In this lesson, Dr. Garima Sharma gives a brief overview about changes in blood pressure in women during menopause and discusses contemporary blood-pressure diagnostic tools and home-based approaches for timely identification and management of hypertension within the CV healthcare team. 


Learner Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to:

1. Distinguish hypertension from menopause symptomatology in women for timely identification and management within the CV healthcare team.  
2. Recognize and select contemporary diagnostic tools and technology approaches for the identification and management of hypertension including home monitoring.

Faculty
Garima Sharma, MD, FACC
Director of Preventive Cardiology and Women’s CVH 
Inova Schar Heart and Vascular
Inova Health System 
Falls Church, VA 
Disclosures
Nothing to disclose.  

Planning Committee
Purvi Parwani, MBBS, MPH, FACC
Loma Linda University Health
Loma Linda, California
Disclosures
Speaker’s Bureau: BMS
Consultant Fees/Honoraria: Zoll  

Chris Owen, ACNP-BC, AACC
American College of Cardiology
Washington, DC
Disclosures
Consultant Fees/Honoraria: SilkRoad