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New guidelines to better identify people at risk of heart attack and stroke

New guidelines for managing high blood pressure and hypertension have just been released by the European Society for Cardiology (ESC), developed by an international panel of experts, including co-chair Dr. Rhian Touyz and co-author Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou, both Professors in the ۲ݮƵ Department of Medicine and key members of one of the department’s World Class Teams. These guidelines introduce a new category called “elevated blood pressure,” set more ambitious treatment goals for patients receiving BP lowering medication, and, for the first time, suggest using a technique called renal denervation to treat certain types of hypertension. 

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