European Society of Hypertension
Encyclopedia
The European Society of Hypertension is an international organization with the objective to provide a stable and organized European platform for scientific exchange in hypertension
. The society was created in 1989 on the initiative of Alberto Zanchetti.
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Hypertension
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a cardiac chronic medical condition in which the systemic arterial blood pressure is elevated. What that means is that the heart is having to work harder than it should to pump the blood around the body. Blood pressure involves two measurements, systolic and...
. The society was created in 1989 on the initiative of Alberto Zanchetti.
Meetings
The society organizes annual meetings in different European cities as well as summer schoolSummer school
Summer school is a school, or a program generally sponsored by a school or a school district, that teaches students during the summer vacation....
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Publications
- 2003 ESH-ESC Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension
- Practice Guidelines for Primary Care Physicians: 2003 ESH/ESC Hypertension Guidelines