Bryan Williams, University of Leicester
Measuring blood pressure with a cuff around the arm does not always give a clear picture of what’s happening in the aorta. The CAFE study found differences in aortic pressure lowering between regimens based on beta blockers as compared with calcium antagonists, but no differences in brachial pressure. Leicester University’s Bryan Williams told the AHA.
[caption id="attachment_844" align="alignnone" width="120" caption="Björn Dahlöf"][/caption]A fundamental change in the way hypertension is measured, and studies to identify evidence-based blood
[caption id="attachment_844" align="alignnone" width="120" caption="Mark Caulfield"][/caption]Eight human genes have been recognised as modulating blood pressure by a team from London,
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