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Editorial

Blood pressure target in patients with hypertension and type-2 diabetes older than 65 years. Is <130/80 mmHg the right target or an excessive objective preventing from achieving the clinical goals we are aiming at?

Michel Burniera Service of Nephrology and Hypertension, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Krzysztof Narkiewiczb Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
&
Suzanne Oparilc Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Pages 79-81 | Published online: 29 Jan 2021

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