Ten Commandments of the 2018 ESC/ESH HTN Guidelines on Hypertension in Adults

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A first look at the new European Guidelines for the treatment of high blood pressure (BP) was presented at the European Society of Hypertension meeting in Barcelona on 9 June 2018. These long-awaited guidelines have been jointly developed by clinicians representing the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Society of Hypertension (ESH). The guidelines provide recommendations for doctors across Europe to diagnose hypertension, evaluate risk, when and how to treat hypertension and reduce risk, with both lifestyle advice and medications. The development of the guidelines was led by Prof. Bryan Williams (ESC Chairperson), London UK and Prof. Giuseppe Mancia (ESH Chairperson), Milan, Italy, as lead authors.

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