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Rethinking the J-curve: diastolic blood pressure may not be a culprit after all

heartjnl · 2026-07-10 · canonical JSON source

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Hypertension remains one of the leading risk factors for cardiovascular (CV) events and mortality, making its effective treatment and control a critical public health priority.1 2 In response to the substantial burden of hypertension-related adverse outcomes, recent guidelines have advocated for more rigorous blood pressure (BP) targets, recommending values below 130/80 mm Hg rather than the traditional office threshold of 140/90 mm Hg.1 2 Despite this shift towards lower BP thresholds, the proportion of patients achieving these recommended targets remains disappointingly low.3