Re-Evaluate Blood Pressure Goals With New Hypertension Guidelines

January 2018

New guidelines will reignite controversy about when to diagnose hypertension...appropriate BP goals...and when to start treatment.

We're used to thinking of a BP goal of less than 140/90 mmHg for most patients. In 2013, JNC 8 actually relaxed the goal to less than 150/90 for patients age 60 or older withOUT diabetes or kidney disease.

Now the new Am College of Cardiology and Am Heart Assn guidelines recommend a stricter goal...less than 130/80 across the board...mainly because the SPRINT trial suggested a lower target may reduce CV risk.

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