How We Got Where We Are in Blood Pressure Targets

Purpose of Review While we started clinical trials evaluating the benefit of lowering systolic BP’s >160 mm Hg and diastolic BPs of <130 mm Hg, the latest guideline suggests a target of <130/80 mm Hg in those with hypertension. This article summarizes exactly how we got to where we are looking over the last half-century. Recent Findings Our understanding of systolic and diastolic blood pressure targets to improve cardiovascular outcomes has changed substantially over the past 5 decades. Regarding diastolic blood pressure targets to improve cardiovascular outcomes, initially the VA1 in 1967 had set the goal to <115 mmHg. Over time, several studies including the VA2, Hypertension Optimal Treatment (HOT), and United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study Group 38 (UKPDS38) highlighted even greater cardiovascular benefit with lower diastolic targets <80 mmHg, especially in diabetic patients. Of equal importance, multiple studies have focused the attention to systolic blood pressure targets. Starting in 1948 with the Framingham study, passing through the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP), Syst-Eur and Syst-China trials, all have set the systolic blood pressure goal <150 mmHg. Most recently, the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial showed an improved cardiovascular outcome with a systolic blood pressure target <140 mmHg in patients with type 2 diabetes, while the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) in non-diabetic patients moved it closer to 120 mmHg. Summary There is “no one size fits all” when it comes to blood pressure targets to improve cardiovascular outcomes. To progress our understanding of individual blood pressure goals, future studies might develop a more standardized approach to highlight characteristics such as design and end point definitions while allowing clinical practitioners greater latitude to adapt guideline recommendations to individual patient characteristics and clinical needs..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Current hypertension reports - 23(2021), 6 vom: Juni

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Herberth, Johann [VerfasserIn]
Soliman, Karim M. [VerfasserIn]
Fülöp, Tibor [VerfasserIn]
Basile, Jan N. [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Blood pressure targets
Cardiovascular disease
Clinical trials
Diastolic blood pressure
Guidelines
Hypertension
Systolic blood pressure

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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021

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10.1007/s11906-021-01143-8

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