The optimal blood pressure target for patients with coronary artery disease
Autor: | Claudio Cavallini, Paolo Verdecchia, Fabio Angeli, Marta Garofoli, Paola Martire, Giovanni Mazzotta, Gianpaolo Reboldi |
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Rok vydání: | 2010 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Systole Diastole Myocardial Infarction Blood Pressure Coronary Artery Disease Coronary artery disease Risk Factors Internal medicine Medicine Humans Myocardial infarction Adverse effect Stroke Antihypertensive Agents business.industry medicine.disease Blood pressure Hypertension Practice Guidelines as Topic Cardiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Perfusion |
Popis: | None of the available outcome-based studies was primarily designed to compare different blood pressure (BP) goals in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Consequently, there is uncertainty about the most appropriate BP treatment goal in these patients. Although US guidelines recommend a target less than 130/80 mm Hg, recent European guidelines state that such aggressive target is not consistently supported, therefore making the case for a less aggressive target ( |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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