Hypertension and the Elderly: The Need for Further Progress : Hearing Before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, March 21, 1986, Bridgewater, NJ. |
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Page 62 - The initial goal of antihypertensive therapy is to achieve and maintain diastolic pressures at lower than 90 mm Hg if feasible. A reasonable further goal is the lowest diastolic pressure consistent with safety and tolerance.
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Page 62 - Educational material on blood pressure levels and referral thresholds should conform to the most recent Report of the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure," available from the High Blood Pressure Information Center.
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