AHA: 130/80 mm Hg Is New National BP Target Multisociety guidelines released accounting for SPRINT data

After years of contention among professional societies over raising blood pressure targets, national guidelines have reduced the goal from 140/90 mm Hg to 130/80 mm Hg for the general population, including community-dwelling seniors. The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology, which took over from the NHLBI's Joint National Commission in 2013, released the 2017 guideline with endorsement from nine other groups with key changes to the threshold and treatment algorithm. BP Classifications Normal blood pressure remains below 120 mm Hg, but hypertension has been split into stage 1 (130/80 to 139/89 mm Hg) and stage 2 (140/90 mm Hg and higher) with different implications for treatment. https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/aha/69247?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2017-11-14&eun=g721819d0r&pos=0&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%202017-11-14&utm_term=Daily%20Headlines%20-%20Active%20User%20-%20180%20days