Long-Term Absolute Benefit of Lowering Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Patients According to the JNC VI Risk Stratification
- 1 February 2000
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Hypertension
- Vol. 35 (2), 539-543
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.35.2.539
Abstract
—Blood pressure (BP) levels alone have been traditionally used to make treatment decisions in patients with hypertension. The sixth report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Det...Keywords
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