High Blood Pressure in Young Adulthood and Risk of Premature Cardiovascular Disease: Calibrating Treatment Benefits to Potential Harm

Ramachandran S Vasan^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts.

Editorial

Ramachandran S Vasan. JAMA. 2018.

. 2018 Nov 6;320(17):1760-1763.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.16068.

Ramachandran S Vasan^{1

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¹ Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts.

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