{"id":10080,"date":"2026-06-02T14:09:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=10080"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:09:35","slug":"from-the-ongoing-esh-2026-scientific-focus-children-adolescentsgdansk-poland-29-may-1-june-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/from-the-ongoing-esh-2026-scientific-focus-children-adolescentsgdansk-poland-29-may-1-june-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Ongoing ESH 2026 Scientific Focus: Children &#038; AdolescentsGda\u0144sk, Poland | 29 May \u2013 1 June 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>From the Ongoing ESH 2026 Scientific Focus: Children &amp; AdolescentsGda\u0144sk, Poland | 29 May \u2013 1 June 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Andrzej Januszewicz (ESH Vice President; Co-Chair, ESH 2026 Congress)<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Adolescents With Hypertension: Transition to Adult Care (Polish Experience)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Key Points<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 Hypertension is no longer a rare condition in children and adolescents, affecting approximately 10% of teenagers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2022 The prevalence of pediatric hypertension has increased by about 30% over recent decades<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 * Primary hypertension (PH) is now increasingly diagnosed from early childhood and becomes the predominant form during puberty. and is frequently associated with:<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Obesity and abnormal body composition<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Insulin resistance<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Hyperuricemia<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Metabolic syndrome<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2022 Prematurity and low birth weight are increasingly recognized as important risk factors for future hypertension &amp; CV disease,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2022 Common causes of secondary hypertension in adolescents include:<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Chronic kidney disease (CKD)<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Renovascular hypertension<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD)<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Congenital vascular disorders<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Monogenic hypertension (a rare but clinically important hereditary form of secondary hypertension that may require genetic testing, family screening, and targeted treatment)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2022 Adolescents with uncomplicated primary hypertension can generally be followed by family physicians, whereas complex secondary hypertension cases should continue care in specialized adult referral centers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ish-world.com\/document\/1778586517.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/ish-world.com\/document\/1778586517.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1780484936606000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1G-zFo1VjTvBL1kunpB6g6\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/ish-world.com\/<wbr \/>document\/1778586517.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Ongoing ESH 2026 Scientific Focus: Children &amp; AdolescentsGda\u0144sk, Poland | 29 May \u2013 1 June 2026 Andrzej Januszewicz (ESH Vice President; Co-Chair, ESH 2026 Congress) Adolescents With Hypertension: Transition to Adult Care (Polish Experience) Key Points \u2022 Hypertension is no longer a rare condition in children and adolescents, affecting approximately 10% of teenagers. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10081,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10080\/revisions\/10081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}