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Nature Medicine  ·  1 July 2026  ·  From issue 01

A meta-analysis of the long-term effects of antihypertensive therapy on the risk of major cardiovascular disease across 51 randomized trials

Blood pressure drugs lower heart risk quickly, and the benefit does not grow with more years of treatment.

Qianqian Yang, Zeinab Bidel et al.

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