Blood-Pressure Lowering in Intermediate-Risk Persons without Cardiovascular Disease.

Blood-Pressure Lowering in Intermediate-Risk Persons without Cardiovascular Disease.

BACKGROUND: Antihypertensive therapy reduces the risk of cardiovascular events among high-risk persons and among those with a systolic blood pressure of 160 mm Hg or higher, but its role in persons at intermediate risk and with lower blood pressure is unclear. METHODS: In one comparison from a 2-by-...

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Main Authors: Lonn, E., Bosch, J., López-Jaramillo, P., Zhu, J., Liu, L., Pais, P., Diaz, R., Xavier, D., Sliwa, K., Dans, A., Avezum, A., Piegas, L., Keltai, K., Keltai, M., Chazova, I., Peters, R., Held, C., Yusoff, K., Lewis, B., Jansky, P., Parkhomenko, A., Khunti, K., Toff, W., Reid, Christopher, Varigos, J., Leiter, L., Molina, D., McKelvie, R., Pogue, J., Wilkinson, J., Jung, H., Dagenais, G., Yusuf, S., HOPE-3 Investigators
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12214

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