The following are key points to remember from the 2017 Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: Show Part 1: General Approach, Screening, and Follow-up
Part 2: Principles of Drug Therapy and Special Populations
Clinical Topics: Arrhythmias and Clinical EP, Cardiovascular Care Team, Diabetes and Cardiometabolic Disease, Geriatric Cardiology, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies, Noninvasive Imaging, Prevention, Stable Ischemic Heart Disease, Valvular Heart Disease, Atherosclerotic Disease (CAD/PAD), Atrial Fibrillation/Supraventricular Arrhythmias, Acute Heart Failure, Diet, Exercise, Hypertension, Chronic Angina Keywords: Adrenergic beta-Antagonists, AHA17, AHA Annual Scientific Sessions, Antihypertensive Agents, Aortic Diseases, Atherosclerosis, Atrial Fibrillation, Blood Pressure, Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory, Body Weight Changes, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Cerebrovascular Disorders, Coronary Artery Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Diagnostic Imaging, Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular, Diet, Electronic Health Records, Exercise, Geriatrics, Heart Failure, Heart Valve Diseases, Hypertension, Life Style, Mass Screening, Medical History Taking, Metabolic Syndrome, Patient Compliance, Patient Care Team, Perioperative Period, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Peripheral Vascular Diseases, Pregnancy, Primary Prevention, Quality of Health Care, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Risk Reduction Behavior, Secondary Prevention, Self Care, Angina, Stable, Stroke, Telemedicine, Therapeutics, Transplantation < Back to Listings What medications are used for both hypertension and congestive heart failure?Drugs such as beta-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers, aldosterone receptor blockers, hydralazine and nitrates, which have shown mortality benefit in CHF and exert antihypertensive effects, should be used as first-line agents to control HTN in CHF.
Which are the drugs for 1st line treatment of hypertension?There are three main classes of medication that are usually in the first line of treatment for hypertension: 1. Calcium Channel Blockers (CCB) 2. Angiotensin Converting Enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors or ACE-I) and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs) 3. Diuretics.
What is the first line drug for heart failure?First-line drug therapy for all patients with HFrEF should include an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor and beta blocker. These medications have been shown to decrease morbidity and mortality.
Which is the most appropriate drug combination for hypertension and heart failure?Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are among the best tolerated antihypertensive drugs and have been used extensively as initial agents in the treatment of hypertension.
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