What to make of the new ACC/AHA high blood pressure guidelines

Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA, is a member of the US Community Preventive Services Task Force, a clinical professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and a senior lecturer with the University of Arizona College of Public Health. He’s also an assistant editor at The Journal of Family Practice.

The speaker disclosed that he was one of the reviewers asked by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) to assess and comment on the ACC/AHA high blood pressure guidelines. The AAFP’s decision not to endorse the guidelines was based in part on the speaker’s input.

Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA, is a member of the US Community Preventive Services Task Force, a clinical professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and a senior lecturer with the University of Arizona College of Public Health. He’s also an assistant editor at The Journal of Family Practice.

The speaker disclosed that he was one of the reviewers asked by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) to assess and comment on the ACC/AHA high blood pressure guidelines. The AAFP’s decision not to endorse the guidelines was based in part on the speaker’s input.

Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA, is a member of the US Community Preventive Services Task Force, a clinical professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and a senior lecturer with the University of Arizona College of Public Health. He’s also an assistant editor at The Journal of Family Practice.

The speaker disclosed that he was one of the reviewers asked by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) to assess and comment on the ACC/AHA high blood pressure guidelines. The AAFP’s decision not to endorse the guidelines was based in part on the speaker’s input.