The journal of clinical hypertension
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J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) · Dec 2009
Comment Meta AnalysisLargest meta-analysis to date suggests that patients at risk for cardiovascular disease events derive benefit from antihypertensive therapy regardless of baseline blood pressure and to reduce vascular events, lowering blood pressure is more important than choice of antihypertensive drug class.
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J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) · Dec 2009
Review Case ReportsHypertension in the postpartum woman: clinical update for the hypertension specialist.
Hypertension can persist from pregnancy or present de novo in the postpartum period and continue to pose a risk to maternal well-being. These risks are magnified as many patients present after hospital discharge and go unrecognized because of decreased medical surveillance after delivery. ⋯ As hypertension specialists are called upon to provide advice to obstetricians regarding the management of hypertension in the postpartum period, it becomes important for the hypertension specialist to develop expertise in the evaluation and treatment of hypertensive women during the postpartum period. The purpose of this clinical review article is to provide an approach to the management of postpartum hypertension.