Lectures 

HTN CCS Oct 2025.pptx 

Management of Chronic Hypertension | Chalk Talks | TeachIM 

Podcasts 

#321 Hypertension FAQ: Common Outpatient Cases with Dr. Jordy Cohen - The Curbsiders 

#474 Resistant Hypertension the Next Frontier - The Curbsiders 

HelixTalk #193 - Elevate Your Guideline Knowledge, Not Your BP: The New 2025 Hypertension Guidelines - Rosalind Franklin University 

Resources 

See table 13 in the 2025 AHA/ACC HTN guidelines for dosing of medications and considerations  

Review this AAFP article about aldosteronism labs: primary-aldosteronism.pdf 

Target: BP | Combined Quick Start Guide 

  • From AHA and AMA with many resources about managing blood pressure. Includes webinars, assessments, summary of guidelines.  

Guidelines 

2025 AHA/ACC/AANP/AAPA/ABC/ACCP/ACPM/AGS/AMA/ASPC/NMA/PCNA/SGIM Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines | Hypertension 

Articles 

Hypertension - Clinical Practice Guideline | AAFP 

ACCORD BP 2010: Effects of Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus | New England Journal of Medicine 

  • P: Pts with T2DM at high risk for CV events 

  • I: targeting SBP <120 mmHg 

  • C: target SBP <140 mmHg 

  • O: did not reduce rates of nonfatal MI, nofatal stroke, or CV mortality 

SPRINT 2015: A Randomized Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control | New England Journal of Medicine 

  • P: Pts high risk for CVD without hx of stroke or DM 

  • I: targeting SBP <120 mmHg 

  • C: target SBP 135-139 mmHg 

  • O: Improved first ACS, stroke, HF or CV death (HR 0.75, 95%CI 0.64-0.89, NNT 63)  

  • ADE: Hypotension NNH 100, AKI NNH 63 

BPROAD 2024: Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes - PubMed 

  • P: Pts with T2DM at high risk for CV events 

  • I: targeting SBP <120 mmHg 

  • C: target SBP <140 mmHg 

  • O: did reduce rates of nonfatal MI, nonfatal stroke, HF, or CV mortality (HR 0.79, 95% CI 0.69-0.90) 

Blood pressure-lowering efficacy of antihypertensive drugs and their combinations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials - ScienceDirect 

Morning vs Night administration: 

Intensive Blood Pressure Control in Older Patients With Hypertension: 6-Year Results of the STEP Trial - PubMed 

Modest Effects of Intensive Blood Pressure-Lowering on Quality of Life in Patients at High Cardiovascular Risk: The ESPRIT trial - PubMed