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Should the target for blood pressure control specify both a systolic and a diastolic component?

Christopher J Hebert1, Ganesh Shidham, Lee A Hebert

  • 1Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Mail Drop S70, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. hebertc@ccf.org

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