Improvements in blood pressure control may have prevented hundreds of thousands of major cardiovascular events

Hypertension (raised blood pressure) treatment rates have almost doubled and control rates have tripled in England between 1994 and 2011, resulting in the saving of tens of thousands of lives each year, according to a new study. The findings also suggest that if these improvements in blood pressure management continue until 2022, 80% of patients being treated for hypertension will have achieved control of their high blood pressure, preventing a further 50,000 major cardiovascular events (eg, strokes, heart attacks, and deaths) in that year.

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