European and American hypertension guidelines and goal blood pressure: Relevance to India.

Indian Heart J

Apollo Institute for Blood Pressure Management, World Hypertension League/South Asia Office, Apollo Hospitals, and Apollo Medical College, Hyderabad, India; Texas Blood Pressure Institute, DNA, UTSW Medical School, Dallas, USA; India Campus, Macquarie University, Medical School, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address:

Published: September 2019

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