Kidney News Editorial Board member Edgar Lerma, MD, FASN, interviewed George Bakris, MD, FASN, about clinicians’ experience with the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Hypertension Guidelines (1).
Dr. Lerma What are the highlights of the new ACC/AHA 2017 Hypertension Guidelines? How are they different from the previous guidelines?
Dr. Bakris Highlights and novel features of the new hypertension guidelines are as follows, compared with previous reports: