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KSCMS @ GW-ICC Joint Forum – Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology (GW-ICC) 2017 – Practical management of Hypertension in Korean after SPRINT trial

It has become a tradition for world renowned cardiology associations to send delegations to GW-ICC congresses. Cooperation with these international societies is not limited to their attendance at GW-ICC; GW-ICC also holds reciprocal academic sessions at the annual meetings of these eminent societies to introduce important Chinese academic research.

At the 28th GW-ICC in 2017, the Korean Society of Cardio metabolic Syndrome (KSCMS) held a Joint Forum. A video of one of these 2017 sessions is now available to view on the GW-ICC YouTube channel:

Practical management of Hypertension in Korean after SPRINT trial

Presenter: Sang-Hyun Ihm, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.

Dr Sang-Hyun Ihm discusses:

  • Target BP of recent guidelines.
  • Observational studies – lower is better.
  • Updated systemic review and meta analysis.
  • Systolic blood pressure intervention trial (SPRINT).
  • Several issues of SPRINT.

Concluding that:

  • Since AOBP is not generally available in clinical practice, the definition of hypertension should remain BPs >140/90mm Hg.
  • AOBP will be the preferred method of performing in-office BP measurement
  • The target BP should remain to lower BP in most hypertensive patients to <140/90 mmHG.
  • The higher cardiovascular risk: SPRINT eligible patients
    • Target SBP should be <120mmHG using AOBP
  • Others including DM, CKD with overt proteinuria
    • Target BPs should not be changed
  • The balance between benefits and risks should be taken into account for the practice of personalized medicine.
    • If tolerated well, one could attempt to go lower incrementally with careful monitoring.

Further information on the 29th GW-ICC, to be held October 11th -14th, 2018, in Beijing, China, is available on the congress website:

http://www.gw-icc2017.org/en/1/index.jsp

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