BMJ Best Practice Podcast10 Jan 2018

Hypertension - Everything You Need To Know About The New 2017 AHA/ACC Guidelines

Hypertension: everything you need to know about the new 2017 AHA/ACC guidelines This podcast covers the implications of the new 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines for clinicians and their patients, including changes to the definition of hypertension, self monitoring, management and new recommendations in relation to existing guidelines. Dr Jeffrey Brettler is a general internist who practices at the Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center and is the author of the BMJ Best Practice topic, Essential Hypertension. Dr Brettler is interviewed by Dr Alison Walker, a Clinical Editor for BMJ Best Practice and BMJ Learning. To learn more about Hypertension, visit BMJ Best Practice (bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/26). 2017 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults (acc.org/guidelines#doctype=Guidelines) _

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