An effective approach to high blood pressure control: a science advisory from the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Cardiovascular diseases, including heart disease, hypertension, and heart failure, along with stroke, continue to be leading causes of death in the United States [(1,2)][1]. Hypertension currently affects nearly 78 million[∗][2] adults in the United States and is also a major modifiable risk