Open AccessUS Hypertension Management Guidelines: A Review of the Recent Past and Recommendations for the Future
Author(s) -
Kovell Lara C.,
Ahmed Haitham M.,
Misra Satish,
Whelton Seamus P.,
Prokopowicz Greg P.,
Blumenthal Roger S.,
McEvoy John W.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the american heart association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.494
H-Index - 85
ISSN - 2047-9980
DOI - 10.1161/jaha.115.002315
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine
Hypertension affects ≈29% of the US adult population, an estimated 72 million people, with a prevalence of u003e65% in persons older than 60 years.[1][1]–[2][2] It is an important risk factor for myocardial infarction (MI), heart failure (HF), stroke, and cardiovascular disease (CVD), accounting for