Hypertension

Monday, April 28, 2025

9:15am – 10:45am HST

Location: Convention Center: 318 B

CE: 1.5

Moderator(s)

Carmen Halabi, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Joshua Samuels, MD, MPH (he/him/his)

Professor of Pediatrics
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
Houston, Texas, United States

Disclosure(s):

Carmen Halabi, MD, PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Joshua A. Samuels, MD, MPH: Travere Pharmaceuticals (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Research Support including clinical trials & the principal or named investigator)

Andrew M. South, MD, MS: Conjupro Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Terminated, June 15, 2023) (Products/Services: Consultant, Consultant); IDORSIA Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. (Terminated, September 4, 2024) (Products/Services: Advisory Committee); Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. (Terminated, August 10, 2024) (Products/Services: Advisory Committee); MJH Life Sciences (Terminated, October 25, 2024) (Products/Services: Advisory Committee)

Sarah E. Henson, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentations:

9:15am – 9:30am HST

Multiple Office Blood Pressure Measurement for the Diagnosis of Hypertension in Children.
Presenting Author: Letizia Dato, MD (she/her/hers) – Università del Piemonte Orientale
9:30am – 9:45am HST

Long-term kidney outcomes in children and adolescents with hypertension: A propensity score-matched cohort study
Presenting Author: Rahul Chanchlani, MD MSc FRCPC FASN – McMaster Children's Hospital
9:45am – 10:00am HST

Association between Mild Low Birth Weight and Hypertension in Japanese Children
Presenting Author: Toshiki Masuda, Pediatirician (he/him/his) – Shiga University of Medical Science
10:00am – 10:15am HST

Healthcare resource utilization and costs associated with childhood hypertension: A population-based cohort study
Presenting Author: Rahul Chanchlani, MD MSc FRCPC FASN – McMaster Children's Hospital
10:15am – 10:30am HST

Implementation of a clinical decision support tool for improving blood pressure remeasurement and hypertension recognition in youth in a rural health system
Presenting Author: Heidi Ekstrom, MA (she/her/hers) – HealthPartners Institute- Center for Chronic Care Innovation
10:30am – 10:45am HST

Body Roundness Index is a stronger predictor of Blood Pressure than Body Mass Index in children
Presenting Author: Afsana Jahan, Fellowship Trainee (she/her/hers) – Cohens Children Medical Center, Northwell health