Episode 462_ Before you lower blood pressure to 120, listen to this podcast

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English - June 04, 2021 15:41 - 51 minutes - 42.3 MB
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In episode 462, James and Mike invite Scott Garrison to talk about some important nuances around guideline recommendations and how low we should lower systolic blood pressure. We look in detail at the SPRINT trial and then come up with a reasonable (in our minds) approach to what thresholds we should use.