{"id":9417,"date":"2025-12-22T21:14:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T18:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=9417"},"modified":"2025-12-22T21:14:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T18:14:54","slug":"how-well-do-you-know-the-new-hypertension-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/how-well-do-you-know-the-new-hypertension-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"How Well Do You Know the New Hypertension Guidelines?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>How Well Do You Know the New Hypertension Guidelines?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Source: AHA\/ACC and partner societies. Issued: 2025<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Medscape: December 9, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Key Takeaways :<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 Stage 2 hypertension requires immediate evaluation and escalation treatment.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 Secondary hypertension accounts for 5\u201325% of cases.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 OSA is common (up to 50%);<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 Primary aldosteronism affects 5\u201310% and doubles cardiovascular risk versus primary hypertension.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 Aldosterone\u2013renin ratio (ARR) is the preferred screening test; most medications usually do not need to be stopped.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 Hypokalemia may suggest aldosteronism but is often absent.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 Renal artery disease: Renovascular disease is common on imaging but rarely clinically relevant; no routine imaging recommended.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 RAS rarely causes true hypertension (0.1\u20135%).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/click.mail.medscape.com\/?qs=48e1dd22996b21f4f44c745b06aa458acbf57e499d836118a897be3a09860f368cc797ae62801717887e460e27b0d0da49efb6df8a81909a337e0bd8c02d2fa6\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click.mail.medscape.com\/?qs%3D48e1dd22996b21f4f44c745b06aa458acbf57e499d836118a897be3a09860f368cc797ae62801717887e460e27b0d0da49efb6df8a81909a337e0bd8c02d2fa6&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1766513642201000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0MBz6hthsvGg6-Foad3NJR\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/click.mail.medscape.<wbr \/>com\/?qs=<wbr \/>48e1dd22996b21f4f44c745b06aa45<wbr \/>8acbf57e499d836118a897be3a0986<wbr \/>0f368cc797ae62801717887e460e27<wbr \/>b0d0da49efb6df8a81909a337e0bd8<wbr \/>c02d2fa6<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Well Do You Know the New Hypertension Guidelines? Source: AHA\/ACC and partner societies. Issued: 2025 Medscape: December 9, 2025 Key Takeaways : \u2022 Stage 2 hypertension requires immediate evaluation and escalation treatment. \u2022 Secondary hypertension accounts for 5\u201325% of cases. \u2022 OSA is common (up to 50%); \u2022 Primary aldosteronism affects 5\u201310% and doubles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9418,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9417\/revisions\/9418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}