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Does appropriate drug therapy reduce complications and improve prognosis in patients with essential hypertension?
Does appropriate drug therapy reduce complications and improve prognosis in patients with essential hypertension?
This review outlines the clinical approach to managing essential hypertension, emphasizing that pharmacological blood pressure lowering reduces complications across all hypertensive states.
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May support therapy in mild hypertension; extends review evidence but leaves open need for prospective confirmation.
There is no longer any question that lowering even mildly elevated blood pressures by means of appropriate drug therapy is associated with a reduced risk of complications and an improved prognosis. The merits of single and combined regimens are discussed and guidelines given for the development of individualized programs covering the full range of hypertensive states, from the borderline to the malignant.
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