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- Screening for coronary heart disease: Has the time for universal imaging arrived?
Screening for coronary heart disease by means of an imaging test is not supported by evidence and is not endorsed by professional societies or the US Preventive Services Task Force.
- Hypertension from Framingham to ALLHAT: Translating clinical trials into practice
Most people with hypertension are still not being adequately treated. Newer drugs have not surpassed diuretics in efficacy and safety. Rather than trying to develop newer, more expensive agents, our priority should be to treat more patients and to treat them more aggressively.