Blood pressure treatment guidelines should be revised, study says

Based on trials over two decades, study says millions of lives could be saved by lowering threshold at which pressure is treated

Millions of lives could be saved by giving blood pressure lowering drugs to people at risk of heart attack and stroke even if they have normal pressure, researchers have said.

Based on an analysis of 123 medical trials involving more than 600,000 people over two decades, the team called for an urgent review of existing treatment guidelines.