Monthly Archives: May 2023

SBP <130 mmHg Beneficial for Young-Older Patients

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The secondary analysis of a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial in China suggested that maintaining systolic blood pressure (SBP) at <130 mmHg offers additional cardiovascular benefits among young-older patients with high blood pressure. The trial enrolled 8511 young-older (60–80 years) hypertensive patients without prior stroke to compare the intensive treatment (SBP […]

Ambulatory BP More Informative for Mortality

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A Spanish observational cohort study indicated that ambulatory blood pressure (BP), particularly night-time BP, was more informative about the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular death than clinic BP. The study used clinic and ambulatory BP data obtained from 59124 patients between March 1, 2004, to Dec 31, 2014. During a […]