Cedars-Sinai Hypertension Center Clinical Highlights Symposium 2017

Cedars-Sinai Hypertension Center Clinical Highlights Symposium is organized by Cedars Sinai Medical Center and would be held on Feb 24, 2017 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Harvey Morse Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event for internists, family medicine, hospitalists, general medicine, pediatrics, nephrologists, cardiologists, endocrinologists, OB-GYN, pharmacists, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and allied healthcare providers.

The Cedars-Sinai Hypertension Center 2017 Clinical Highlights Symposium will provide participants with a comprehensive review of the latest diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to this complex and multifacted disease. Course content will explore blood pressure monitoring and resistant hypertension, general pharmacotherapy, primary aldosteronism, hypertension in chronic kidney disease, hypertensive heart disease, renovascular hypertension and other relevant topics such as lifestyle modifications.

Educational Objectives :
• Review the differential diagnosis and evaluation of the incidental adrenal mass
• Describe the most accurate methods of blood pressure monitoring and the specific implications for resistant hypertension patients
• Describe the basic approaches to pharmacological management of hypertension
• Review current methods in the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma, and approaches to treatment
• Describe the role of aldosterone in the pathophysiology and treatment of high blood pressure
• Apply culturally appropriate interventions and counseling on blood pressure and treatment adherence among minority patient populations