Scientific Program

 

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Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Thursday, February 24th, 2011
14:00 – 18:00

Registration

 

17:00 – 18:00

Opening Ceremony

20:00 – 21:30

Get Together

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Friday, February 25th, 2011
08:00 – 17:30

Registration

08:30 – 10:30 Opening Plenary Session
Chairs: Herman Haller, Reuven Zimlichman
08:30

Greetings
Herman Haller, Reuven Zimlichman, Bruno Watschinger

08:40 

Prehypertension – History, Definition and Epidemiology
Speaker: Stevo  Julius

09:10 

Pathophysiological and Clinical Consequences of Prehypertension
Speaker: Daniel A. Duprez 

09:30

Is it Justified to Merge Normal and High Normal Blood Pressure Into Prehypertension?
Speaker: Robert  Fagard

09:50

Debate: Prehypertension – Is it a Disease or Disease Invention?
Pro / Con
Speakers: Stevo Julius / Herman Haller

10:10

Panel Discussion
Daniel A. Duprez, Herman Haller, Robert  Fagard, Stevo Julius , Reuven Zimlichman
10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 13:00 Plenary Session: Prehypertension and The Cardio Metabolic Syndrome
Chairs: Daniel A. Duprez, Basil S. Lewis

11:00

Obesity and Prehypertension
Speaker: TBA

11:20

Diabetes and Insulin Resistance in Prehypertension
Speaker: Adam Whaley-Connell

11:40

Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis defined as Coronary Artery Calcification is associated with Prehypertension and Outcome Results of the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study
Speaker: Raimund Erbel

12:00

Translational pre-clinical analysis of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease for the Metabolic Syndrome by non-invasive in-vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscop
Speaker: Oliver Steinbach

12:20

Pre-hypertension: Clinical Characteristics and Long-Term Outcome in the Real World
Speaker: Giuseppe  Ambrosio

12:40

Metabolic and Vascular Effects of Exercise in Metabolicly Compromised Patients
Speaker: Thomas Wascher
13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:30 Free Communications:  Prehypertension and the Cardio Metabolic Syndrome
Plasma Adiponectin, but not Asymmetric Dimethylarginine (ADMA) Level is Associated with Insulin Resistance in Normotensive Offspring of Subjects with Essential Hypertension
Bogomir  Zizek
In Germany Fifty Percent Of Male Primary Care Patients Aged 18 to 99 Years Presented With Elevated Blood Pressures In The Prehypertensive State: The German Metabolic and Cardiovascular Risk Study (GEMCAS)
Chakrapani Balijepalli
Clinical Significance of Diagnosis of Prehypertensive Patients with Primary Aldosteronism
Fumitoshi  Satoh
Interaction Between Cigarette Smoking and CYP2A6 Genotypes on Prehypertension and Hypertension in Chinese People
Tao Liu
"10annidivitainpi" (a life ten years longer): A Patient Pherapeutic Education for Hypertensive Patients. State of Art
Daniela  Scala
Increased Platelet Activation In Young Patients With Prehypertension
Turgay  Celik
Garlic, Chocolate or Tomatoes for Prehypertension?
Karin Ried
Blood Pressure Load, Proteinuria and Renal Function in Pre-Hypertensive Children  Riccardo Lubrano
Plasmatic Insulin Regulated Aminopeptidase Activity in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Isabel Prieto
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:00 Plenary Session: Pathophysiology of Prehypertension
Chairs: Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Bruno Watschinger

16:00

Vascular Aspects (Macrovascular and Microvascular)
Speaker: Charalambos  Vlachopoulos

16:20

Relationship Between Arterial Function and the Heart
Speaker: Thomas Weber  

16:40

The Kidney (Early Markers, Progress to Disease)
Speaker: Peter W. de Leeuw

17:00

Chronic kidney disease and prehypertension
Speaker: Luis M. Ruilope

17:20

Microalbuminuria, as a Feature of "Pre"-Organ Damage
Speaker: Bruno Watschinger

17:40

Systolic, Diastolic and Pulse Pressure Monitoring
Speaker: Petr Kala 
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Saturday, February 26th, 2011
08:00 – 17:30 Registration
08:30 – 10:30 Satellite Symposium: Arterial Properties in Prehypertension
Chairs: John R. Cockcroft, Ian Wilkinson

08:30

Premature Vascular Ageing
Speaker: John R. Cockcroft

09:00

Assessment of Arterial Stiffness in Clinical Practice
Speaker: Ian Wilkinson

09:30

Pre-Hypertension and Cardiovascular Haemodynamics in Young Individuals: The ENIGMA Study
Speaker: Carmel McEniery

10:00

Panel Discussion
John R. Cockcroft, Carmel McEniery,
Ian Wilkinson, Charalambos Vlachopoulos
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 13:00 Plenary Session: Cardiovascular Consequences of Prehypertension
Chairs: Sverre E. Kjeldsen, Peter W. de Leeuw

11:00

Arterial Plasma Catecholamines Predict Increased Blood Pressure, Weight Gain and Glucose Intolerance after 18 years in Borderline Hypertensive Young Men
Speaker: Sverre E. Kjeldsen

11:20

Cardiac and Vascular Damage in Prehypertnsion
Speaker: Enrico Agabiti Rosei

11:40

Prehypertension and (Pre)-Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) – Fact or Fiction?
Speaker: Alexander Rosenkranz

12:00

Primary Aldosteronism in Prehypertensive and Stage I Hypertensive Patients
Speaker: Gian Paolo Rossi

12:20

Panel Discussion: Evaluation and Approach of the Prehypertensive Patients
Sverre E. Kjeldsen, Alexander Rosenkranz,
Gian Paolo Rossi,  Enrico Agabiti Rosei
13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 Plenary Session: Clinical Trials in Prehypertension
Chairs: Daniel A. Duprez,  Csaba Farsang

14:00

Lessons From the TROPHY Trial
Speaker: Stevo Julius

14:20

Lessons From Additional Trials (CHIMON, PHARAO and STRONG HEART)
Speaker: Yuging Zhang

14:40

Is Regression From Hypertension to Prehypertension Feasible? The Rationale and Design of The STAR CAST Study
Hiroyuki Sasamura

15:00

Panel Discussion: Recommendations for Future Trials – What is Needed?
Stevo Julius Daniel A. Duprez,  Csaba Farsang,
Yuging Zhang, Hiroyuki Sasamura
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:00 Free Communications:  The Arteries and Prehypertension
Associations of Plasma Homocysteine Levels with Arterial Stiffness in Prehypertensive Individuals
Byung Jin Kim
Segmental Aortic Stiffness Measured by MRI and its Effect on Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
Abeera Abbas
Relationship Between Arterial Stiffness and Increase of Blood Pressure During Exercise in Normotensive Persons
Jidong Sung
Orlistat-Induced Weight Loss Improves Resistance Vessel Smooth Muscle but not Endothelium-Dependent Function in Obese Hypertensive Human Subjects
William  Haynes
Prehypertension and Carotid Intima-media Thickness in a Healthy population -  Results of the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study
Marcus Bauer

A Novel Marker of Hypertensive Vascular Lesions : D-ROMs Test and BAP Test as A Marker of Oxidative Stress
Minoru Yamakado

Early Autonomic Cardiovascular Dysregulation in Young Healthy Adults with Positive Family History for Increased Cardiovascular Risk
Nina Belova
17:00 – 18:15 Plenary Session: Non Pharmacologic Approach to Prehypertension
Chairs: Talma  Rosenthal , Rudolf de Chatel
Lifestyle Change in Prehypertension (Changing Way of Life)
Speaker: Talma Rosenthal
Overview on smoking and prehypertension
Speaker: Rudolf de Chatel
Tomato Lycopene and Other Phytonutriens for the Prevention of Metabolic Syndrome
Speaker: Ester Paran
Panel Discussion: The Role and Place of Non Pharmacological Approach in Prehypertension
Talma  Rosenthal, Rudolf de Chatel,  Ester Paran
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Sunday, February 27th, 2011
08:00 – 12:00 Registration
08:30 – 10:15 Plenary Session: Pharmacological Therapy of Prehypertension
Chairs: Thomas Unger , Federico Mayor

08:30

Prehypertension and hypertension: a case for OTC-drugs
Speaker: Thomas Unger

08:50

The "Polypill" – Should it be Considered in Prehypertension?
Speaker: Sandeep Gupta

09:10

Shall We Give Antihypertensive Drugs to a Patient with High Normal Blood Pressure?
Speaker: Csaba Farsang

09:30

Adverse Metabolic Consequences of Antihypertensive Drug Treatment
Speaker: Guntram Schernthaner 

09:50

Panel Discussion
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:30 Plenary Session: Conclusions and Future Perspectives and Recommendations
Chairs: Daniel A. Duprez , Herman Haller

10:45

Prehypertension - Is it a Disease and Should it be Treated?
speakers: Reuven Zimlichman

11:15

The Therapeutic Approach - Non Pharmacological and Pharmacological – Recommendations
Speaker: Stevo Julius

11:45

Prehypertension Guidelines
Chair, Panel Discussion and Audience
Daniel A. Duprez , Herman Haller,  Basil S. Lewis, Reuven Zimlichman

12:15

Conference Closure
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