ACC: American College of Cardiology; ACCOMPLISH: Avoiding Cardiovascular Events through Combination Therapy in Patients Living with Systolic hypertension; AHA: American Heart Association; ASH: American Society of Hypertension; CDC: Centers for Disease Control; ESC: European Society of Cardiology; ESH: European Society of Hypertension; HYVET: Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial; INVEST: International Verapamil SR Trandolapril Study; ISH: International Society of Hypertension; JNC: Joint National Committee; NHLBI: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; NICE: National Institute for Clinical Excellence; NIH: National Institutes of Health; SHEP: Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program; Syst-Eur: Systolic Hypertension in Europe Trial; VALUE: Valsartan Antihypertensive Long-term Use Evaluation.
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