PMID: 9534097Apr 16, 1998Paper

Actual blood pressure control: are we doing things right?

Journal of Hypertension. Supplement : Official Journal of the International Society of Hypertension
A Coca

Abstract

CORRELATION BETWEEN BLOOD PRESSURE AND RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS: The goal of antihypertensive treatment is to reduce morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease associated with high blood pressure values. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated a direct correlation between the risk of stroke or coronary events and blood pressure values, and randomized controlled trials with antihypertensive drugs have shown that an average fall in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of 5-6 mmHg [or in systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 10 mmHg] reduces the relative risk of cerebrovascular events by 40% and of coronary events by 15%. Thus, it would seem appropriate to achieve the maximum tolerated blood pressure reduction, although there is still no consensus on how far blood pressure should be lowered. PROBLEMS OF BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL: Because the reduction in the absolute risk for a given level of blood pressure is higher in elderly patients and in those with multiple risk factors, the 1996 World Health Organization report recommends lowering blood pressure to below 140/90 mmHg in elderly patients, and suggests that it might be desirable to achieve blood pressure values of 120-130/80 mmHg in young patients with mild hypertension. Rec...Continue Reading

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