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Arch Intern Med. 1999;159:1165-1166.

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BLOOD PRESSURE (BP) is an important predictor of future cardiovascular risk. Until the technique to measure diastolic BP was introduced by Korotkoff,¹ systolic BP readings (obtained by the Riva-Rocci sphygmomanometer and similar apparatuses) were the only data available, but these were sufficient to convince astute observers that BP measurements were important in predicting prognosis.² In the 1960s and 1970s, difficulties with reproducibility and accuracy of systolic BP measurements (compared with diastolic readings) led authorities to classify hypertension using the diastolic BP.³ This occurred despite evidence from insurance companies and others with an interest in assessing the risk for cardiovascular disease that systolic BP was, at any level of diastolic BP, a strong predictor of future events.⁴ Since 1993, the Joint National Committee on (Prevention), Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure⁵ has recognized the importance of systolic BP and made it equal to diastolic BP in the official classification . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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