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. 2025 Oct;82(10):e212-e316.
doi: 10.1161/HYP.0000000000000249. Epub 2025 Aug 14.

2025 AHA/ACC/AANP/AAPA/ABC/ACCP/ACPM/AGS/AMA/ASPC/NMA/PCNA/SGIM 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 Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

Writing Committee Members*; Daniel W Jones, Keith C Ferdinand, Sandra J Taler, Heather M Johnson  1 , Daichi Shimbo  1 , Marwah Abdalla  2 , M Martine Altieri  3 , Nisha Bansal, Natalie A Bello, Adam P Bress  4 , Jocelyn Carter  5 , Jordana B Cohen, Karen J Collins, Yvonne Commodore-Mensah  6 , Leslie L Davis, Brent Egan  7 , Sadiya S Khan, Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk  8 , Eva A Mistry, Modele O Ogunniyi  9 , Stacey L Schott  10 , Sidney C Smith Jr, Amy W Talbot, Wanpen Vongpatanasin, Karol E Watson  11 , Paul K Whelton, Jeff D Williamson  12
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2025 AHA/ACC/AANP/AAPA/ABC/ACCP/ACPM/AGS/AMA/ASPC/NMA/PCNA/SGIM 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 Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

Writing Committee Members* et al. Hypertension. 2025 Oct.
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Abstract

Aim: The "2025 AHA/ACC/AANP/AAPA/ABC/ACCP/ACPM/AGS/AMA/ASPC/NMA/PCNA/SGIM Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults" retires and replaces the "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."

Methods: A comprehensive literature search was conducted from December 2023 to June 2024 to identify clinical studies, reviews, and other evidence performed on human subjects that were published since February 2015 in English from MEDLINE (through PubMed), EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and other selected databases relevant to this guideline.

Structure: The focus of this clinical practice guideline is to create a living, working document updating current knowledge in the field of high blood pressure aimed at all practicing primary care and specialty clinicians who manage patients with hypertension.

Keywords: AHA Scientific Statements; antihypertensive agents; antihypertensive response; blood pressure; blood pressure control; blood pressure determination; blood pressure monitoring; cardiovascular disease; dosage; evaluation; hypertension; lifestyle; major adverse cardiovascular events; patient care team; quality of life; risk factors; time factors.

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