Recommendations for treating hypertension: what are the right goals and purposes?

Affiliations

¹ Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC4Associate Editor, JAMA.
² VA Boston Healthcare System and Division of Aging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts4Associate Editor, JAMA.
³ Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois5Senior Editor, JAMA.

Editorial

Eric D Peterson et al. JAMA. 2014.

. 2014 Feb 5;311(5):474-6.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.284430.

¹ Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC4Associate Editor, JAMA.
² VA Boston Healthcare System and Division of Aging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts4Associate Editor, JAMA.
³ Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois5Senior Editor, JAMA.

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Comment on

2014 evidence-based guideline for the management of high blood pressure in adults: report from the panel members appointed to the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8).
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