title: Hypertension in 2010: new challenges in blood pressure goals and assessment.
abstract: Provocative new studies have shown that tight blood pressure (BP) control (goal systolic BP <120 mmHg) in high-risk patients with diabetes mellitus confers no significant cardiovascular benefit other than stroke reduction, and that BP variability is important for the diagnosis and management of hypertension. the impact of these findings on future hypertension guidelines remains to be assessed.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 703 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. soparil@uab.edu
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oparil
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents