Does the change of hypertension guidelines actually affect our reality?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
² Clinical Research Unit, University of Milan-Bicocca and Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Meda, Italy.

Editorial

Marijana Tadic et al. Ann Transl Med. 2018 Sep.

. 2018 Sep;6(18):373.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.07.29.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
² Clinical Research Unit, University of Milan-Bicocca and Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Meda, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

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