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References

Citations

  1. Roger VL, et al. (2010). Heart disease and stroke statistics 2011 update: A report from the American Heart Association. Circulation, 123(4): e18–e209.

  2. Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (2003). Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure JNC Express (NIH Publication No. 03–5233). Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Other Works Consulted

  • American Heart Association (2006). Diet and lifestyle recommendations revision 2006. Circulation, 114(1): 82–96. [Erratum in Circulation, 114(1): e27.]

  • American Heart Association. (2005). Recommendations for blood pressure measurement in humans and experimental animals. Part 1: Blood pressure measurement in humans. AHA Scientific Statement. Hypertension, 45(1): 142–161.

  • Appel LJ, et al. (2006). Dietary approaches to prevent and treat hypertension: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Hypertension, 47(2): 296–308.

  • Aronow WS, et al. (2011). ACCF/AHA 2011 Expert consensus document on hypertension in the elderly: A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents. Circulation, 123(21): 2434–2506.

  • Cheriyan J, et al. (2010). Primary prevention of CVD: treating hypertension, search date December 2007. Online version of BMJ Clinical Evidence: http://www.clinicalevidence.com.

  • Drugs for hypertension (2009). Treatment Guidelines From The Medical Letter, 7(77): 1–10.

  • Falkner B, Daniels SR (2004). Summary of the fourth report on the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of high blood pressure in children and adolescents. Hypertension, 44(4): 387–388.

  • Henri HC, Rudd P (2007). Hypertension: Context and management. In EJ Topol, ed., Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 3rd ed., pp. 88–108. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

  • Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (2003). Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure JNC Express (NIH Publication No. 03–5233). Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (2006). Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure With DASH (NIH Publication No. 06-4082). Available online: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/new_dash.pdf.

  • Pickering TG, et al. (2008). Call to action on use and reimbursement for home blood pressure monitoring. A joint scientific statement from the American Heart Association, American Society of Hypertension, and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. Hypertension, 52(1): 10–29.

  • Rashidi A, et al. (2008). Diagnosis and treatment of hypertension. In V Fuster et al., eds., Hurst's The Heart, 12th ed., pp. 1610–1629. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical.

  • Rosendorff C, et al. (2007). Treatment of hypertension in the prevention and management of ischemic heart disease: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research and the Council on Clinical Cardiology and Epidemiology and Prevention. Circulation, 115(21): 2761–2788.

  • Schwartz GL, Sheps SG (2006). Hypertension. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 1, chap 3. New York: WebMD.

  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2008). 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (ODPHP Publication No. U0036). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Available online: http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/pdf/paguide.pdf.

  • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2007). Screening for high blood pressure. Available online: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspshype.htm.

By: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review: E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Robert A. Kloner, MD, PhD - Cardiology
Last Revised: August 19, 2011

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