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Editorial

The International Society of Hypertension Guidelines 2020 – a new drug treatment recommendation in the wrong direction?

Sverre E. KjeldsenDepartment of Cardiology, University of Oslo, Ullevaal Hospital, Oslo, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Krzysztof NarkiewiczDepartment of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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Michel BurnierService of Nephrology and Hypertension, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Suzanne OparilVascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at, Birmingham, AL, USA
Pages 264-266 | Published online: 18 Aug 2020

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