Misleading guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hypertension
International guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hypertension were recently released [1,2]. A historical trend of lowering the blood pressure (BP) thresholds to diagnose hypertension in high risk individuals was unexpectedly reversed. BP targets for the treatment were modified accordingl...
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| Language: | English |
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Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Clinical and Biomedical Research |
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| Online Access: | http://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/49084 |