Legacy Effect of Delayed Blood Pressure-Lowering Pharmacotherapy in Middle-Aged Individuals Stratified by Absolute Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Protocol for a Systematic Review.

Background: Many national and international guidelines recommend that the initiation of blood pressure (BP)-lowering drug treatment for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) should no longer be based on BP level alone, but on absolute cardiovascular risk. While BP-lowering drug trea...

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Main Authors: Ho, C., Sanders, S., Doust, J., Breslin, M., Reid, Christopher, Nelson, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: JMIR Publications 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56939