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Objectives: The objective is to describe hypertension (HTN) prevalence, awareness, treatment and control in urban and rural communities in Latin America to inform public and policy-makers.

Methods: Cross-sectional analysis from urban (n = 111) and rural (n = 93) communities including 33 276 participants from six Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Uruguay) were included. HTN was defined as self-reported HTN on blood pressure (BP) medication or average BP over 140/90 mmHg, awareness as self-reported HTN, and controlled as those with BP under 140/90 mmHg.

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Randomized Controlled Trial of Radiation Protection With a Patient Lead Shield and a Novel, Nonlead Surgical Cap for Operators Performing Coronary Angiography or Intervention.

Circ Cardiovasc Interv

August 2015

From the Department of Medicine and the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (A.A., C.L.G., J.S., M.K.N., M.R., J.-D.S., S.R.M., T.S., N.V., J.V., S.P., D.A.K., M.T., B.M., K.C., S.F.L., T.M., S.S.J.); and Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science, Institute of Technology, University of Ontario, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (E.W.).

Background: Interventional cardiologists receive one of the highest levels of annual occupational radiation exposure. Further measures to protect healthcare workers are needed.

Methods And Results: We evaluated the efficacy of a pelvic lead shield and a novel surgical cap in reducing operators' radiation exposure.

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