Hypertension in Women: Should There be a Sex-specific Threshold?

Conventionally, hypertension is defined by the same blood pressure (BP) threshold (systolic BP ≥140 and/or diastolic BP ≥90 mmHg) in both women and men. Several studies have documented that women with hypertension are more prone to develop BP-associated organ damage and that high BP is a stronger ri...

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Autores principales: Gerdts, Eva, de Simone, Giovanni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Radcliffe Cardiology 2021
Materias:
Women and Heart Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8548871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34733358
http://dx.doi.org/10.15420/ecr.2021.17

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8548871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34733358
http://dx.doi.org/10.15420/ecr.2021.17

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