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The 2012 Canadian Hypertension Education Program Recommendations for the Management of Hypertension: Blood Pressure Measurement, Diagnosis, Assessment of Risk, and Therapy
- Source :
- Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 28:270-287
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2012.
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Abstract
- We updated the evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis, assessment, prevention, and treatment of hypertension in adults for 2012. The new recommendations are: (1) use of home blood pressure monitoring to confirm a diagnosis of white coat syndrome; (2) mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists may be used in selected patients with hypertension and systolic heart failure; (3) a history of atrial fibrillation in patients with hypertension should not be a factor in deciding to prescribe an angiotensin-receptor blocker for the treatment of hypertension; and (4) the blood pressure target for patients with nondiabetic chronic kidney disease has now been changed to < 140/90 mm Hg from < 130/80 mm Hg. We also reviewed the recent evidence on blood pressure targets for patients with hypertension and diabetes and continue to recommend a blood pressure target of less than 130/80 mm Hg.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Canada
medicine.medical_specialty
Risk Assessment
Mineralocorticoid receptor
Diabetes mellitus
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Health Education
Antihypertensive Agents
Aged
Monitoring, Physiologic
Evidence-Based Medicine
business.industry
Blood Pressure Determination
Atrial fibrillation
Evidence-based medicine
Middle Aged
Prognosis
medicine.disease
Treatment Outcome
Blood pressure
Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart failure
Hypertension
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Physical therapy
Cardiology
Education, Medical, Continuing
Female
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Risk assessment
Kidney disease
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0828282X
- Volume :
- 28
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Canadian Journal of Cardiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....307d6dd24f2f68fbec40ae6d12244620