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Guidelines on the choice of agents and how best to step up treatment for various subgroups in hypertension (high blood pressure) have changed over time and differ between countries. A Comparison of International Guidelines on Goal Blood Pressure and Initial Therapy for Adults With Hypertension (adapted from JNC 8 guidelines [ 1 ] )
As early as the 1980s, the college partnered with the American Heart Association to develop the first clinical practice guidelines for cardiovascular practice. In the 1990s, the college used the guidelines to lay the groundwork for studies documenting discrepancies best and actual cardiovascular practices.
In 2018, the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology issued new guidelines for clinicians on the management of cholesterol as a way to reduce risk for heart attack and stroke. Newly included in the guidelines is a recommendation to use coronary artery calcium score if healthcare providers are having difficulty deciding if ...
The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology issued guidelines on November 13, 2017, based on the findings of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) a large randomized trial published in November 2015 looking at systolic blood pressure targets of 140 and 120 mmHg among persons with at least 130 mmHg ...
Heart failure is more common in people of African American ethnicity, mortality from heart failure is also consistently higher than in white patients, and it develops at an earlier age. [23] [25] Recent data suggests that rates of hypertension are increasing more rapidly in African Americans than other ethnic groups. [26]
“Screening guidelines are critically important to women as cervical cancer is one of the most preventable and treatable types of cancer, and it is essential that women get screened regularly.”
The American Heart Association estimated the direct and indirect costs of high blood pressure in 2010 as $76.6 billion. [163] In the US 80% of people with hypertension are aware of their condition, 71% take some antihypertensive medication, but only 48% of people aware that they have hypertension adequately control it. [ 163 ]
According to Elaine Kim, a professor in Asian American studies at the University of California-Berkeley, Tape waged a campaign for Chinese children's access to public education, and even took it to court. In Tape v. Hurley (1885), a judge ruled that public education be accessible for Chinese children.