Special Issues in Hypertension

1 Prehypertension: Definition, clinical significance and therapeutic approaches: to treat or not to treat
2 Clinical significance and treatment requirement in white coat and masked hypertension
3 Resistant hypertension: epidemiologic and evolving therapeutic aspects
4 Primary aldosteronism: rare or common condition
5 Hypertension in the very elderly: special features, therapeutic approaches and problems
6 Clinical relevance of circadian rhythm and nocturnal dip
7 Morning BP surge in treated and untreated hypertensive patients: clinical relevance, prognostic significance and therapeutic approaches
8 Short-term and long-term BP variability
9 Home BP in hypertension
10 Obstructive sleep apnea
11 Hypertension, obesity and the metabolic syndrome
12 Salt, hypertension and cardiovascular disease
13 Optic fundus and retinal circulation: new technology for an old examination
14 Arterial stiffness as an early marker of organ damage
15 Central blood pressure: definition, clinical significance and therapeutic approaches
16 Assessment of total cardiovascular risk in Hypertension: the role of subclinical organ damage
17 Microcirculation in hypertension
18 Smoking, nicotine and BP
19 Inflammatory markers and other risk factors in Hypertension
20 Benefits: pleiotropic versus BP dependent mechanisms
21 Threshold and target BP values for treatment: an evolving concept
22 Polypill concept
23 J-curve phenomenon: Does it exist?
24 Residual risk in treated hypertension
25 Poor BP control in the hypertensive population: which factors are involved
26 Ramadan fasting and BP control
27 Hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal hypertensive women
28 Treating pain and inflammation in hypertension
29 Sexual function in untreated and treated hypertension
30 Cognitive function and dementia in hypertension. Epidemiologic and therapeutic aspects
31 Is hypertension preventable?
32 Atrial fibrillation. Modern epidemiologic and therapeutic aspects
33 Genetics and