The JNC 8 guidelines and the AHA, ACC, and ASH advisory panels share a basic definition of hypertension for a younger segment of the population as a blood pressure equal to or greater than 140/90 mm ...
New meta-analyses support the updated JNC 8 guideline recommendation to treat systolic blood pressure greater than 140 mmHg for diabetics with hypertension. Treatment of a baseline systolic blood ...
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Highly Prevalent in African Americans Despite Blood Pressure Control Multiple regression analysis showed that higher average day and nighttime SBP, younger age, and lower ...
Abbreviations: ACC, American College of Cardiology; ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; AHA, American Heart Association; ASH, American Society of Hypertension; ARB ...