[Quality control of oral anticoagulant therapy in Primary Care in Madrid City, Spain: CHRONOS-TAO study].

Objectives: To determine quality control of patients with oral anticoagulant treatment recruited in Primary Care (PC) using the Rosendaal method to estimate time in therapeutic range (TTR) and comparing it with fraction of international normalized ratio (INR) in range and cross-sectional analysis (last INR registred).

Material And Method: A retrospective observational study based on electronic medical record in routine clinical practice.

Setting: PC centers (262) in Madrid.

[Prevalence, degree of control and treatment of hypertension in the adult population of Madrid, Spain].

Background: Hypertension (HT) is a major modifiable cardiovascular risk factors. The objective of this study is to estimate the adult population of the Community of Madrid (30-74 years) prevalence of hypertension, knowledge, degree of control and drug treatment.

Methods: We studied a random sample population in 2007 among residents of Madrid Community of between 30 and 74 years, obtained by cluster sampling.