Lower is not always better? Blood pressure treatment targets revisited

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Aug 12;64(6):598-600. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.04.066.

Authors

Charlotte Andersson¹, Ramachandran S Vasan²

Affiliations

¹ The Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts; Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark. Electronic address: [email protected].
² The Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts; Sections of Preventive Medicine and Cardiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 25104530
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.04.066

No abstract available

Keywords: blood pressure; epidemiology; hypertension; treatment targets.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Blood Pressure / physiology*
Female
Humans
Hypertension / diagnosis*
Hypertension / mortality*
Kidney Failure, Chronic / diagnosis*
Kidney Failure, Chronic / mortality*
Male
Population Surveillance*