Blood pressure control is beneficial, is it not?

(Charit é - Universit ä tsmedizin Berlin) Until recently, physicians had generally assumed that older adults benefit from keeping their blood pressure below 140/90 mmHg. However, researchers from Charit é - Universit ä tsmedizin Berlin have now found that this assumption does not apply to all patients with high blood pressure. The reality is, in fact, quite the opposite: lower blood pressure is associated with an increased risk of death in adults over the age of 80, and in adults who have previously had a heart attack or stroke (European Heart Journal*).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news