Hypertension treatment in the new millennium: the importance of controlling systolic blood pressure and the pulse pressure.
The sixth Joint National Committee on Hypertension (JNC-VI) has recently been published. The new criteria emphasize the importance of controlling systolic blood pressure and paying attention to the level of pulse pressure. The authors believe in the importance of controlling both in compliance with the new criteria established by JNC-VI.
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Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D013599:Systole
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents