Abstract

RUBIO-GUERRA, Alberto Francisco. New guides of American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Hypertension for the treatment of high blood pressure. A jump in the right direction?. Med. interna Méx. [online]. 2018, vol.34, n.2, pp.299-303. ISSN 0186-4866.  https://doi.org/10.24245/mim.v34i2.2015.

In November 2017, the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Hypertension published new guidelines for the prevention, detection, evaluation, and management of high blood pressure in adults, with changes in the recommendations of the classification and therapeutic approach. This manuscript analyzes their key recommendations and some author’s comments about the new guidelines.

Keywords : High blood pressure; Prevention.

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