diastolic hypertension
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Introduction
diastolic blood pressure > 90 mm Hg
Genetics
- polymorphism in KCNMB1 can influence the severity of diastolic hypertension
Management
- target diastolic BP <= 80 mm Hg not associated with worse outcomes than target diastolic BP <= 90 mm Hg[1]
- see hypertension & treatment of chronic hypertension
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Additional terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McEvoy JW, Daya N, Rahman F et al Association of Isolated Diastolic Hypertension as Defined by the 2017 ACC/AHA Blood Pressure Guideline With Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes. JAMA. 2020;323(4):329-338. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31990314 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2759472