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Antoinette Pechère-Bertschi1, Gregoire Wuerzner2, Michel Burnier2
1Unité et Centre d'hypertension, HUG, 1211 Genève 14.
Insights
New 2017 American guidelines for arterial hypertension introduce significant changes in definitions and treatment targets. Understanding these hypertension guidelines is crucial for managing patients and interpreting medical literature, despite potential regional variations in application.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Internal Medicine
- Public Health
Background:
- Arterial hypertension is a leading global cause of mortality.
- Current hypertension control remains suboptimal worldwide.
- Regular guideline updates aim to improve patient management and evidence-based practice.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present the key changes in the 2017 American hypertension guidelines.
- To highlight differences from previous guidelines.
- To inform medical professionals about evolving hypertension management strategies.
Main Methods:
- Review and analysis of the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) hypertension guidelines.
- Comparison with prior international and national hypertension guidelines.
- Discussion of implications for clinical practice and medical literature interpretation.
Main Results:
- The 2017 guidelines introduce revised definitions for hypertension.
- New therapeutic targets and treatment recommendations are presented.
- These changes represent a significant departure from previous standards.
Conclusions:
- The 2017 American hypertension guidelines offer updated definitions and targets.
- Awareness of these guidelines is important for clinicians, even if not universally adopted.
- Familiarity aids in managing high blood pressure and navigating current medical research.
Abstract:
International guidelines on definitions, therapeutic targets and treatment of arterial hypertension are regularly published by national and international societies in order to help medical doctors to optimally screen and take charge of their patients and to apply the best evidence based medicine. Hypertension remains a major cause of mortality worldwide and is insufficiently well controlled. We present here the new 2017 American guidelines that harbor major changes compared with the previous ones. Even if the new 2017 American definitions and therapeutic targets will not be applied in Europe and Switzerland and perhaps even in United States, it is good to know them even if only to correctly follow medical literature and avoid a certain confusion in managing high blood pressure.
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