Clinical Practice Guideline
2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

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Key Words

ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guidelines
ambulatory care
antihypertensive agents
behavior modification
blood pressure
chronic kidney disease
diabetes
hypertension
hypertension emergency
lifestyle measures
measurement
nonpharmacologic treatment
resistant hypertension
risk reduction
secondary hypertension
systems of care
treatment adherence
treatment outcomes

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This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Clinical Policy Approval Committee and the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in September 2017, and by the American Heart Association Executive Committee in October 2017.

The American College of Cardiology requests that this document be cited as follows: Whelton PK, Carey RM, Aronow WS, Casey DE Jr, Collins KJ, Dennison Himmelfarb C, DePalma SM, Gidding S, Jamerson KA, Jones DW, MacLaughlin EJ, Muntner P, Ovbiagele B, Smith SC Jr, Spencer CC, Stafford RS, Taler SJ, Thomas RJ, Williams KA Sr, Williamson JD, Wright JT Jr. 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA guideline for the prevention, detection, evaluation, and management of high blood pressure in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol 2018;71:e127–248.

This article has been copublished in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

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American Society for Preventive Cardiology Representative.

ACC/AHA Representative.

Lay Volunteer/Patient Representative.

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Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association Representative.

American Academy of Physician Assistants Representative.

Task Force Liaison.

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Association of Black Cardiologists Representative.

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American Pharmacists Association Representative.

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ACC/AHA Prevention Subcommittee Liaison.

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American College of Preventive Medicine Representative.

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American Society of Hypertension Representative.

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Task Force on Performance Measures Liaison.

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National Medical Association Representative.