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This editorial reviews recent hypertension literature, highlighting a meta-analysis where beta-blockers showed a 16% relative risk increase for stroke compared to other active antihypertensive drugs.
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The editorial summarizes pivotal evidence challenging the historical use of beta-blockers as first-line therapy for essential hypertension and emphasizes the prognostic value of albuminuria.
J. F. E. Mann (2006) conducted an editorial in Hypertension. This editorial reviews recent hypertension literature, highlighting a meta-analysis where beta-blockers showed a 16% relative risk increase for stroke compared to other active antihypertensive drugs.
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