Elliot Tapper, Director of the Michigan Cirrhosis program and creator of several liver tweetorials, gives us his thoughts on the CONFIRM trial and where we go from here.
This week, we will discuss the ongoing saga of blood pressure targets in patients with hypertension. This time its ESPRIT (Effects of Intensive Systolic Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment in Reducing Risk of Vascular Events) making a case for case for intensive BP control in most hypertensive individuals, including those with a history of diabetes and stroke.