AHA High Blood Pressure Toolkit

Hypertension Guideline Toolkit Nearly half of American adults have high blood pressure, but you can make a difference. American Heart Association’s efforts to improve healthy choices related to living with high blood pressure is proudly supported by TYLENOL ® . The 2017 Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults ( 2017 Hypertension Clinical Practice Guideline ) has important implications for the treatment of nearly 103 million adults in the United States. As healthcare providers, you need resources to help you integrate the new guideline into your practice so you can provide optimal care for patients with elevated blood pressure (BP) or hypertension. heart.org/bptools