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. 2016 Jun;21(3):101.
doi: 10.1136/ebmed-2016-110397. Epub 2016 Mar 23.

In hypertensive patients with elevated risk of cardiovascular disease, targeting systolic blood pressure to less than 120 mm Hg significantly reduces the rate of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events as well as death from any cause

Mina Owlia  1 , Sripal Bangalore  1
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In hypertensive patients with elevated risk of cardiovascular disease, targeting systolic blood pressure to less than 120 mm Hg significantly reduces the rate of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events as well as death from any cause

Mina Owlia et al. Evid Based Med. 2016 Jun.
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    SPRINT Research Group; Wright JT Jr, Williamson JD, Whelton PK, Snyder JK, Sink KM, Rocco MV, Reboussin DM, Rahman M, Oparil S, Lewis CE, Kimmel PL, Johnson KC, Goff DC Jr, Fine LJ, Cutler JA, Cushman WC, Cheung AK, Ambrosius WT. SPRINT Research Group, et al. N Engl J Med. 2015 Nov 26;373(22):2103-16. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1511939. Epub 2015 Nov 9. N Engl J Med. 2015. PMID: 26551272 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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