Case Western Reserve: Final Results of SPRINT Study Confirm Controlling Blood-pressure Critically Important in Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke
May 28, 2021
May 28, 2021
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 28 (TNSJou) -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news release:
Follow-up data from the landmark SPRINT study of the effect of high blood-pressure on cardiovascular disease have confirmed that aggressive blood-pressure management--lowering systolic blood-pressure to less than 120 mm Hg--dramatically reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke and death from these diseases, as well as death from all causes, compared to lowering systolic blood-pres . . .
Follow-up data from the landmark SPRINT study of the effect of high blood-pressure on cardiovascular disease have confirmed that aggressive blood-pressure management--lowering systolic blood-pressure to less than 120 mm Hg--dramatically reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke and death from these diseases, as well as death from all causes, compared to lowering systolic blood-pres . . .