Are the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology High Blood Pressure Guidelines Fit for Global Purpose?: Thoughts From the International Society of Hypertension

Poulter, Neil R.; Castillo, Rafael; Charchar, Fadi J.; Schlaich, Markus P.; Schutte, Aletta E.; Tomaszewski, Maciej; Touyz, Rhian M.; Wang, Ji-Guang

doi:10.1161/hypertensionaha.118.11452

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Are the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology High Blood Pressure Guidelines Fit for Global Purpose?: Thoughts From the International Society of Hypertension

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Poulter, Neil R., Castillo, Rafael, Charchar, Fadi J., Schlaich, Markus P., Schutte, Aletta E., Tomaszewski, Maciej, Touyz, Rhian M., Wang, Ji-Guang·2018·Hypertension

DOI 10.1161/hypertensionaha.118.11452

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In 2017 the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA) and nine other American societies released guidelines for the prevention, detection, evaluation and management of high blood pressure (BP) in adults. 1

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Authors: Poulter, N. R., Castillo, R., Charchar, F. J., Schlaich, M. P., Schutte, A. E., Tomaszewski, M., Touyz, R. M., & Wang, J.-G.
Affiliations: South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
Adventist University of the Philippines (PH)
Federation University (AU)
The University of Western Australia (AU)
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB)
University of Glasgow (GB)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
Corresponding author: Poulter, Neil R.
ORCID: Poulter, Neil R.
Charchar, Fadi J.
Schlaich, Markus P.
Schutte, Aletta E.
Tomaszewski, Maciej
Touyz, Rhian M.
Wang, Ji-Guang
Venue: Hypertension
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published: 2018-08
Volume: 72
Issue: 2
Pages: 260-262
ISSN: 0194-911X (ISSN-L)
1524-4563
DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.118.11452
OpenAlex: W2809910018
Cited by: 23
References: 26
Citations by year: 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
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Locations: Hypertension (publishedVersion)
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Funders: Pfizer
AstraZeneca
British Heart Foundation
South African Medical Research Council
Servier
Medical Research Council
National Health and Medical Research Council
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Clinical practice guidelines implementation
Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Sodium Intake and Health
Keywords: hypertension guidelines, American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, International Society of Hypertension, guideline applicability, blood pressure targets
MeSH terms: American Heart Association, Blood Pressure, Cardiology, Humans, Hypertension, Societies, Medical, United States, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Disease Management

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