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HOT TOPICS IN CARDIOLOGY: Issue 9, 2008
The treatment of hypertension and the prevention of organ damage
The treatment of hypertension and the prevention of organ damage
Antonio Coca, Cristina Sierra
Correspondence to:
Antonio Coca - MD, PhD, FRCP
Professor of Medicine
Department Head
Hypertension Unit
Department of Internal Medicine
Institute of Medicine and Dermatology
University of Barcelona
Hospital Clinic
Barcelona, Spain
E-mail: acoca@clinic.ub.es
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Summary


  • AIM OF TREATMENT FOR HYPERTENSION
  • CARDIOVASCULAR RISK STRATIFICATION TO DEFINE THERAPEUTIC ATTITUDES
  • Contribution of blood pressure “per se” to the global absolute risk of patients
  • Contribution of blood pressure in association with other cardiovascular risk factors to the global absolute risk of patients
  • Contribution of blood pressure in association with multiple cardiovascular risk factors, metabolic syndrome, or subclinical organ damage to the global absolute risk of patients
  • ANTIHYPERTENSIVE STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE TARGET BLOOD PRESSURE DEPENDING ON GLOBAL RISK
  • Blood pressure targets in patients at high or very high risk: hypertension in type 2 diabetics
  • Blood pressure targets in elderly hypertensive patients
  • Blood pressure targets in hypertensive patients with concomitant cerebrovascular disease
  • Blood pressure targets in hypertensive patients with concomitant coronary heart disease or heart failure
  • PREVENTION OF ORGAN DAMAGE IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
  • HOW TO PROTECT THE KIDNEY IN HYPERTENSION
  • Implications of microalbuminuria in hypertensive patients
  • Antihypertensive therapy and microalbuminuria
  • HOW TO PROTECT THE HEART IN HYPERTENSION
  • Implications of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients
  • Antihypertensive therapy and left ventricular hypertrophy
  • HOW TO PROTECT LARGE ARTERIES IN HYPERTENSION
  • Implications of intima-media thickness in hypertensive patients
  • Antihypertensive therapy and intima-media thickness
  • HOW TO PROTECT THE BRAIN IN HYPERTENSION
  • Antihypertensive therapy and cerebral WML
  • Antihypertensive therapy and stroke
  • Antihypertensive therapy and cognitive impairment
  • DISEASE PREVENTION VERSUS EVENT PREVENTION: THE RELEVANCE OF INTERMEDIATE DISEASE MARKER ASSESSMENT
  • THE MULTIFACTORIAL APPROACH IN HIGH RISK PATIENTS
  • SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES

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