TY - JOUR T1 - Hypertension guidelines: Treat patients, not numbers JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 47 LP - 56 DO - 10.3949/ccjm.86a.18027 VL - 86 IS - 1 AU - Wesam Aleyadeh AU - Erika Hutt-Centeno AU - Haitham M. Ahmed AU - Nishant P. Shah Y1 - 2019/01/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/86/1/47.abstract N2 - 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. ER -