Intensive management of high blood pressure reduces rates of cardiovascular disease, lowers risk of death

Intensive management of high blood pressure reduces rates of cardiovascular disease, lowers risk of death:

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Jackson T. Wright Jr., MD, PhD, and researchers from University Hospitals Case Medical Center presented new results from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) showing that in patients at high risk for cardiovascular events, targeting a systolic blood pressure of less than 120 mm Hg resulted in lower rates of fatal and non-fatal major events or death compared to targeting systolic blood pressure to the usually recommended target of less than 140 mm Hg.

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