Open AccessImplementation of the 2017 ACC/AHA Guidelines on Hypertension in Clinical Practice
Author(s) -
Rajan Ganesh,
Poonam Mahato,
Daniel Luger,
Deepika Misra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of scientific innovation in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2579-0153
DOI - 10.29024/jsim.53
Subject(s) - guideline , medicine , clinical practice , blood pressure , cardiology , intensive care medicine , family medicine , pathology
In 2017, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) released guideline recommendations which defined hypertension using lower values and instituted lower treatment thresholds compared to prior guidelines. The new guidelines defined elevated blood pressure (BP) as a
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