Reducing systolic blood pressure below 120 reduced heart attacks, heart failure and strokes by nearly a third and the risk of death by almost a quarter, a press release announcing the decision said.
But the details were missing. What about side effects? How big a difference, in absolute terms, did the more intensive approach make?
On Monday, the detailed results were presented at the American Heart Association annual scientific meeting in Orlando, Fla., and published online by the New England Journal of Medicine.
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