Reversibility of hypertension‐induced subclinical vascular changes: Do the new ACC/AHA 2017 blood pressure guidelines and heart rate changes make a difference?

First, we would like to congratulate Czuriga-Kovács et al for their study,1 which demonstrated that promptly initiated antihypertensive management can improve early vascular changes and altered cognitive function in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients. We would like to further discuss these findings under the light of the new ACC/AHA 2017 guidelines,2 where the classification of blood pressure (BP) levels is redefined as: “normal BP” when...