Management of High Blood Pressure in Those without Overt Cardiovascular Disease Utilising Absolute Risk Scores

Increasing blood pressure has a continuum of adverse risk for cardiovascular events. Traditionally this single measure was used to determine who to treat and how vigorously. However, estimating absolute risk rather than measurement of a single risk factor such as blood pressure is a superior method...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nelson, Mark R.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3124675/