Hypertension: Blood pressure targets for elderly patients: new SPRINT data

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¹ University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo, 1-20126 Milano, Italy, at the IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Via Ariosto, 13, 20145 Milano, Italy and at the Istituto Clinico Universitario Policlinico di Monza, Verano Brianza, Via Amati, 111-20900 Monza, Italy.

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Giuseppe Mancia. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2016.

. 2016 Jul 18;12(8):450-2.

doi: 10.1038/nrneph.2016.96.

¹ University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo, 1-20126 Milano, Italy, at the IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Via Ariosto, 13, 20145 Milano, Italy and at the Istituto Clinico Universitario Policlinico di Monza, Verano Brianza, Via Amati, 111-20900 Monza, Italy.

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Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Control and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Adults Aged ≥75 Years: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
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