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In hypertensive patients with elevated risk of cardiovascular disease, targeting systolic blood pressure to less than 120 mm Hg significantly reduces the rate of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events as well as death from any cause
- Correspondence to : Dr Sripal Bangalore, Department of Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; sripalbangalore{at}gmail.com
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In hypertensive patients with elevated risk of cardiovascular disease, targeting systolic blood pressure to less than 120 mm Hg significantly reduces the rate of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events as well as death from any cause
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- First published March 23, 2016.
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October 25, 2017
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