Blood Pressure Targets: Will We Reach Definite Figures? I Currently Have Mine
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Over the years, we have learned through a large number of studies, initially observational ones, and then intervention ones, that, if on the one side cardiovascular risk increases with BP levels from 115/75 mm Hg on, doubling with every 20-mmHg increase in systolic BP (SBP) and 10-mmHg increase in diastolic BP (DBP), on the other, cardiovascular risk decreases significantly with BP reduction by using the pharmacological treatment offered to hypertensives.1-5
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