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Where patients are on antihypertensive treatment, should a pre-treatment blood pressure be used when calculating their risk?

April 26, 2017antihypertensive blood pressure calculating Patients pre-treatment risk treatment Used

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Where patients are on antihypertensive treatment, should a pre-treatment blood pressure be used when calculating their risk?

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n No. QRISK®2 has been designed such that if a patient is taking antihypertensive medication then their current blood pressure on treatment can be used rather than a pre-treatment value.