Isolated diastolic hypertension in the UK Biobank: correspondence regarding Isolated systolic and diastolic hypertension by the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines and risk of cardiovascular disease: a large prospective cohort study

Brian McGrath¹, John W McEvoy^{1

2}

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¹ National University of Ireland Galway, School of Medicine, and National Institute for Preventive Cardiology, Galway, Ireland.
² Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, and the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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Brian McGrath et al. J Hypertens. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 1;40(2):409-410.

doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003032.

Brian McGrath¹, John W McEvoy^{1

2}

¹ National University of Ireland Galway, School of Medicine, and National Institute for Preventive Cardiology, Galway, Ireland.
² Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, and the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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Li FR, Chen GC, Wu XB. Li FR, et al. J Hypertens. 2022 Feb 1;40(2):410-411. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003034. J Hypertens. 2022. PMID: 34992201 No abstract available.

Isolated systolic and diastolic hypertension by the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines and risk of cardiovascular disease: a large prospective cohort study.
Li FR, He Y, Yang HL, Liu HM, Zhou R, Chen GC, Wu XX, Zou MC, Wang JY, Wu XB. Li FR, et al. J Hypertens. 2021 Aug 1;39(8):1594-1601. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002805. J Hypertens. 2021. PMID: 33560057

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