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2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension

30 Aug 2024

The current guidelines support healthcare professionals with the diagnosis and management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension. This 2024 guideline, developed by a multidisciplinary Task Force, updates the 2018 ESC/ESH guidelines on the management of arterial hypertension, using the most robust contemporary evidence. The new updated guideline provides a new simplified classification of blood pressure and outlines processes for the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of individuals with elevated blood pressure and hypertension. 

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Treatment
Preventive Cardiology
Prevention
Hypertension
Clinical Skills
Clinical
Pathophysiology and Mechanisms
Risk Factors and Prevention
Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome
Diagnostic Methods

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Armenian Cardiologists Association , Austrian Society of Cardiology , Azerbaijan Society of Cardiology , Belgian Society of Cardiology , Croatian Cardiac Society , Czech Society of Cardiology , Egyptian Society of Cardiology , Estonian Society of Cardiology , German Cardiac Society , Hellenic Society of Cardiology , Hungarian Society of Cardiology , Irish Cardiac Society , Italian Federation of Cardiology , Kyrgyz Society of Cardiology , Latvian Society of Cardiology , Libyan Cardiac Society , Luxembourg Society of Cardiology , Maltese Cardiac Society , National Society of Cardiology of North Macedonia , Polish Cardiac Society , San Marino Society of Cardiology , Cardiology Society of Serbia , Slovak Society of Cardiology , Slovenian Society of Cardiology , Spanish Society of Cardiology , Swiss Society of Cardiology , Turkish Society of Cardiology , Ukrainian Association of Cardiology

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