Title

Management of Elevated Blood Pressure and Hypertension

Authoring Organization

Publication Month/Year

August 30, 2024

Last Updated Month/Year

September 3, 2024

Document Type

Guideline

Country of Publication

European

Document Objectives

The current guidelines support healthcare professionals with the diagnosis and management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension. This 2024 guideline, developed by a multidisciplinary Task Force, updates the 2018 ESC/ESH guidelines on the management of arterial hypertension, using the most robust contemporary evidence. The new updated guideline provides a new simplified classification of blood pressure and outlines processes for the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of individuals with elevated blood pressure and hypertension. 

Inclusion Criteria

Male, Female, Adolescent, Adult, Child, Older adult

Health Care Settings

Ambulatory

Intended Users

Nurse, nurse practitioner, physician, physician assistant

Scope

Diagnosis, Assessment and screening, Treatment, Management

Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)

D006973 - Hypertension

Keywords

hypertension, high blood pressure

Source Citation

John William McEvoy, Cian P McCarthy, Rosa Maria Bruno, Sofie Brouwers, Michelle D Canavan, Claudio Ceconi, Ruxandra Maria Christodorescu, Stella S Daskalopoulou, Charles J Ferro, Eva Gerdts, Henner Hanssen, Julie Harris, Lucas Lauder, Richard J McManus, Gerard J Molloy, Kazem Rahimi, Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, Gian Paolo Rossi, Else Charlotte Sandset, Bart Scheenaerts, Jan A Staessen, Izabella Uchmanowicz, Maurizio Volterrani, Rhian M Touyz, ESC Scientific Document Group , 2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension: Developed by the task force on the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and endorsed by the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) and the European Stroke Organisation (ESO), European Heart Journal, 2024;, ehae178, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae178