TY - JOUR TI - 2018 Practice guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) AU - Williams, B. AU - Mancia, G. AU - Spiering, W. AU - Agabiti Rosei, E. AU - Azizi, M. AU - Burnier, M. AU - Clement, D. AU - Coca, A. AU - De Simone, G. AU - Dominiczak, A. AU - Kahan, T. AU - Mahfoud, F. AU - Redon, J. AU - Ruilope, L. AU - Zanchetti, A. AU - Kerins, M. AU - Kjeldsen, S. AU - Kreutz, R. AU - Laurent, S. AU - Lip, G.Y.H. AU - McManus, R. AU - Narkiewicz, K. AU - Ruschitzka, F. AU - Schmieder, R. AU - Shlyakhto, E. AU - Tsioufis, K. AU - Aboyans, V. AU - Desormais, I. JO - Blood Pressure PY - 2018 VL - 27 TODO - 6 SP - 314-340 PB - Taylor and Francis Ltd. SN - 0803-7051, 1651-1999 TODO - 10.1080/08037051.2018.1527177 TODO - academic achievement; Article; atrial fibrillation; blood pressure measurement; blood pressure regulation; cardiology; cardiovascular risk; chronic kidney failure; clinical evaluation; conflict of interest; conservative treatment; device therapy; European; follow up; heart failure; human; hypertension; ischemic heart disease; medical society; medication compliance; nurse; pharmacist; practice guideline; priority journal; resistant hypertension; treatment planning; work experience; advisory committee; Europe; female; hypertension; male; medical society; pathophysiology; practice guideline, Advisory Committees; Europe; Female; Humans; Hypertension; Male; Societies, Medical TODO - These practice guidelines on the management of arterial hypertension are a concise summary of the more extensive ones prepared by the Task Force jointly appointed by the European Society of Hypertension and the European Society of Cardiology. These guidelines have been prepared on the basis of the best available evidence on all issues deserving recommendations; their role must be educational and not prescriptive or coercive for the management of individual subjects who may differ widely in their personal, medical and cultural characteristics. The members of the Task Force have participated independently in the preparation of these guidelines, drawing on their academic and clinical experience and by objective examination and interpretation of all available literature. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. ER -