Benefits and Risks of Antihypertensive Treatment: How Far Can Diastolic Blood Pressure Be Lowered?

Affiliations

¹ Scientific Direction, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, and Centro Interuniversitario di Fisiologia Clinica e Ipertensione, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy (A.Z.) alberto.zanchetti@auxologico.it.
² Department of Cardiology, Helena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece (C.T.).

Editorial

Alberto Zanchetti et al. Circulation. 2018.

. 2018 Jan 9;137(2):144-147.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031370.

¹ Scientific Direction, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, and Centro Interuniversitario di Fisiologia Clinica e Ipertensione, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy (A.Z.) alberto.zanchetti@auxologico.it.
² Department of Cardiology, Helena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece (C.T.).

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; antihypertensive agents; blood pressure.

Comment on

Influence of Baseline Diastolic Blood Pressure on Effects of Intensive Compared With Standard Blood Pressure Control.
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