Cardiovascular disease
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients under treatment with antihypertensive agents with office systolic blood pressure of 140 mmHg or higher, or diastolic blood pressure of 90 mmHg or higher.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Cerebral vascular disease within 6 months (except for asymptomatic or transient ischemic attack) - Hemodialysis patients - Having other severe diseases (cancer, connective tissue disease) - Unwillingness to sign an informed consent. - Patient him/herself or his/her family uses medical devices (e.g., pacemaker) which are affected by electric waves from mobile-phone. - Patients considered as inappropriate to participate in this study by attending physicians.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Total mortality | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cardiovascular death, Sudden death, Ischemic heart disease, Cerebrovascular disease, De novo arteriosclerosis obliterans, Aortic dissection, heart failure that requires hospitalization, De novo diabetes, De novo atrial fibrillation, and Chronic hemodialysis | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Jichi Medical University School of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine