Optimal BP Targets to Prevent Stroke and MI: Is There a Lesser of 2 Evils?

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Oct 26;78(17):1679-1681. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.09.013.

Authors

Franz H Messerli¹, Evgeniya V Shalaeva², Emrush Rexhaj³

Affiliations

¹ Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: messerli.f@gmail.com.
² Tashkent Medical Academy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
³ Departments of Cardiology and Biomedical Research, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland.

PMID: 34674812
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.09.013

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Keywords: blood pressure targets; cardiovascular outcomes; diastolic pressure; myocardial infarction; stroke; systolic pressure.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Blood Pressure
Humans
Hypertension* / drug therapy
Hypertension* / epidemiology
Stroke* / epidemiology
Stroke* / prevention & control