First-Year Anniversary of the 2017 Hypertension Guideline.

Circulation

Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Health Care Research and Policy, MetroHealth Medical Center (S.D.B.), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

Published: October 2018

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