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2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

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Since 1980, the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association have translated scientific evidence into clinical practice guidelines (guidelines) with recommendations to improve cardiovascular health.
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Since 1980, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) have translated scientific evidence into clinical practice guidelines (guidelines) with recommendations to improve cardiovascular health. In 2013, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Advisory

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ACCF/AHA 2011 expert consensus document on hypertension in the elderly: A report of the american college of cardiology foundation task force on clinical expert consensus documents

TL;DR: The ACCF/AHA Expert Consensus Document as discussed by the authors was developed as an expert consensus document by the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and the American Heart Association (AHA), in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), AAN, the American Physicians Association (ACP), American Geriatrics Society (AGS), the American Society of Hypertension (ASH), the ASCN), ASCN, ASCP, American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC), the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC), and the European
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Persistent Increase of Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome Among U.S. Adults: NHANES III to NHANES 1999–2006

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Joint British Societies’ consensus recommendations for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (JBS3)

TL;DR: A unique aspect of JBS3 is the emphasis upon the lifetime risk of CVD events, so as to encompass a large pool of people in the population who have a lower 10-year risk of a CVD event but who nevertheless have a high lifetime event risk.
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