The EAPC Educational Course on Kidney Disease and Hypertension in Cardiovascular Prevention will allow participants to:

• Familiarize with pathophysiological interactions of the heart and kidney.
• Become acquainted with strategies to appropriately screen and assess kidney disease.
• Master guideline-recommended assessment of cardiovascular risk in kidney disease.
• Understand different phenotypes of patients with kidney disease requiring cardiovascular protection.
• Review cardiovascular treatment targets in kidney disease patients.
• Inform about hypertension targets in chronic kidney disease.
• Review data of cardiovascular drug categories in the setting of kidney disease.
• Practice indications and clinical applications of novel drugs for cardiovascular and renal protection.

Pre-requisites for this course are:

Knowledge:

• Foundational understanding of cardiovascular physiology and renal function.
• Basic knowledge of cardiovascular risk factors and chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages.
• Clinical training in cardiology, nephrology, internal medicine, clinical pharmacology, or endocrinology is helpful.

 Skills:

• Basic understanding of pharmacology related to cardiovascular and renal drugs.
• Use of risk prediction models for cardiovascular prevention.
• Basic knowledge of guideline-based treatment targets for cardiovascular risk factors.

Experience:

• Clinical experience in cardiology, general medicine and cardiovascular disease prevention.
• Experience managing hypertension, diabetes, or kidney disease in a clinical setting.
• Exposure to cardiac and renal imaging is beneficial.

This course was prepared with contributions of experts from the ESC Council on Hypertension and the European Renal and Cardiovascular Medicine Working Group of the European Renal Association.