title: Impact of the 2014 expert panel recommendations for management of high blood pressure on contemporary cardiovascular practice: insights from the NCDR PINNACLE registry.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Since 2003, the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee (JNC-7) has been the predominant guideline for blood pressure management. A 2014 expert panel recommended increasing the blood pressure targets for patients age 60 years and older, as well as those with diabetes or chronic kidney disease.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the 2014 expert panel blood pressure management recommendations on patients managed in U.S. ambulatory cardiovascular practices.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using the National Cardiovascular Data Registry PINNACLE Registry, we assessed the proportion of patients who met the 2003 and 2014 panel recommendations, highlighting the populations of patients for whom the blood pressure goals changed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 1,185,253 patients in the study cohort, 706,859 (59.6%) achieved the 2003 JNC-7 goals. Using the 2014 recommendations, 880,378 (74.3%) patients were at goal. Among the 173,519 (14.6%) for whom goal achievement changed, 40,323 (23.2%) had a prior stroke or transient ischemic attack, and 112,174 (64.6%) had coronary artery disease. In addition, the average Framingham risk score in this group was 8.5 ± 3.2%, and the 10-year ASCVD risk score was 28.0 ± 19.5%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Among U.S. ambulatory cardiology patients with hypertension, nearly 1 in 7 who did not meet JNC-7 recommendations would now meet the 2014 treatment goals. If the new recommendations are implemented in clinical practice, blood pressure target achievement and cardiovascular events will need careful monitoring, because many patients for whom the target blood pressure is now more permissive are at high cardiovascular risk.
authors.affiliation: George Washington University, Washington, DC. Electronic address: wborden@mfa.gwu.edu.
authors.forename: William B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Borden
authors.affiliation: VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, Colorado; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado.
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Maddox
authors.affiliation: Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri.
authors.forename: Fengming
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, Colorado.
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rumsfeld
authors.affiliation: American College of Cardiology, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Oetgen
authors.affiliation: National Quality Forum, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: J Brendan
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Mullen
authors.affiliation: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Sarah A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Spinler
authors.affiliation: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Eric D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
authors.forename: Frederick A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Masoudi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012042:Registries; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000517:prevention & control; D018570:Risk Assessment; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents
keywords: CAD; guidelines; hypertension; prevention; stroke