More than a third of people with uncontrolled hypertension don’t know their blood pressure is too high and are not receiving treatment to control it, placing them at increased risk for heart attack or stroke. Blood pressure medicine can protect the heart, brain, and kidneys but only if patients take it and keep their blood pressure controlled. Self-measured blood pressure monitoring (SMBP) is an important clinical tool to help clinicians make the diagnosis of hypertension and use of SMBP for those with high blood pressure can improve blood pressure control.
- 2017 Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, Management of High Blood Pressure in
Adults (AHA, 2017) - View a video interview with Paul Whelton, MD, writing group chair for the 2017 Hypertension Clinical Practice Guidelines and find related resources.
- Identifying Undiagnosed Hypertension - NACDD/CDC Fireside Chat recording (Feb. 2016) Speakers include Hilary Wall, Senior Health Scientist and Million Hearts Science Lead at CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention; Dr. Ian Brissette from the New York State Department of Health; and Dr. James Schultz from Neighborhood Healthcare in San Diego. Presentation slides
- Undiagnosed Hypertension in the Safety Net - Improving Identification and Diagnosis of Patients Hiding in Plain Sight - webinar recording (June 2016, National Association of Community Health Centers)
Presentation slides
- Community-Clinical Linkages for the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases: A Practitioner's Guide (CDC, 2016)
- Patients with Undiagnosed Hypertension Hiding in Plain Sight , H. Wall MPH (JAMA 2014)
- Issue Brief on Identifying Undiagnosed Hypertension (NACDD & CDC)
- Approaches to Identifying Individuals with Undiagnosed Hypertension - Evaluation Peer Learning Community slide presentation (April 2017)
- Million Hearts® Hypertension Prevalence Estimator Tool
- Hypertension: Detect, Connect, Control - May 2013 (CDC Public Health Grand Rounds).