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How low can you go? Achieved blood pressure and cardiovascular outcomes.

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Wyatt, CM; Cheung, AK
Published in: Kidney Int
September 2017

The benefits of controlling blood pressure to levels < 140/90 mm Hg are well established, but the risks and benefits of further reductions in blood pressure are less clear. A recent observational study using pooled data from 2 large randomized trials of renin-angiotensin system blockers suggested no added benefit and some increased risk of cardiovascular events with achieved blood pressures < 120 mm Hg systolic or 70 mm Hg diastolic. Caveats of observational studies notwithstanding, these results add to the ongoing controversy over the optimal blood pressure target for high-risk individuals.

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Kidney Int

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EISSN

1523-1755

Publication Date

September 2017

Volume

92

Issue

3

Start / End Page

536 / 539

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Urology & Nephrology
  • Renin-Angiotensin System
  • Hypertension
  • Humans
  • Blood Pressure Determination
  • Blood Pressure
  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Wyatt, C. M., & Cheung, A. K. (2017). How low can you go? Achieved blood pressure and cardiovascular outcomes. Kidney Int, 92(3), 536–539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2017.07.002
Wyatt, Christina M., and Alfred K. Cheung. “How low can you go? Achieved blood pressure and cardiovascular outcomes.Kidney Int 92, no. 3 (September 2017): 536–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2017.07.002.
Wyatt CM, Cheung AK. How low can you go? Achieved blood pressure and cardiovascular outcomes. Kidney Int. 2017 Sep;92(3):536–9.
Wyatt, Christina M., and Alfred K. Cheung. “How low can you go? Achieved blood pressure and cardiovascular outcomes.Kidney Int, vol. 92, no. 3, Sept. 2017, pp. 536–39. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.kint.2017.07.002.
Wyatt CM, Cheung AK. How low can you go? Achieved blood pressure and cardiovascular outcomes. Kidney Int. 2017 Sep;92(3):536–539.
Journal cover image

Published In

Kidney Int

DOI

EISSN

1523-1755

Publication Date

September 2017

Volume

92

Issue

3

Start / End Page

536 / 539

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Urology & Nephrology
  • Renin-Angiotensin System
  • Hypertension
  • Humans
  • Blood Pressure Determination
  • Blood Pressure
  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences