Intensive blood pressure control benefits older patients

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 15 September 2021; doi:10.1038/s41569-021-00626-0Two new studies show that pharmacological blood pressure (BP) reduction is effective in older individuals and that a more intensive treatment with a lower BP threshold reduces the incidence of cardiovascular events in older patients with hypertension.
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