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The importance of blood pressure thresholds versus predicted cardiovascular risk on subsequent rates of cardiovascular disease: a cohort study in English primary care
BACKGROUND: For five decades, blood pressure lowering treatment has been recommended for patients with hypertension (currently defined as blood pressure of ≥140/90 mm Hg). In the past 20 years, guidelines for treatment began incorporating predicted absolute cardiovascular disease risk (predicted ris...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier Ltd
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8732286/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35028631 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(21)00281-6 |