Aletta E Schutte
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Blood pressure & Global Health. Past President, International Society of Hypertension. 🇿🇦 in 🇦🇺. Christian ✝️ , coffee ❤️, mom. Views my own.
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2 months ago |
mja.com.au | Aletta E Schutte |Markus Schlaich
Med J Aust 2025; 222 (2): 104-105.
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Jul 11, 2024 |
mja.com.au | Aletta E Schutte |Belinda Bennett |Clara Chow |Geoffrey C. Cloud
Med J Aust || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52373 Published online: 12 July 2024 Raised blood pressure or hypertension is by far the leading risk factor for preventable deaths in Australia, contributing to over 25 000 deaths annually (Supporting Information, figure 1 and figure 2),1,2,3 mainly due to stroke, heart disease, kidney disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and dementia.3,4 The reduction of blood pressure to less than 140/90 mmHg is only achieved in 32% of people with hypertension in...
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Jul 11, 2024 |
nature.com | Aletta E Schutte
AbstractWearable health monitoring is a multibillion-dollar industry. But the holy grail is probably getting it right for blood pressure monitoring without a cuff, because raised blood pressure is very common and the leading cause of death in the world.
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Jul 11, 2024 |
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Aletta E Schutte |Belinda Bennett |Clara Chow |Geoffrey C. Cloud
Raised blood pressure or hypertension is by far the leading risk factor for preventable deaths in Australia, contributing to over 25 000 deaths annually (, figure 1 and figure 2),1-3 mainly due to stroke, heart disease, kidney disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and dementia.3, 4 The reduction of blood pressure to less than 140/90 mmHg is only achieved in 32% of people with hypertension in Australia, and control rates have stagnated for a decade (, figure 3).5, 6 As our control rates...
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Sep 11, 2023 |
ahajournals.org | Aletta E Schutte |Quarraisha Abdool Karim
Helicopter science, also known as parachute research, neocolonial science, or parasitic science occurs when researchers, typically from wealthy countries, travel to under-resourced communities, conduct their research, and leave, often with very limited understanding or involvement of the local researchers or communities they studied, and with few direct benefits to local participants.1 It often creates dependency on external expertise, does not address local research needs, and may hinder...
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Proud to be part of the Global Cardiovascular Disease Risk Consortium - paper just out on lifetime gain. We found that the two risk factors that impacted lifetime the most, were high blood pressure and smoking. https://t.co/byWNfDR9sY
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