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Theodore A. Kotchen, MD

Arch Intern Med. 2007;167(22):2394-2395.

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From 1960 to 1994, the age-adjusted mortality rates for stroke and coronary heart disease declined by 60% and 53%, respectively. Cardiovascular mortality has continued to decline since 1994, although at a less steep rate. A number of factors have contributed to these favorable trends, including a better understanding of the risks of "benign" hypertension and the increased availability of effective antihypertensive agents. In clinical trials, antihypertensive therapy has been associated with 35% to 40% reductions in stroke incidence, 20% to 25% reductions in myocardial infarction, and more than a 50% reduction in the incidence of heart failure. The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure¹ has recommended that, as target goals, blood pressure should be lower than 140/90 mm Hg for patients receiving antihypertensive therapy and lower than 130/80 mm Hg for patients with diabetes mellitus . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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