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Is there a long-term legacy effect of intensive blood pressure control? Practitioner October 2022;266(1862):5

Is there a long-term legacy effect of intensive blood pressure control?

25 Oct 2022Registered users

The Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) found that in patients with hypertension who were at increased cardiovascular risk, intensive control (lowering systolic blood pressure (SBP) to < 120 mm Hg) resulted in significant cardiovascular benefit, reducing the risk of incident CVD and all cause mortality, compared with routine BP control (lowering SBP to < 140 mm Hg). However, a secondary analysis showed that this benefit did not persist after completion of the trial.

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