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Systolic Blood Pressure Time in Target Range and Cerebral Small Vessel Disease

2025-12-27 cardiovascular medicine Title + abstract only
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BACKGROUNDWhether systolic blood pressure (SBP) time in target range (TTR) associates with cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) in hypertensive patients remains unclear. METHODSBetween December 2020 and August 2023, participants were prospectively included from the Kailuan study. TTR was calculated using linear interpolation with the SBP target range between 120 and 140 mm Hg from 2006 to 2020. Beginning in 2020, brain MRI was conducted to identify CSVD burden and imaging markers, namely, lacun...

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