Blood Pressure Targets Recommended by Guidelines and Incidence of Cardiovascular and Renal Events in the Ongoing Telmisartan Alone and in Combination with Ramipril Global Endpoint Trial (ONTARGET)

BACKGROUND-: Hypertension treatment guidelines recommend that blood pressure (BP) be lowered to <140/90 mm Hg, but that a reduction to <130/80 mm Hg be adopted in patients at high cardiovascular (CV) risk. We investigated the CV and renal benefits associated with these BP targets in the high-C...

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Published in:Circulation
Main Author: Mancia G.; Schumacher H.; Redon J.; Verdecchia P.; Schmieder R.; Jennings G.; Yusoff K.; Ryden L.; Liu G.L.; Teo K.; Sleight P.; Yusuf S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-80054959783&doi=10.1161%2fCIRCULATIONAHA.110.008870&partnerID=40&md5=f989306e751fbfbe4334b5f28c48dc69