European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on February 9, 2006
European Heart Journal 2006 27(9):1123-1129; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi787
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Alike the metabolic syndrome, hypertension is more than just increased blood pressure
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I strongly believe that the primary objective of the metabolic syndrome criteria, advocated by the National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III report (NCEP-ATPIII),