RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 What is adequate hypertension control? Having your dinner and dessert too
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 748
OP 754
VO 74
IS 10
A1 Graves, John W.
YR 2007
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/74/10/748.abstract
AB Now that many options for treating hypertension are available and the studies of their use have proliferated, selecting a specific antihypertensive agent for a specific condition often receives an inordinate amount of attention from physicians. Controlling the blood pressure per se should be our primary concern (“dinner”), while choosing agents that may have added benefit in specific situations is secondary (“dessert”).