RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hypertension guidelines: Treat patients, not numbers
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 47
OP 56
DO 10.3949/ccjm.86a.18027
VO 86
IS 1
A1 Aleyadeh, Wesam
A1 Hutt-Centeno, Erika
A1 Ahmed, Haitham M.
A1 Shah, Nishant P.
YR 2019
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/86/1/47.abstract
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.