Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 Principles
1.2 What is new and what has changed in the ESC/ESH 2018
Arterial Hypertension Guidelines?
2. Diagnostic Aspects
2.1 Classification of blood pressure and definition of hypertension
2.2 Assessment of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk
2.3 Blood Pressure Measurement
2.4 Home blood pressure monitoring
2.5 Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM)
2.6 Screening for the detection of hypertension
2.7 Confirming the diagnosis of hypertension
3. Clinical evaluation
3.1 When to refer a patient with hypertension for hospital-based care
4. Treatment of Hypertension
4.1 BP thresholds for treatment
4.2 BP treatment targets
4.3 Treatment of Hypertension – Lifestyle interventions
4.4 Treatment of Hypertension – Drug therapy
4.5 The drug treatment algorithm for hypertension
4.6 Device-based hypertension treatment
5. Resistant Hypertension
5.1 Definition of resistant hypertension
5.2 Causes of pseudo-resistant hypertension
5.3 Treatment of Resistant Hypertension
6. Secondary hypertension
7. Hypertension Emergencies
8. Hypertension in pregnancy
8.1 Definition and classification of hypertension in pregnancy
9. Masked and White Coat Hypertension
9.1 White Coat Hypertension
9.2 Masked Hypertension
10. Hypertension in patients with specific co-morbidities
11. Managing concomitant cardiovascular disease risk and patient
follow-up
11.1 Use of statins and anti-platelet therapy
11.2 Follow-up of hypertensive patients