Target blood pressure and cardiovascular risk

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Céline Dreyfuss-Tubiana et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Jul.

. 2017 Jul;9(7):1835-1838.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.06.125.

¹ Paris Descartes University, AP-HP, Diagnosis and Therapeutic Center, Hôtel-Dieu, Paris, France.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Target blood pressure in high risk cardiovascular patients.
Millenaar D, Ewen S, Mahfoud F, Böhm M. Millenaar D, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Sep;9(9):E877-E878. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.08.88. J Thorac Dis. 2017. PMID: 29221367 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Achieved blood pressure and cardiovascular outcomes in high-risk patients: results from ONTARGET and TRANSCEND trials.
Böhm M, Schumacher H, Teo KK, Lonn EM, Mahfoud F, Mann JFE, Mancia G, Redon J, Schmieder RE, Sliwa K, Weber MA, Williams B, Yusuf S. Böhm M, et al. Lancet. 2017 Jun 3;389(10085):2226-2237. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30754-7. Epub 2017 Apr 5. Lancet. 2017. PMID: 28390695

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