Hypertension Guidelines Implementation Workshop

Overview

General practitioners, cardiologists, internists and other professionals manage hypertension in their daily work. It is important for them to be aware of the latest findings in the field and how to optimally treat their patients especially when other disorders are concomitant.

The important findings described in the 2018 ESC / ESH Guidelines on the Management of Arterial Hypertension were disseminated in a guidelines implementation workshop organised by the ESC Council on Hypertension.

Audience

The programme was designed for all specialties interested in hypertension, with a special focus on young physicians and emerging opinion leaders. The target audience included but was not limited to:

• Cardiologists
• Endocrinologists
• Nephrologists
• Medical internists

52 people attended this Workshop, representing a total of 30 different countries worldwide.

Scientific Resources

Day 1

13:45 Welcome

Plenary Session 1

• State of the art of blood pressure prevalence and control today, Thomas Kahan (Sweden)
• Definition of hypertension and interaction with other risk factors, Massimo Salvetti (Italy)
• How to measure blood pressure, Gianfranco Parati (Italy)
• Primary work up and assessment of target organ damage, Eva Gerdts (Norway)
• Hypertension in specific circumstances, Antonio Coca (Spain)

Key Note Lecture 

• Ways to improve BP control through implementation of guidelines, Bryan Williams (United Kingdom).

Plenary Session 2 - Debates in Hypertension

• Should BP be aggressively reduced also in the presence of cerebrovascular disease?
• Pro - Paolo Verdecchia (Italy)
• Contra - Cristina Sierra (Spain)

• Does low diastolic BP increase CV risk?
• Pro - Thomas Kahan (Sweden)
• Contra - Renata Cifkova (Czech Republic)

Day 2

Workshops

• Diagnosis (From physical exam to brain MRI), Antonio Coca (Spain)
• Treatment (What is optimal blood pressure control? Comparison with the American guidelines), Giovanni de Simone (Italy)

Clinical Case Workshops

• From simple to complex reactions in hypertension emergency, Jana Brgulian (Slovenia)
• Difficult to treat hypertension: secondary hypertension or non adherence?, Isabella Sudano (Switzerland)
• Hypertensive emergency: acute heart failure in a 42 year old female patient, Massimo Salvetti (Italy)