Search Tag: blood pressure management
2019 21 Oct
The findings of the SPRINT study in 2015 resulted in an update of international hypertension guidelines. This includes the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines which were updated in 2017, the European Society of Cardiology and European Society of Hypertension (ESC/ESH) guidelines which were updated...Read more
2015 15 Sep
Initial results of a landmark clinical trial released at the National Institutes of Health, heart attacks, strokes, acute coronary syndrome, heart failure and death due to cardiovascular causes were reduced by almost one-third and risk of death was lowered by almost one-quarter in participants randomised to a systolic blood pressure goal of 120 mm...Read more