AHA Scientific Statements

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Children and Adolescents: Recommendations for Standard Assessment: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, and Obesity in Youth Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young and the Council for High Blood Pressure Research
Elaine Urbina, Bruce Alpert, Joseph Flynn, Laura Hayman, Gregory A. Harshfield, Marc Jacobson, Larry Mahoney, Brian McCrindle, Michele Mietus-Snyder, Julia Steinberger, and Stephen Daniels
Hypertension. 2008;52:433-451.

Call to Action on Use and Reimbursement for Home Blood Pressure Monitoring: A Joint Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association, American Society of Hypertension, and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association
Thomas G. Pickering, Nancy Houston Miller, Gbenga Ogedegbe, Lawrence R. Krakoff, Nancy T. Artinian, and David Goff
Hypertension. 2008;52:10-29.

Call to Action on Use and Reimbursement for Home Blood Pressure Monitoring: Executive Summary: A Joint Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association, American Society of Hypertension, and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association
Thomas G. Pickering, Nancy Houston Miller, Gbenga Ogedegbe, Lawrence R. Krakoff, Nancy T. Artinian, and David Goff
Hypertension. 2008;52:1-9.

Resistant Hypertension: Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment. A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Professional Education Committee of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research
David A. Calhoun, Daniel Jones, Stephen Textor, David C. Goff, Timothy P. Murphy, Robert D. Toto, Anthony White, William C. Cushman, William White, Domenic Sica, Keith Ferdinand, Thomas D. Giles, Bonita Falkner, and Robert M. Carey
Hypertension. 2008;51:1403-1419.

REPRINT: Treatment of Hypertension in the Prevention and Management of Ischemic Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research and the Councils on Clinical Cardiology and Epidemiology and Prevention
Clive Rosendorff, Henry R. Black, Christopher P. Cannon, Bernard J. Gersh, Joel Gore, Joseph L. Izzo, Jr, Norman M. Kaplan, Christopher M. O’Connor, Patrick T. O’Gara, and Suzanne Oparil
Hypertension. 2007;50:e28-e55.

REPRINT: Detection of Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients With or at Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association Kidney and Cardiovascular Disease Council; the Councils on High Blood Pressure Research, Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and Epidemiology and Prevention; and the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group: Developed in Collaboration With the National Kidney Foundation
Frank C. Brosius, III, Thomas H. Hostetter, Ellie Kelepouris, Mark M. Mitsnefes, Sharon M. Moe, Michael A. Moore, Subramaniam Pennathur, Grace L. Smith, and Peter W.F. Wilson
Hypertension. 2006;48:751-755.

Dietary Approaches to Prevent and Treat Hypertension: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Lawrence J. Appel, Michael W. Brands, Stephen R. Daniels, Njeri Karanja, Patricia J. Elmer, and Frank M. Sacks
Hypertension. 2006;47:296-308.

Recommendations for Blood Pressure Measurement in Humans and Experimental Animals: Part 2: Blood Pressure Measurement in Experimental Animals: A Statement for Professionals From the Subcommittee of Professional and Public Education of the American Heart Association Council on High Blood Pressure Research
Theodore W. Kurtz, Karen A. Griffin, Anil K. Bidani, Robin L. Davisson, and John E. Hall
Hypertension. 2005;45:299-310.

Recommendations for Blood Pressure Measurement in Humans and Experimental Animals: Part 1: Blood Pressure Measurement in Humans: A Statement for Professionals From the Subcommittee of Professional and Public Education of the American Heart Association Council on High Blood Pressure Research
Thomas G. Pickering, John E. Hall, Lawrence J. Appel, Bonita E. Falkner, John Graves, Martha N. Hill, Daniel W. Jones, Theodore Kurtz, Sheldon G. Sheps, and Edward J. Roccella
Hypertension. 2005;45:142-161.

Kidney Disease as a Risk Factor for Development of Cardiovascular Disease: A Statement From the American Heart Association Councils on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, High Blood Pressure Research, Clinical Cardiology, and Epidemiology and Prevention
Mark J. Sarnak, Andrew S. Levey, Anton C. Schoolwerth, Josef Coresh, Bruce Culleton, L. Lee Hamm, Peter A. McCullough, Bertram L. Kasiske, Ellie Kelepouris, Michael J. Klag, Patrick Parfrey, Marc Pfeffer, Leopoldo Raij, David J. Spinosa, and Peter W. Wilson
Hypertension. 2003;42:1050-1065.

Guidelines

Summary of the Fourth Report on the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents
Bonita Falkner and Stephen R. Daniels
Hypertension. 2004;44:387-388.

Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
Aram V. Chobanian, George L. Bakris, Henry R. Black, William C. Cushman, Lee A. Green, Joseph L. Izzo, Jr, Daniel W. Jones, Barry J. Materson, Suzanne Oparil, Jackson T. Wright, Jr, Edward J. Roccella, and the National High Blood Pressure Education Program Coordinating Committee
Hypertension. 2003;42:1206-1252.