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Practice Guideline Track on Arterial Hypertension 2018

Guidelines into Practice

Topic(s):

Chronic Nursing Care

Treatment

Prevention

Hypertension

Clinical

Pathophysiology and Mechanisms

Risk Factors and Prevention

Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome

Diagnostic Methods

Contributor: Special thanks to Dr Wilko Spiering.

Based on the 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension.

Overview of the Guideline

Session	Slides	Webcast
Classification of blood pressure and blood pressure measurement for the diagnosis of hypertension
Clinical evaluation of the hypertensive patient, assessment of hypertension-mediated organ damage and cardiovascular disease risk stratification.
Blood pressure treatment thresholds and treatment targets
Hypertension treatment – Lifestyle interventions, drug treatment strategies and role of device-base therapy
Hypertension treatment strategies in specific circumstances
Summary of what’s new in this hypertension guideline and gaps in the evidence

Clinical Presentation

Topics	Session title	Slides	Webcasts
hypertension	Everybody with a blood pressure above 130/80 is hypertensive - PRO
hypertension	Everybody with a blood pressure above 130/80 is hypertensive - CON
hypertension	Office blood pressure measurement: automated, attended or unattended - still sufficient?
hypertension	Home blood pressure measurement and the potential role for telemedicine
hypertension	Ambulatory blood pressure - The gold standard for diagnosis and monitoring blood pressure control?
coronary artery disease, acute coronary syndromes, acute cardiac care	Target organ damage: from pathophysiology to clinical practice
hypertension	Adrenal causes of hypertension
hypertension	Renovascular causes of hypertension
hypertension	Frequently forgotten causes of secondary hypertension
hypertension	Hypertension: when to start treatment and how low to go
hypertension	Older patients should have their blood pressure lowered to below 130/80mmHg - PRO
hypertension	Older patients should have their blood pressure lowered to below 130/80mmHg - CON
	The latest thinking in hypertension drug treatment strategy
hypertension	Detecting and treating non-adherence to blood pressure lowering medication
hypertension	Managing difficult-to-control hypertension
hypertension	Device-based therapy in hypertension - State of the Art
hypertension	Blood pressure lowering in the elderly
hypertension	Blood pressure lowering in patients with chronic kidney disease
hypertension	Management of accelerated hypertension