High blood pressure: Only one number matters for patients over 50
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 04:49
in Health & Medicine
Measuring and diagnosis of high blood pressure (hypertension) should be done using systolic blood pressure only in patients aged over 50 years, rather than using both systolic and diastolic as is current practice. The proposal is put forward by three hypertension experts in a Viewpoint published early Online and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet...
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