About 2nd International Congress of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents (ICHCA)

Topics that will be covered during ICHCA 2019 include:

Facing the challenges of hypertension in children and adolescents
Epidemiology of hypertension in children and adolescents
Blood pressure tracking and risk from birth to adulthood
Clustering of cardiometabolic risk factor and ethnic differences in children and adolescents
Reference values and simplified interpretation of BP in children and adolescents
24 hour BP monitoring in children and adolescents
Understanding the pathogenesis of hypertension in children and adolescents – uric acid and fructose, obesity, environmental pollution, perinatal programming and genetic factors
Impact of hypertension on the heart and kidneys in children and adolescents
The importance of white hypertension in children and adolescents
The value of PWV and central aortic BP in the assessment of target organ damage and risk profiling in children and adolescents
Treating hypertension in children and adolescents with kidney disease and kidney transplants
Overview of guidelines for treatment of hypertension in children and adolescents
Should isolated systolic hypertension in children and adolescents be treated?
Are trials in children and adolescents with hypertension feasible?
Novel treatments for hypertension in children and adolescents
The role of bariatric surgery in children and adolescents
Psychosocial effects of hypertension in children and adolescents
An approach to secondary causes of hypertension in children and adolescents
Renovascular hypertension in children and adolescents
Mendelian forms of hypertension in children and adolescent