New Blood Pressure Management Recommendation Is Out- what you need to know
American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines is published
Key Points to know
Normal Systolic Blood Pressure is less than 120 (the top number)
Normal Diastolic Blood Pressure is less than 80 (the bottom number)
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Systolic (top) number 130 or above
Diastolic (bottom) number above 80
New Category
A new category called Elevated Blood Pressure where systolic (top) number is 120-129, diastolic (bottom) number is 80-89
Blood Pressure Measurement
It is important that blood pressure measurements are taken following proper method using validated BP measurement machine. A list of validated BP Measurement machine can be found here.