Medical Management of Primary Hypertension

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Abstract
Evidence summarized in the first part of this review indicates that reducing elevated blood pressure by administration of pharmacologic agents is effective in reducing the morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular disease associated with hypertension. Although still incomplete, the evidence also suggests that the objective of treatment should be reduction of blood pressure to as low a value as can be achieved without producing symptomatic hypotension. It is probable that the earlier treatment is instituted, and the more consistently blood pressure is maintained at a reduced level, the greater will be the effect in reducing the risk of vascular disease. There . . .