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Blood-Pressure Lowering in Intermediate-Risk Persons without Cardiovascular Disease
Author(s) -
Eva Lonn,
Jackie Bosch,
Patricio LópezJaramillo,
Jun Zhu,
Lisheng Liu,
Prem Pais,
Rafael Díaz,
Denis Xavier,
Karen Sliwa,
Antonio Dans,
Álvaro Avezum,
Leopoldo Soares Piegas,
Katalin Keltai,
Matyàs Keltai,
И Е Чазова,
Ron J.G. Peters,
Claes Held,
Khalid Yusoff,
Basil S. Lewis,
Petr Jánský,
Alexander Parkhomenko,
Kamlesh Khunti,
William D. Toff,
Christopher M. Reid,
George Varigos,
Lawrence A. Leiter,
Dora I. Molina,
Robert S. McKelvie,
Janice Pogue,
James D. Wilkinson,
Hyejung Jung,
Gilles R. Dagenais,
Salim Yusuf
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1600175
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , hazard ratio , myocardial infarction , placebo , confidence interval , cardiology , alternative medicine , pathology
Antihypertensive therapy reduces the risk of cardiovascular events among high-risk persons and among those with a systolic blood pressure of 160 mm Hg or higher, but its role in persons at intermediate risk and with lower blood pressure is unclear.

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