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• BP control rates remain poor world wide and are far from satisfactory
“Hypertension urgency” :
Severe hypertension in patients presenting to the emergency
department in whom there is no clinical evidence of acute HMOD
Diagnostic workup for patients with a suspected
hypertension emergency
Target BP reduction in HT emergencies
White-coat and Masked hypertension
Hypertension in Younger Adults (<50 y.o)
• Recommendation :
• Target 130-139 mmHg and <80 mmHg (if tolerated), SBP
<130mmHg should be avoided.
• Should use the lowest available dose
• Loop diuretic and alpha-blocker should be avoided, unless there
are concomitant disease
• Frequent evaluation of renal function
• Assesment risk of orthostatic hypotension
Hypertension and Pregnancy
Hypertension and
DM
Hypertension and CKD
Hypertension and Cerebrovascular
Ds
Hypertension and Vascular
Disease
Perioperative management of
hypertension
Statins and lipid-lowering
drugs
• Patients with hypertension also with type 2
diabetes or metabolic syndrome atherogenic
dyslipidaemia
• Very high CV risk LDL <70mg/dL or a reductionof
≥50% if the baseline LDL-C is between 70 and 135
mg/dL.
• High CV risk LDL <100mg/dL or a reduction of
≥50% if thebaseline LDL-C is between 100 and 200
mg/dL.
• Previous stroke LDL-C <100 mg/dL
Antiplatelet & anticoagulant therapy