May 2003
From NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Press conference to release new high blood pressure guidelines| TO: | Editors and Reporters | | FROM: | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | | SUBJ: | Press conference on new high blood pressure guidelines: "The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: The JNC 7 Report" | | WHEN: | Wednesday, May 14, 2003, 9:30 a.m. | | WHERE: | J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. | | WHY: | High blood pressure affects 50 million Americans. It is the chief risk factor for stroke and heart failure and a major risk factor for heart disease and kidney disease. | | The guidelines, which will be published in a major scientific journal, represent the first significant update from the NHLBI's National High Blood Pressure Education Program (NHBPEP) since 1997. JNC 7 will present redefined and streamlined blood pressure categories as well as recommendations on prevention, diagnosis, and drug and lifestyle treatment approaches. The guidelines also include new data on control, awareness, and treatment rates for high blood pressure. | | WHO: | Claude Lenfant, M.D., Director, NHLBI | | Aram Chobanian, M.D., Chairman of JNC 7 and Dean of Boston University School of Medicine | | Edward Roccella, Ph.D., Coordinator, NHBPEP |
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