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- Title
2014 - Pooled RCTs: BP-lowering drugs reduced major CV events; absolute reductions were greater with higher baseline risk.
- Authors
Burden, A. C. Felix
- Abstract
The article discusses the randomized controlled study conducted to examine the effectiveness of blood pressure-lowering treatment based on cardiovascular (CV) risk and reducing the CV mortality. Topics discussed include factors responsible for CV diseases including body mass index, smoking status, and diabetes, reduction of major cardiovascular events, and collection of data for patient meta-analysis.
- Subjects
CARDIOVASCULAR disease prevention; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE agents; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; META-analysis
- Publication
ACP Journal Club, 2014, Vol 161, Issue 12, p1
- ISSN
1056-8751
- Publication type
Article