In 2017, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association changed the definition of hypertension, lowering the threshold from 140/90 mm Hg and above to 130/80 mm Hg and above.

Media coverage of the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC\AHA) expansion of the definition of "hypertension" concentrated mainly on the positives at the time of the ...

San Francisco, CA - A writing group within the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) has proposed a new, broader definition of hypertension that focuses not just on blood-pressure thresholds but on ...

When your heart pumps blood throughout your body, the blood exerts a force against the walls of your arteries. The strength of this force — known as blood pressure — plays a critical role in your ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ANAHEIM, Calif. — Hypertension is now defined as systolic BP 130 mm Hg/diastolic BP 80 mm Hg, which will lead to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology hypertension criteria failed to identify women who are at ...

Putting the impact of the new hypertension guidelines from the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), and nine partnering organizations into an international context, ...

The latest US hypertension guideline caused controversy when it moved the bar lower for defining stage 1 hypertension—to a systolic BP of 130 to 139 mm Hg or a diastolic BP of 80 to 89 mm Hg, but a ...

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This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...