Saturday, November 25, 2017

Redefined Blood Pressure

American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) published the new guidelines related to high blood pressure. According to this guidelines, high blood pressure should be cured before lifestyle changes and some diseased patients with drug therapy at 130/80 mm Hg in place of 140/90 mm Hg. These guidelines published regarding the detection, management treatment and prevention of high blood pressure.


Leading American Heart Association experts issued new guidelines for High blood pressure that means tens of millions more will meet the criteria for the condition, and will need to change their life styles or takes medication therapy to treat it.
Under the guidelines, formulated by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the number of men under age 45 with a diagnosis of high blood pressure will triple, and the prevalence among women under the age 45 will double. Dr. Robert M Carey who is the co-chair of the committee that wrote the new guidelines said "Those numbers are scary".
The number of adults with high blood pressure, or hypertension, in the US will rise to 103 million from 72 million under the previous standard. But the number of new candidates for drug treatment will rise only by an estimated 4.2 million.
Now, high blood pressure will be defined as 130/80 milimeters of mercury or greater for anyone with a significant risk of heart attack or stroke. Recent research indicates this is true even among older people for whom intensive treatment had been thought too risky.


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