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发布时间：2025-09-11 10:48:36 来源：都市天下脉观察 作者：探索

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High blood pressure is a silent killer, experts warn, and nearly half of U.S. adults are at risk. 

Leading health groups say it’s best to act sooner rather than later to prevent long-term damage — and they also recommend cutting out alcohol.

The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) teamed up with 11 other organizations to release new guidelines, published Aug. 14 in the American Heart Association’s peer-reviewed journals Circulation and Hypertension, as well as in JACC, the flagship journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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The new recommendations, which were refined through a rigorous peer-review process, represent the first major blood pressure update since 2017.

The guidelines detail how doctors tackle high blood pressure and how people can take steps to manage their own, with a focus on prevention, early treatment and protection of both heart and brain health.

Leading health groups say it’s best to act sooner rather than later to prevent long-term damage from high blood pressure. (iStock)

"High blood pressure is the most prevalent and No. 1 modifiable risk factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases," Daniel W. Jones, M.D., chair of the guideline writing committee and professor emeritus of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in Jackson, Mississippi, told Fox News Digital.

"Members of the writing committee have been monitoring new evidence continually since the last guideline published in 2017," he added.

What's changed

Instead of using one-size-fits-all charts, the new approach focuses on the PREVENT (Preventing Risk of cardiovascular disease EVENTs) method, a tool that calculates a person's 10- and 30-year risk of heart attack or stroke. 

In addition to blood pressure, it also considers cholesterol, kidney health, metabolic issues and geographical location. 

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The guidelines also urge doctors to act earlier. That could mean prescribing medication sooner or tapping into newer options like GLP-1 drugs for certain patients. 

Another new recommendation was to cut out alcohol — a change from the prior guidance for people to limit consumption.

"We put forward the ideal as abstinence, and for those who choose to drink, less than one for women and less than two for men."

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