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February 01, 2011; Volume 78,Issue 2
Newman, Eric
- You have accessGoal-directed antihypertensive therapy: Lower may not always be betterEdward J. Filippone, MD, Andrew Foy, MD and Eric Newman, DOCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 123-133; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10101
At least 16 trials have been done in which patients were randomly assigned different blood pressure goals. Surprisingly, they did not show that a lower target offered significant clinical benefit, and they suggest the potential for harm.