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Treatment For High Blood Pressure Needs To Be Aggressive: American College Of Cardiology

by Lakshmi Darshini on Sep 12 2015 5:49 PM

Treatment For High Blood Pressure Needs To Be Aggressive: American College Of Cardiology
With close to 70 million American adults having high blood pressure and only half of them have their condition under control, a study in the US says that treatment of high blood pressure needs to be more aggressive.
In a statement, American College of Cardiology President Kim Allan Williams, regarding the National Institutes of Health stopping the SPRINT trial early after demonstrating the positive benefits of lower blood pressure control targets, said about the need for the aggressive treatment.

"The preliminary data demonstrates why the cardiovascular community must continue to aggressively fight a condition that leads to stroke, kidney disease and heart problems for our patients," added Williams.

He noted that the details of the SPRINT trial will be a contributing factor to future guidelines on blood pressure treatment targets, adding that in the meantime, this data gives physicians more information to consider when working to improve outcomes for the patients with high blood pressure.

Source-ANI


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