Isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly
โ Scribed by Claudia U. Chae; Donald M. Lloyd- Jones
- Book ID
- 107555594
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 271 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1092-8464
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Historically diastolic blood pressure (BP) rather than systolic BP has been regarded clinically as the more important component related to subsequent hypertensive morbidity and mortality, and treatment has thus been directed towards lowering the diastolic BP. Observational studies across many differ
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