Among patients diagnosed with high blood pressure (BP), initial dual therapy has been recommended for patients with high pretreatment systolic BP (≥160 mm Hg) since 2003, and first‐line β‐blocker use ...

Cardiovascular Medicine and the Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center (A.H.P., L.M., K.-D.M., Y.Y., J.D.C., M.A.E., E.P., H.D., E.M.-Y., B.E.I., K.W ...