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Intensive blood pressure lowering cuts major adverse cardiovascular events, mortality
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Intensive blood pressure lowering cuts major adverse cardiovascular events, mortality

Intensive blood pressure treatment targeting systolic blood pressure <120 mm Hg results in lower rates of major adverse cardiovascular events and lower all-cause mortality than a standard treatment target among patients at increased cardiovascular risk, according to a study published in the May 20 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Cora E. Lewis, M.D., M.S.P.H., from...