / physiopathology
• India / epidemiology
• Patient Selection
• Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
• Practice Patterns, Physicians' / standards*
• Risk Assessment
• Risk Factors
• Treatment Outcome