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Interpreting Key Trials

Interpreting SPRINT: How low should you go?

George Thomas, MD, FACP, FASN, Joseph V. Nally, MD and Marc A. Pohl, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2016, 83 (3) 187-195; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15175
George Thomas
Director, Center for Blood Pressure Disorders, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Clinic Site Principal Investigator, Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT)
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Joseph V. Nally
Director, Center for Chronic Kidney Disease, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Clinical Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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Marc A. Pohl
Ray W. Gifford Chair in Hypertension, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Chair, Clinical Management Committee, Irbesartan Diabetic Nephropathy Trial
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vol. 83 no. 3 187-195
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15175
PubMed 
26974989

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
Print ISSN 
0891-1150
Online ISSN 
1939-2869
History 
  • Published online March 1, 2016.

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Copyright © 2016 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

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  1. George Thomas, MD, FACP, FASN⇑
  1. Director, Center for Blood Pressure Disorders, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic
  2. Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  3. Cleveland Clinic Site Principal Investigator, Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT)
  1. ADDRESS:
    George Thomas, MD, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Q7, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail: thomasg3{at}ccf.org
  1. Joseph V. Nally, MD
  1. Director, Center for Chronic Kidney Disease, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic
  2. Clinical Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  1. Marc A. Pohl, MD
  1. Ray W. Gifford Chair in Hypertension, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic
  2. Chair, Clinical Management Committee, Irbesartan Diabetic Nephropathy Trial

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