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Hypertension guidelines: Treat patients, not numbers

Wesam Aleyadeh, MD, Erika Hutt-Centeno, MD, Haitham M. Ahmed, MD, MPH and Nishant P. Shah, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2019, 86 (1) 47-56; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18027
Wesam Aleyadeh
Ministry of Health, Amman, Jordan
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vol. 86 no. 1 47-56
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18027
PubMed 
30624184

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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0891-1150
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1939-2869
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  • Published online January 1, 2019.

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  1. Wesam Aleyadeh, MD
  1. Ministry of Health, Amman, Jordan
  1. Erika Hutt-Centeno, MD
  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
  2. Clinical Instructor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  1. Haitham M. Ahmed, MD, MPH
  1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic
  2. Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  1. Nishant P. Shah, MD⇑
  1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic
  1. ADDRESS:
    Nishant Shah, MD, J3-6, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; shahn2{at}ccf.org

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Wesam Aleyadeh, Erika Hutt-Centeno, Haitham M. Ahmed, Nishant P. Shah
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine Jan 2019, 86 (1) 47-56; DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.86a.18027

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