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New Hypertension Clinical Guidelines

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) recently announced new guidelines for diagnosing and managing high blood pressure. The new guideline includes 106 recommendations that could impact diagnosis and treatment strategies for many patients.

Explore the new guideline further

• Whelton PK, et al. 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017. (Full document, 195 pages)
• Detailed Summary from the 2017 Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults (AHA, 20 pages)
• Hypertension Highlights (AHA, 2 pages)
• AHA 2017 Hypertension Clinical Guidelines – web resources