Blood pressure variability over time, not merely its average level, is a powerful risk factor for stroke, myocardial infarction, and other cardiovascular events, researchers said.
Moreover, some antihypertensive drugs are better than others at controlling blood pressure variability, according to three new reports in the Lancet journals, all by Peter M. Rothwell, MD, PhD, of John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, England, and colleagues.
The researchers reported that:
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