Frequency and Prognosis of Treated Hypertensive Patients According to Prior and New Blood Pressure Goals

United States and European guidelines have recommended new treatment goals for office blood pressure (BP). We examined 9784 hypertensives of the Spanish Ambulatory BP Monitoring (ABPM) registry with office BP treated to the prior goal (<140/90 mm Hg); and evaluated the frequency and all-cause mortality of 4 BP strata depending on whether or not they attained more conservative or new office BP goal (130–139/80–89 and <130/80 mm Hg,...