PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Wesam Aleyadeh AU - Erika Hutt-Centeno AU - Haitham M. Ahmed AU - Nishant P. Shah TI - Hypertension guidelines: Treat patients, not numbers AID - 10.3949/ccjm.86a.18027 DP - 2019 Jan 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 47--56 VI - 86 IP - 1 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/86/1/47.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/86/1/47.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2019 Jan 01; 86 AB - The updated 2017 American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines for managing hypertension advocate tighter blood pressure control than previous guidelines. This review summarizes the evidence behind the guidelines, discusses the risks and benefits of stricter blood pressure control, and provides our insights on blood pressure management in clinical practice.