Risk-Based Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering and Prevention of Heart Failure: A SPRINT Post Hoc Analysis

Hypertension. 2021 Dec;78(6):1742-1749. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.18315. Epub 2021 Nov 1.

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Houston, TX (R.J.M.).
² Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (L.R.).
³ Department of Preventive Medicine (D.L.J., H.N., S.S.K.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine (C.E.L.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

Abstract

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Keywords: blood pressure; cardiovascular diseases; goals; proportional hazards models; risk factors.