Published online before print May 19, 2003, doi: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000075790.33892.AE
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(Hypertension. 2003;41:1178.)
© 2003 American Heart Association, Inc.
Editorial Commentaries |
Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7)
Resetting the Hypertension Sails
From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (C.L., E.J.R.), Bethesda, Md; Boston University Medical Center (A.V.C.), Boston, Mass; and the University of Mississippi Medical Center (D.W.J.), Jackson, Miss.
Correspondence to Daniel W. Jones, MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N State St, Jackson, MS 39216-4505. E-mail djones@ovc.umsmed.edu
An extract of the first 250 words of the full text is provided, because this article has no abstract. |
The National High Blood Pressure Education Program (NHBPEP), coordinated by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), has released its long-awaited Joint National Committee (JNC) 7 report.1 The report will be made available in 2 forms: the "Express" or short version and a longer version that will be published in Hypertension and will provide more detail regarding the recommendations. On its surface, it resembles the 6 predecessors, but to fully appreciate this new landmark document, one must recognize the process and context from which it is derived and what it is about to do.
You cannot direct the winds; you can adjust the sails.
Approximately 35 years ago, clinicians were busy managing severe and malignant hypertension. Hospitals filled their beds with stroke patients and stroke wards were commonplace. Coronary heart disease and stroke prevalence and accompanying mortality rates were the highest ever recorded. During the next generation, different classes of antihypertensive agents were developed and tested in a variety of settings and among different patients. The studies independently and collectively contributed to a universal finding: lowering arterial pressure can remarkably reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality rates as well as slow the progression of renal disease, retinopathy, and all-cause deaths. When these findings first became available, the NHLBI formed the NHBPEP, designed to translate this information through public and professional education programs. One important step taken by the NHBPEP was the formation of a coordinating committee, which in essence is an advisory board to the NHLBI as well as to
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