Blood-pressure changes with acupuncture comparable to ACE-inhibitor monotherapy
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Blood-pressure changes with acupuncture comparable to ACE-inhibitor monotherapy
Compared with a sham procedure, regular acupuncture over a six-week period lowered systolic and diastolic blood pressure from baseline by 5.4 mm Hg and 3.0 mm Hg, respectively. Blood-pressure levels crept back up after treatment ended, however. (Flachskampf FA et al. Circulation; published online before print June 4, 2007.)
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Blood-pressure changes with acupuncture comparable to ACE-inhibitor monotherapy
Compared with a sham procedure, regular acupuncture over a six-week period lowered systolic and diastolic blood pressure from baseline by 5.4 mm Hg and 3.0 mm Hg, respectively. Blood-pressure levels crept back up after treatment ended, however. (Flachskampf FA et al. Circulation; published online before print June 4, 2007.)
Blood-pressure changes with acupuncture comparable to ACE-inhibitor monotherapy
Compared with a sham procedure, regular acupuncture over a six-week period lowered systolic and diastolic blood pressure from baseline by 5.4 mm Hg and 3.0 mm Hg, respectively. Blood-pressure levels crept back up after treatment ended, however. (Flachskampf FA et al. Circulation; published online before print June 4, 2007.)
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