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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">abc</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">Arq. Bras. Cardiol.</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0066-782X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">1678-4170</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>S&#227;o Paulo, SP, Brazil</publisher-loc>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1590/S0066-782X2004001000003</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>IV Diretrizes Brasileiras de Hipertens&#227;o Arterial Grupos de trabalho</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Gomes</surname>
            <given-names>Marco Antonio Mota</given-names>
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            <surname>Pierin</surname>
            <given-names>Angela Maria Geraldo</given-names>
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            <surname>Sbissa</surname>
            <given-names>Antonio Silveira</given-names>
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            <surname>Nogueira</surname>
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            <surname>Mulinari</surname>
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            <given-names>Eliuden Galv&#227;o de</given-names>
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            <surname>Chaves Jr.</surname>
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            <surname>Kohlmann Jr.</surname>
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            <surname>Avezum</surname>
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            <surname>Gomes</surname>
            <given-names>Carlos Alberto</given-names>
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            <surname>Giorgi</surname>
            <given-names>Dante Marcelo Artigas</given-names>
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            <given-names>Gilson</given-names>
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  <body>
    <p>
      <bold>IV Diretrizes Brasileiras de Hipertens&#227;o Arterial</bold>
    </p>
    <p>
      <bold>Grupos de trabalho</bold>
    </p>
    <p>Grupo 1 - DIAGN&#211;STICO E CLASSIFICA&#199;&#195;O </p>
    <p>Coordenador: <bold>Marco Antonio Mota Gomes (AL)</bold></p>
    <p>Angela Maria Geraldo Pierin (SP) </p>
    <p>Antonio Silveira Sbissa (PR) </p>
    <p>Armando da Rocha Nogueira (RJ) </p>
    <p>Ayrton Pires Brand&#227;o (RJ) </p>
    <p>Cibeli I. Saad Rodrigues (SP) </p>
    <p>Edgar Pessoa de Mello (PE) </p>
    <p>Jos&#233; Xavier de Mello Filho (MA) </p>
    <p>Luiz Carlos Bodanese (RS) </p>
    <p>Paulo Toscano (PA) </p>
    <p>Sebasti&#227;o Ferreira Filho (MG)</p>
    <p>Grupo 2 - INVESTIGA&#199;&#195;O CL&#205;NICO-LABORATORIAL E DECIS&#195;O TERAP&#202;UTICA </p>
    <p>Coordenador: <bold>Fernando Nobre (SP)</bold></p>
    <p>Agostinho Tavares (SP) </p>
    <p>Antonio Carlos Lopes (SP) </p>
    <p>Jorge Pinto Ribeiro (RS) </p>
    <p>Jos&#233; Carlos Aydar Ayoub (SP) </p>
    <p>Jos&#233; M&#225;rcio Ribeiro (MG) </p>
    <p>Luiz Introcaso (DF) </p>
    <p>Marcelo Corr&#234;a (RJ) </p>
    <p>Mario Maranh&#227;o (PR) </p>
    <p>Pedro Jabur (SP) </p>
    <p>Raimundo Marques Nascimento (MG) </p>
    <p>Roberto de S&#225; Cunha (ES) </p>
    <p>Rog&#233;rio Andrade Mulinari (PR)</p>
    <p>Grupo 3 - ABORDAGEM MULTIPROFISSIONAL </p>
    <p>Coordenador: <bold>Carlos Alberto Machado (SP)</bold></p>
    <p>Adriana Avila (SP) </p>
    <p> Cl&#243;vis Oliveira Andrade (SE) </p>
    <p> Jo&#227;o Carlos Rocha (SP) </p>
    <p> Margarida Maria Ver&#237;ssimo Lopes (CE) </p>
    <p> Maria Cec&#237;lia G. Marinho Arruda (SP) </p>
    <p> Maria F&#225;tima Azevedo (RN) </p>
    <p> Maria Helena C. Carvalho (SP) </p>
    <p> Marilda Novaes Lipp (SP) </p>
    <p> N&#225;rcia Elisa B. Kohlmann (SP) </p>
    <p> Neide de Jesus (BA) </p>
    <p> Paulo C&#233;sar da Veiga Jardim (GO)</p>
    <p>Grupo 4 - TRATAMENTO N&#195;O-MEDICAMENTOSO </p>
    <p>Coordenador: <bold>Celso Amodeo (SP)</bold></p>
    <p>Carlos Eduardo Negr&#227;o (SP) </p>
    <p> Celso Ferreira (SP) </p>
    <p> Cl&#225;udio Pereira da Cunha (PR) </p>
    <p> Eli Toscano (DF) </p>
    <p> Eliuden Galv&#227;o de Lima (ES) </p>
    <p> Estelamaris Tronco Monego (GO) </p>
    <p> F&#225;tima L&#250;cia Machado Braga (PE) </p>
    <p> Hilton de Castro Chaves Jr. (PE) </p>
    <p> Joel Heiman (SP) </p>
    <p> Tales de Carvalho (SC)</p>
    <p>Grupo 5 - TRATAMENTO MEDICAMENTOSO </p>
    <p>Coordenador: <bold>Osvaldo Kohlmann Jr. (SP)</bold></p>
    <p>Alvaro Avezum (SP) </p>
    <p> Artur Beltrame Ribeiro (SP) </p>
    <p> Carlos Alberto Gomes (MG) </p>
    <p> Dante Marcelo Artigas Giorgi (SP) </p>
    <p> Gilson Feitosa (BA) </p>
    <p> Harue Ohashi (SP) </p>
    <p> Jos&#233; Antonio Franchini Ramirez (SP) </p>
    <p> Marcelo Marcondes Machado (SP) </p>
    <p> Natalino Salgado Filho (MA) </p>
    <p> Rafael Leite Luna (RJ) </p>
    <p> Roberto Jorge da Silva Franco (SP) </p>
    <p> Robson Augusto dos Santos (MG) </p>
    <p> Wille Oigman (RJ)</p>
    <p>Grupo 6 - TRATAMENTO DA HIPERTENS&#195;O ARTERIAL EM SITUA&#199;&#213;ES ESPECIAIS </p>
    <p>Coordenador: <bold>Ist&#234;nio Fernandes Pascoal (DF)</bold></p>
    <p>Airton Massaro (SP) </p>
    <p> &#193;lvaro Nagib Atallah (SP) </p>
    <p> Andr&#233;a Brand&#227;o (RJ) </p>
    <p> Elizabete Viana de Freitas (RJ) </p>
    <p> Ivan Cordovil (RJ) </p>
    <p> Jos&#233; Eg&#237;dio Paulo de Oliveira (RJ) </p>
    <p> Jos&#233; Geraldo L. Ramos (RS) </p>
    <p> Maria Teresa Zanella (SP) </p>
    <p> Maur&#237;cio Wajngarten (SP) </p>
    <p> Roberto Dischinger Miranda (SP) </p>
    <p> Soubihe Kahhale (SP) </p>
    <p> Vera Koch (SP)</p>
    <p>Grupo 7 - PREVEN&#199;&#195;O PRIM&#193;RIA </p>
    <p>Coordenador: <bold>D&#233;cio Mion Jr. (SP)</bold></p>
    <p>Arm&#234;nio C. Guimar&#227;es (BA) </p>
    <p> Catia Sueli Palmeira (BA) </p>
    <p> Claudia Lucia de Moraes Forjaz (SP) </p>
    <p> Eduardo B. Coelho (SP) </p>
    <p> Fernando Antonio Almeida (SP) </p>
    <p> Isabel Cristina Estefano Pellizari (SP) </p>
    <p> Marcos Ausenka Ribeiro (SP) </p>
    <p> Michel Batlouni (SP) </p>
    <p>Paulo Lotufo (SP) </p>
    <p>Regina Teresa Capelari (SP)</p>
    <p>Grupo 8 - EPIDEMIOLOGIA </p>
    <p>Coordenador: <bold>Luc&#233;lia C. Magalh&#227;es (BA)</bold></p>
    <p>Abrah&#227;o Afiune Neto (GO) </p>
    <p>Abr&#227;o Cury (SP) </p>
    <p>Alci Moreira (MG) </p>
    <p>Ana Luisa de Souza (GO) </p>
    <p>Flavio Danni Fuchs (RS) </p>
    <p>Ines Lessa (BA) </p>
    <p>Marcus V. Bol&#237;var Malachias (MG) </p>
    <p>Romero Bezerra (DF) </p>
    <p>Sandra Fuchs (RS)</p>
    <p>Grupo 9 - HIPERTENS&#195;O SECUND&#193;RIA </p>
    <p>Coordenador: <bold>Jos&#233; Nery Praxedes (SP)</bold></p>
    <p>Antonio Cambara (SP) </p>
    <p>Antonio Marmo Lucon (SP) </p>
    <p>Berenice Mendon&#231;a (SP) </p>
    <p>Flavio Borelli (SP) </p>
    <p>Helio B. Silva (SP) </p>
    <p>Jo&#227;o Egidio Rom&#227;o Jr. (SP) </p>
    <p>Jos&#233; Gast&#227;o Rocha Carvalho (PR) </p>
    <p>Jos&#233; Luiz Santello (SP) </p>
    <p>Luiz Bortolotto (SP) </p>
    <p>Luis Celso Matavelli (SP) </p>
    <p>Maria Eliete Pinheiro (SP) </p>
    <p>Val&#233;ria Guimar&#227;es (DF)</p>
    <p>
      <bold>Grau de Recomenda&#231;&#227;o</bold>
    </p>
    <p>Em sintonia com a tend&#234;ncia cient&#237;fica mundial e a orienta&#231;&#227;o da Associa&#231;&#227;o M&#233;dica Brasileira, as <bold>IV Diretrizes Brasileiras de Hipertens&#227;o</bold> fundamentam suas orienta&#231;&#245;es segundo Graus de Recomenda&#231;&#227;o baseados em n&#237;veis de evid&#234;ncia dos estudos cl&#237;nicos de refer&#234;ncia:</p>
    <disp-quote>
      <p><bold>Grau A &#150;</bold> grandes ensaios cl&#237;nicos aleatorizados e metan&#225;lises. </p>
      <p><bold>Grau B &#150;</bold> estudos cl&#237;nicos e observacionais bem desenhados. </p>
      <p><bold>Grau C &#150;</bold> relatos e s&#233;ries de casos. </p>
      <p><bold>Grau D &#150;</bold> publica&#231;&#245;es baseadas em consensos e opini&#245;es de especialistas.</p>
    </disp-quote>
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        <article-title xml:lang="en">IV Brazilian Guidelines on Arterial Hypertension Work groups</article-title>
      </title-group>
    </front-stub>
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      <p>
        <bold>IV Brazilian Guidelines on Arterial Hypertension</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
        <bold>Work groups</bold>
      </p>
      <p>Group 1 - DIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION</p>
      <p>Coordinator: <bold>Marco Antonio Mota Gomes (AL)</bold></p>
      <p>Angela Maria Geraldo Pierin (SP)</p>
      <p>Antonio Silveira Sbissa (PR)</p>
      <p>Armando da Rocha Nogueira (RJ)</p>
      <p>Ayrton Pires Brand&#227;o (RJ)</p>
      <p>Cibeli Isaac Saad Rodrigues (SP)</p>
      <p>Edgar Pessoa de Mello (PE)</p>
      <p>Jos&#233; Xavier de Mello Filho (MA)</p>
      <p>Luiz Carlos Bodanese (RS)</p>
      <p>Paulo Toscano (PA)</p>
      <p>Sebasti&#227;o Ferreira Filho (MG)</p>
      <p>Group 2 - CLINICAL AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATION and THERAPEUTIC DECISION</p>
      <p>Coordinator: <bold>Fernando Nobre (SP)</bold></p>
      <p>Agostinho Tavares (SP)</p>
      <p>Antonio Carlos Lopes (SP)</p>
      <p>Jorge Pinto Ribeiro (RS)</p>
      <p>Jos&#233; Carlos Aydar Ayoub (SP)</p>
      <p>Jos&#233; M&#225;rcio Ribeiro (MG)</p>
      <p>Luiz Introcaso (DF)</p>
      <p>Marcelo Corr&#234;a (RJ)</p>
      <p>Mario Maranh&#227;o (PR)</p>
      <p>Pedro Jabur (SP)</p>
      <p>Raimundo Marques Nascimento (MG)</p>
      <p>Roberto de S&#225; Cunha (PR)</p>
      <p>Rog&#233;rio Andrade Mulinari (PR)</p>
      <p>Group 3 - MULTIPROFESSIONAL APPROACH</p>
      <p>Coordinator: <bold>Carlos Alberto Machado (SP)</bold></p>
      <p>Adriana Avila (SP)</p>
      <p>Cl&#243;vis Oliveira Andrade (SE)</p>
      <p>Jo&#227;o Carlos Rocha (SP)</p>
      <p>Margarida Maria Ver&#237;ssimo Lopes (CE)</p>
      <p>Maria Cec&#237;lia G. Marinho Arruda (SP)</p>
      <p>Maria F&#225;tima Azevedo (RN)</p>
      <p>Maria Helena C. Carvalho (SP)</p>
      <p>Marilda Lipp (SP)</p>
      <p>N&#225;rcia Elisa B. Kohlmann (SP)</p>
      <p>Neide de Jesus (BA)</p>
      <p>Paulo C&#233;sar da Veiga Jardim (GO)</p>
      <p>Group 4 - NON-DRUG TREATMENT</p>
      <p>Coordinator: <bold>Celso Amodeo (SP)</bold></p>
      <p>Carlos Eduardo Negr&#227;o (SP)</p>
      <p>Celso Ferreira(SP)</p>
      <p>Cl&#225;udio Pereira da Cunha (PR)</p>
      <p>Eli Toscano (DF)</p>
      <p>Eliuden Galv&#227;o de Lima (ES)</p>
      <p>Estelamaris Tronco Monego (GO)</p>
      <p>F&#225;tima L&#250;cia Machado Braga (PE)</p>
      <p>Hilton de Castro Chaves Jr. (PE)</p>
      <p>Joel Heiman (SP)</p>
      <p>Tales de Carvalho (SC)</p>
      <p>Group 5 - DRUG TREATMENT</p>
      <p>Coordinator: <bold>Osvaldo Kohlmann Jr. (SP)</bold></p>
      <p>Alvaro Avezum (SP)</p>
      <p>Artur Beltrame Ribeiro (SP)</p>
      <p>Carlos Alberto Gomes (MG)</p>
      <p>Dante Marcelo Artigas Giorgi (SP)</p>
      <p>Gilson Feitosa (BA)</p>
      <p>Harue Ohashi (SP)</p>
      <p>Jos&#233; Antonio Franchini Ramirez (SP)</p>
      <p>Marcelo Marcondes Machado (SP)</p>
      <p>Natalino Salgado Filho (MA)</p>
      <p>Rafael Leite Luna (RJ)</p>
      <p>Roberto Jorge da Silva Franco (SP)</p>
      <p>Robson Augusto dos Santos (MG)</p>
      <p>Wille Oigman (RJ)</p>
      <p>Group 6 - TREATMENT OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN SPECIAL SITUATIONS</p>
      <p>Coordinator: <bold>Ist&#234;nio Fernandes Pascoal (DF)</bold></p>
      <p>Airton Massaro (SP)</p>
      <p>&#193;lvaro Nagib Atallah (SP)</p>
      <p>Andr&#233;a Brand&#227;o (RJ)</p>
      <p>Elizabete Viana de Freitas (RJ)</p>
      <p>Ivan Cordovil (RJ)</p>
      <p>Jos&#233; Eg&#237;dio Paulo de Oliveira (RJ)</p>
      <p>Jos&#233; Geraldo L. Ramos (RS)</p>
      <p>Maria Teresa Zanella (SP)</p>
      <p>Maur&#237;cio Wajngarten (SP)</p>
      <p>Roberto Dischinger Miranda (SP)</p>
      <p>Soubihe Kahhale (SP)</p>
      <p>Vera Koch (SP)</p>
      <p>Group 7 - PRIMARY PREVENTION</p>
      <p>Coordinator: <bold>D&#233;cio Mion Jr. (SP)</bold></p>
      <p>Arm&#234;nio C. Guimar&#227;es (BA)</p>
      <p>Catia Sueli Palmeira (BA)</p>
      <p>Claudia Lucia de Moraes Forjaz (SP)</p>
      <p>Eduardo B. Coelho (SP)</p>
      <p>Fernando Antonio Almeida (SP)</p>
      <p>Isabel Cristina Estefano Pellizari (SP)</p>
      <p>Marcos Ausenka Ribeiro (SP)</p>
      <p>Michel Batlouni (SP)</p>
      <p>Paulo Lotufo (SP)</p>
      <p>Regina Teresa Capelari (SP)</p>
      <p>Group 8 - EPIDEMIOLOGY</p>
      <p>Coordinator: <bold>Luc&#233;lia C. Magalh&#227;es (BA)</bold></p>
      <p>Abrah&#227;o Afiune Neto (GO)</p>
      <p> Abr&#227;o Cury (SP)</p>
      <p> Alci Moreira (MG)</p>
      <p> Ana Luisa de Souza (GO)</p>
      <p> Flavio Danni Fuchs (RS)</p>
      <p>In&#234;s Lessa (BA)</p>
      <p>Marcus V. Bol&#237;var Malachias (MG)</p>
      <p>Romero Bezerra (DF)</p>
      <p>Sandra Fuchs (RS)</p>
      <p>Group 9 - SECONDARY HYPERTENSION</p>
      <p>Coordinator: <bold>Jos&#233; Nery Praxedes (SP)</bold></p>
      <p>Antonio Cambara (SP)</p>
      <p> Antonio Marmo Lucon (SP)</p>
      <p>Berenice Mendon&#231;a (SP)</p>
      <p>Flavio Borelli (SP)</p>
      <p>Helio B. Silva (SP)</p>
      <p>Jo&#227;o Egidio Rom&#227;o Jr. (SP)</p>
      <p>Jos&#233; Gast&#227;o Rocha Carvalho (PR)</p>
      <p>Jos&#233; Luiz Santello (SP)</p>
      <p>Luiz Bortolotto (SP)</p>
      <p>Luis Celso Matavelli (SP)</p>
      <p>Maria Eliete Pinheiro (SP)</p>
      <p>Val&#233;ria Guimar&#227;es (DF)</p>
      <p>
        <bold>Grade of Recommendation</bold>
      </p>
      <p>In accordance with the global scientific trend and the guidelines of the Brazilian Medical Association, the <bold>IV Brazilian Guidelines on Hypertension (IV Diretrizes Brasileiras de Hipertens&#227;o)</bold> set their guidelines according to Grades of Recommendation based on the levels of evidence from clinical reference studies:</p>
      <disp-quote>
        <p><bold>Grade A &#150;</bold> major randomized clinical assays and meta-analyses.</p>
        <p><bold>Grade B &#150;</bold> well designed clinical and observational assays.</p>
        <p><bold>Grade C &#150;</bold> reports and case series.</p>
        <p><bold>Grade D &#150;</bold> publications based on consensus and specialized opinions.</p>
      </disp-quote>
      <p content-type="break"> Harue Ohashi (SP)</p>
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