Can lifestyle intervention reduce cardiovascular events and death in persons with a history of stroke and hypertension? The SALT study.

At the ESC 2021, the SALT study was presented during an exciting hotline presentation, which looked at the effectiveness of a salt substitute in reducing cardiovascular events and mortality in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease.

The results were remarkable, with this simple intervention resulting in striking reductions in the risk of stroke, major cardiovascular events and mortality. This is by far the most compelling randomized controlled trial evidence that a lifestyle intervention of any kind, can reduce mortality in persons, many of whom were hypertensive.

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