Treatment With Drugs to Lower Blood Pressure and Blood Cholesterol Based on an Individual's Absolute Cardiovascular Risk

2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 ◽  
pp. 35-37
Author(s):  
W.J. Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Blood Cholesterol ◽  
Lower Blood Pressure ◽  
Lower Blood ◽  
Absolute Cardiovascular Risk

Essential hypertension—definition, epidemiology, and pathophysiology

2010 ◽  
pp. 3023-3039
Author(s):  
Bryan Williams
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Essential Hypertension ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
High Blood Pressure ◽  
Clinical Benefit ◽  
Lower Blood Pressure ◽  
Significant Clinical Benefit ◽  
Lower Blood ◽  
Absolute Cardiovascular Risk

‘Essential hypertension’ is high blood pressure for which there is no clearly defined aetiology. From a practical perspective, it is best defined as that level of blood pressure at which treatment to lower blood pressure results in significant clinical benefit—a level which will vary from patient to patient depending on their absolute cardiovascular risk....

Essential hypertension: Definition, epidemiology, and pathophysiology

2020 ◽  
pp. 3735-3753
Author(s):  
Bryan Williams ◽  
John D. Firth
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Essential Hypertension ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Ambulatory Blood Pressure ◽  
Home Blood Pressure ◽  
Lower Blood Pressure ◽  
A Value ◽  
Diagnostic Thresholds ◽  
Lower Blood ◽  
Absolute Cardiovascular Risk

‘Essential hypertension’ is high blood pressure for which there is no clearly defined aetiology. From a practical perspective, it is best defined as that level of blood pressure at which treatment to lower blood pressure results in significant clinical benefit—a level which will vary from patient to patient depending on their absolute cardiovascular risk. Historically, most guidelines define ‘hypertension’ as an office blood pressure greater than or equal to 140/90 mm Hg, but some recent recommendations prefer home or ambulatory blood pressure (blood pressure) averages. When using 24 h ambulatory blood pressure or home blood pressure averages to define hypertension, the diagnostic thresholds are lower than those used with office measurement, with a value of 135/85 mm Hg typically used for both daytime ambulatory blood pressure and home measurements.

scholarly journals Does sodium restriction lower blood pressure?

BMJ ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 293 (6541) ◽  
pp. 266-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
M R Lee ◽  
J A Critchley ◽  
R F Jeffrey ◽  
S Freestone ◽  
T M MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Sodium Restriction ◽  
Lower Blood Pressure ◽  
Lower Blood
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