Hypertension, the world's most common and modifiable cardiovascular risk factor, 1 has
been the focus of multiple clinical practice guidelines dating back to the first Joint National …

American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines1 promote radical changes in the
management of hypertension. First, given the change in the definition of the condition (blood …

The 2017 ACC/AHA guideline for the prevention, detection, evaluation, and management of
high blood pressure in adults is the first comprehensive clinical practice guideline for …

Publication of a new guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of
hypertension always generates huge interest among general physicians as well as …

Clinical practice guidelines are an important established resource in medicine and public
health. Clinical practice guidelines are particularly well suited to conditions such as high …

Abstract In the United States, hypertension affects about one-third of adults and contributes
to one out of every seven deaths. Evidence-based treatment is associated with reductions in …

Summary of the Clinical Problem Hypertension is a leading risk factor for mortality and
disability. Recent estimates are that 874 million adults worldwide have an SBP of 140 mm …

Abstract In November 2017, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart
Association released hypertension guidelines for the first time, replacing the Joint National …

Abstract American Heart Association/the American College of Cardiology and nine other
professional organizations have issued a new hypertension clinical practice guideline …

Abstract The 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and 2018
European Society of Cardiology/European Society of Hypertension clinical practice …