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Fig. 1: Prevalence of hypertension in India over last four decades.
Fig. 2: Changes in leading causes of DALY in India from 1990 to 2016.
Fig. 3: Approach to Pharmacotherapy of hypertension.
Fig. 4: Approach to management of hypertension.

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Shah, S.N., Munjal, Y.P., Kamath, S.A. et al. Indian guidelines on hypertension-IV (2019). J Hum Hypertens 34, 745–758 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41371-020-0349-x

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