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The level of blood pressure has long been recognized as a determinant of the risks for several common cardiovascular diseases, including coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and heart failure. Throughout the 20th century, most attention has focused on the risks of these diseases (and the possibility of their reversal) among persons considered to have hypertension. However, there are several important reasons to question the appropriateness of continuing to focus attention primarily on hypertension and its treatment, as opposed to the broader concept of blood-pressure–related disease and its prevention. Some of these reasons are illustrated in the report by van den . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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