ASH Review Course On Demand

Session 1: A Refined Definition of Hypertension
Physiology and Genetics of Blood Pressure Regulation
Epidemiologic Patterns and the Prevalence of Hypertension
ASH: Organized Efforts to Control Hypertension
Questions and Answers/Discussion

Session 2: Pathophysiologic Mechanisms in Hypertension
Hormonal Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms
Vascular Mechanisms
Renal Mechanisms
Questions and Answers/Discussion

Session 3: Diagnostic Evaluation of Hypertension
Office and Out-of-Office Blood Pressure Measurement
Clinical Evaluation and Global Risk Assessment
Questions and Answers/Discussion

Session 4: The Hypertension Syndrome and Target Organ Involvement
Hypertensive Heart Disease
The Brain and Hypertension
Hypertensive Renal Disease
Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome, and Diabetes
Questions and Answers/Discussion

Session 5: Identifiable Causes of Hypertension
Renovascular Hypertension
Aldosteronism—Primary and Secondary
Pheochromocytoma

Session 6: Therapy of Hypertension: Evolving Concepts
Lifestyle Modifications and Non-drug Therapy
Clinical Pharmacology of Antihypertensive Agents
Landmark Clinical Trials in the Treatment of Hypertension

Session 7: Case Discussions
Case 1: Patient with Hypertension and Diabetic Nephropathy
Case 2: Patient with Hypertension and Heart Failure
Case 3: Patient with Systolic Hypertension and Coronary Artery Disease

Session 8: Therapy of Hypertension: Evolving Concepts
Hypertension in Children and Adolescents: Diagnosis
Hypertension in Children and Adolescents: Management
Monogenic Causes of Hypertension
Hypertension Guidelines and Blood Pressure Targets
Combination Therapy

Session 9: Evolving Therapeutic Strategies-Challenges and Insights
Drugs for Compelling Indications
Resistant Hypertension and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Session 10: Special Circumstances and Special Populations
Hypertensive Crises
Hemodynamics and Hypertension in the Elderly
Hypertension in Pregnancy
Hypertension in African Americans