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<br /> CARDIOLOGY<br /> ESH/ESC supplement • emjreviews.com<br /> INSIDE<br /> When the Going Gets Tough,<br /> the Tough Get Going<br /> Management of Blood<br /> Pressure Control:<br /> At the Cutting Edge<br /> WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH,<br /> THE TOUGH GET GOING<br /> This satellite symposium took place on 13th June 2015 as<br /> part of the 25th European Meeting on Hypertension and<br /> Cardiovascular Protection in Milan, Italy<br /> Chairperson<br /> Massimo Volpe1<br /> Speakers<br /> Josep Redòn,2 Michel Burnier,3 Massimo Volpe1<br /> 1. University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy<br /> 2. Hospital Clinico, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain<br /> 3. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland<br /> Disclosure: Massimo Volpe has received advisory board fees from Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH and<br /> speaker honoraria from the Menarini Group and Daiichi Sankyo Europe Gm<a title="EMJ Cardiol. 2015 Suppl 4 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5a3de32d?page=1"> CARDIOLOGY ESH/ESC supplement • emjreviews.com </a> <a title="EMJ Cardiol. 2015 Suppl 4 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5a3de32d?page=2"> WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET </a> <a title="EMJ Cardiol. 2015 Suppl 4 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5a3de32d?page=3"> discussed the ongoing management of difficult-to-</a> <a title="EMJ Cardiol. 2015 Suppl 4 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5a3de32d?page=4"> - HbA : 6.1% 1C - K+: 4.2 mmol/l - Total ch</a> <a title="EMJ Cardiol. 2015 Suppl 4 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5a3de32d?page=5"> Adherence to treatment - Adherence questionnair</a> <a title="EMJ Cardiol. 2015 Suppl 4 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5a3de32d?page=6"> Table 1: Addressing poor adherence.13 Drug adh</a> <a title="EMJ Cardiol. 2015 Suppl 4 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5a3de32d?page=7"> • Periodic reinforcement of adherence • Offic</a> <a title="EMJ Cardiol. 2015 Suppl 4 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5a3de32d?page=8"> Summary and Conclusions Professor Massimo Volpe C</a> <a title="EMJ Cardiol. 2015 Suppl 4 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5a3de32d?page=9"> 18. Kesselheim AS et al. Burden of changes in pil</a> <a title="EMJ Cardiol. 2015 Suppl 4 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5a3de32d?page=10"> MANAGEMENT OF BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL: </a> <a title="EMJ Cardiol. 2015 Suppl 4 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5a3de32d?page=11"> Chairperson’s Introduction: What Are the Key B</a> <a title="EMJ Cardiol. 2015 Suppl 4 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5a3de32d?page=12"> Although efficacy of available medications h</a> <a title="EMJ Cardiol. 2015 Suppl 4 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5a3de32d?page=13"> If BP is not controlled, the medications are up- </a> <a title="EMJ Cardiol. 2015 Suppl 4 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5a3de32d?page=14"> whom systolic BP should be <150 mmHg. BP control </a> <a title="EMJ Cardiol. 2015 Suppl 4 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5a3de32d?page=15"> beta-blockers. Therefore, chlorthalidone </a> <a title="EMJ Cardiol. 2015 Suppl 4 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5a3de32d?page=16"> FDCs may help in improving adherence. Information</a> <a title="EMJ Cardiol. 2015 Suppl 4 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5a3de32d?page=17"> 371-86. 33. Marquez-Contreras E et al. Efficacy o</a>