Treat high blood pressure sooner: Tougher, simpler JNC 7 guidelines

Donald G. Vidt, MD
Consultant, Department of Nephrology/Hypertension, The Cleveland Clinic; Professor of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University; reviewer, seventh report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure

Raymond A. Borazanian, BS
Managing Editor, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Address: Donald G. Vidt, MD, Department of Nephrology/Hypertension, A51, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail: vidtd@ccf.org

Donald G. Vidt, MD
Consultant, Department of Nephrology/Hypertension, The Cleveland Clinic; Professor of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University; reviewer, seventh report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure

Raymond A. Borazanian, BS
Managing Editor, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Address: Donald G. Vidt, MD, Department of Nephrology/Hypertension, A51, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail: vidtd@ccf.org

Donald G. Vidt, MD
Consultant, Department of Nephrology/Hypertension, The Cleveland Clinic; Professor of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University; reviewer, seventh report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure

Raymond A. Borazanian, BS
Managing Editor, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Address: Donald G. Vidt, MD, Department of Nephrology/Hypertension, A51, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail: vidtd@ccf.org