US Hypertension Management Guidelines: A Review of the Recent Past and Recommendations for the Future

J Am Heart Assoc. 2015 Dec 7;4(12):e002315. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002315.

Authors

Lara C Kovell¹, Haitham M Ahmed¹, Satish Misra¹, Seamus P Whelton¹, Greg P Prokopowicz², Roger S Blumenthal¹, John W McEvoy¹

Affiliations

¹ The Ciccarone Center for Prevention of Heart Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (L.C.K., H.M.A., S.M., S.P.W., R.S.B., J.W.M.E.).
² Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (G.P.P.).

No abstract available

Keywords: JNC 8; blood pressure; blood pressure goals; hypertension; treatment.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use*
Blood Pressure
Forecasting
Humans
Hypertension / drug therapy*
Middle Aged
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
United States

Substances

Antihypertensive Agents