2024 ESC Guidelines for the 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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Measurement and classification of blood pressure in the guideline
Management of blood pressure: selected case-based advice
Focus on essential hypertension from the 2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension
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Task Force members
Doctor Jan Staessen
Doctor Else Charlotte Sandset
Professor Gerard Molloy
