COMMENTARY
Special Focus Issue on Hypertension Guidelines
New Hypertension Guidelines: A View from Latin America Jose M. Ribeiro, MD, PhD, MSc, FACC1,2 s-graduacß a ~o, Faculdade de Cie ^ncias Me dicas de Minas Gerais (IPG-FCMMG), Belo Horizonte;1 and Instituto Metropolitano From the Instituto de Po de Ensino Superior (IMES), Ipatinga, Minas Gerais State, Brazil2
The long-awaited release of the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8)1 has as its main approach a simplified grading system for physicians who deal with patients with hypertension, especially concerning the thresholds for diagnosing and treating blood pressure (BP): for hypertensive persons aged 60 years or older they recommend a BP goal of
Special Focus Issue on Hypertension Guidelines
New Hypertension Guidelines: A View from Latin America Jose M. Ribeiro, MD, PhD, MSc, FACC1,2 s-graduacß a ~o, Faculdade de Cie ^ncias Me dicas de Minas Gerais (IPG-FCMMG), Belo Horizonte;1 and Instituto Metropolitano From the Instituto de Po de Ensino Superior (IMES), Ipatinga, Minas Gerais State, Brazil2
The long-awaited release of the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8)1 has as its main approach a simplified grading system for physicians who deal with patients with hypertension, especially concerning the thresholds for diagnosing and treating blood pressure (BP): for hypertensive persons aged 60 years or older they recommend a BP goal of
