I was born before the era of evidence-based Medicine. When I was a student, arterial hypertension (AH) used to be diagnosed based on blood pressure (BP) readings greater than 160/95 mm Hg.
Can anyone imagine that now?
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Blood Pressure Targets: Will We Reach Definite Figures? I Currently
Have Mine
JardimPCBV. Blood Pressure Targets: Will We Reach Definite Figures? I Currently
Have Mine. Arq. Bras.
Cardiol. 2017;109(1):01-4.
Jardim,Paulo César B. Veiga. Blood Pressure Targets: Will We Reach Definite Figures? I Currently
Have Mine. Arq. Bras.
Cardiol., v. 109, n. 1, p. 01-04, Jul. 2017.
Jardim,P.C.B.V. (2017). Blood Pressure Targets: Will We Reach Definite Figures? I Currently
Have Mine. Arq. Bras.
Cardiol.,109(1), 01-04.
Jardim,Paulo César B. Veiga. Blood Pressure Targets: Will We Reach Definite Figures? I Currently
Have Mine. Arq. Bras.
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Figure 1
Combination of the outcomes of the SPRINT and ACCORD studies, and
combined data of both studies. AMI: acute myocardial infarction; CE:
coronary events; HF: heart failure; CV: cardiovascular. Adapted from
Perkovic e Rodgers.18