The New Hypertension Guidelines - Frankly Speaking EP 52

New hypertension guidelines from the American College of Cardiology have introduced a new blood pressure classification system and lowered the threshold for initiating pharmacotherapy in certain patient populations.
Guest: Alan Ehrlich, MD

This activity is part of the Frankly Speaking with Dr. Frank Domino podcast series.

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Topics

Healthy Lifestyle

Faculty

Frank J. Domino, MD

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Resources

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. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. November 2017
JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Nov 13.[Epub ahead of print]
SPRINT trial NEJM 2015 Nov 26;373(22):2103-16