Hypertension, coronary heart disease and stroke: Should the blood pressure J-curve be a concern?
The paradoxical increase in cardiovascular events in patients with treatment-induced low blood pressure (BP), particularly in hypertensives with pre-existing coronary artery disease, especially those with critically low diastolic BP, which conflicts with data from epidemiologic observational studies...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-02-01
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Series: | Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition) |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S217420491300024X |