Did the 2017 ACC/AHA blood pressure guideline get it wrong in reducing the diastolic threshold to define hypertension from 90 to 80 mmHg?

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2020 Jul;22(7):1200-1201. doi: 10.1111/jch.13899. Epub 2020 Jul 11.
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Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Antihypertensive Agents / pharmacology
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Blood Pressure / drug effects
  • Diastole
  • Humans
  • Hypertension* / diagnosis
  • Hypertension* / drug therapy
  • Hypertension* / epidemiology
  • Systole

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents