Effectiveness of blood pressure-lowering drug treatment by levels of absolute risk: post hoc analysis of the Australian National Blood Pressure Study

OBJECTIVES: In many current guidelines, blood pressure (BP)-lowering drug treatment for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is based on absolute risk. However, in clinical practice, therapeutic decisions are often based on BP levels alone. We sought to investigate which approach was s...

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Autores principales: Ho, Chau Le Bao, Breslin, Monique, Doust, Jenny, Reid, Christopher M, Nelson, Mark R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
Materias:
Cardiovascular Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29555790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017723

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29555790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017723

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