The American Heart Association requests that this document be cited as follows: Grundy SM,
Stone NJ, Bailey AL, Beam C, Birtcher KK, Blumenthal RS, Braun LT, de Ferranti S, Faiella-…

The National High Blood Pressure Education Program presents the complete Seventh Report
of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of …

As early as the 1920s, and subsequently in the 1959 Build and Blood Pressure Study (S1. 5-1)
of almost 5 million adults insured between 1934 and 1954, a strong direct relationship …

"The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation,
and Treatment of High Blood Pressure" provides a new guideline for hypertension prevention …

Accurate measurement of blood pressure is essential to classify individuals, to ascertain
blood pressure–related risk, and to guide management. The auscultatory technique with a …

(ACCF) guidelines on secondary prevention, 1 important evidence from clinical trials has
emerged that further supports and broadens the merits of intensive risk-reduction therapies for …

Background: The metabolic syndrome is a common risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
Objective: To examine the association between the metabolic syndrome and risk for chronic …

Claude Lenfant, MD HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IS A MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH issue, affecting
approximately 25% of US adults, or roughly 50 million Americans. 1 The prevalence of …

The recommendations listed in the present guideline are, whenever possible, evidence
based. An initial extensive evidence review, which included literature derived from research …

Background: The 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA)
Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Management of High Blood …