Blood pressure and cardiovascular outcomes: a closer look

[...]in a post-hoc analysis of 22 576 patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease,4 the risk cardiovascular events and death was significantly lowered by 40% in participants who had controlled blood pressure at 75% or more of visits compared with those whose blood pressure was controlled...

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 389; no. 10076; pp. 1295 - 1296
Main Authors Doumas, Michael, Stavropoulos, Konstantinos V, Boutari, Chrysoula, Imprialos, Konstantinos P, Karagiannis, Asterios
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2017
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Blood pressure
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular diseases
Coronary artery
Coronary artery disease
Coronary vessels
Health risk assessment
Heart diseases
Hypertension
Internal Medicine
Medical prognosis
Stroke
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Summary:[...]in a post-hoc analysis of 22 576 patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease,4 the risk cardiovascular events and death was significantly lowered by 40% in participants who had controlled blood pressure at 75% or more of visits compared with those whose blood pressure was controlled at less than 25% of visits.
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ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30833-4