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 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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