Doctors must consider both short, long-term heart risks in high BP patients: Study ...Middle East

New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Doctors must consider the long-term (30-year) as well as the short-term (10-year) risk of an individual developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) before beginning medication therapy for stage 1 hypertension, or high blood pressure, according to new research on Monday by the American Heart Association (AHA). The research, published in the AHA’s journal Hypertension, made a comparison of two tools for calculating cardiovascular disease risks. It showed that “if only the current 10-year risk thresholds are applied, fewer adults may be recommended for blood pressure-lowering medication.” The team from the University of Alabama compared the predicted risks estimated by th

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