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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
	Prehypertension – History, Definition and Epidemiology (ASH , ESH, ISH - Definition and Attitude) Speaker: Stevo Julius

	Pathophysiological and Clinical Consequences of Prehypertension Speaker: TBA

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

	Debate: Prehypertension – Is it a Disease or Disease Invention? Pro / Con

	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
	Obesity and Prehypertension
	Speaker: TBA
	Diabetes and Insulin Resistance
	Speaker: Adam Whaley-Connell
	Prehypertension and Dyslipidemia Speaker: TBA
	Multiple CV Risk Factors and Prehypertension Speaker: TBA
	Subclinical Manifestation of Atherosclerosis in Prehypertensive Subjects and Prognostic Implications Speaker: Raimund Erbel
	Is There a Role of Prehypertension for The Choice of Lipid-Lowering Drugs in Combination Therapy ? Speaker: TBA
	Pre-hypertension: Clinical Characteristics and Long-Term Outcome in the Real World Speaker: Giuseppe Ambrosio
	Metabolic and Vascular Effects of Exercise in Metabolicly Compromised Patients Speaker: Thomas Wascher
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 16:00	Plenary Session: Pathophysiology of Prehypertension Chairs: Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Bruno Watschinger
	Vascular Aspects (Macrovascular and Microvascular) Speaker: Charalambos Vlachopoulos
	Relationship Between Arterial Function and the Heart Speaker: Thomas Weber
	The Kidney (Early Markers, Progress to Disease) Speaker: Peter W. de Leeuw
	Microalbuminuria, as a Feature of "Pre"-Organ Damage Speaker: Bruno Watschinger
	Systolic, Diastolic and Pulse Pressure Monitoring Speaker: Petr Kala
	The Brain (Vascular Aspects, Microinfarcts, Dementia )
	Speaker: TBA
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00	Free Communication
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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
	Premature Vascular Ageing Speaker: John R. Cockcroft
	Assessment of Arterial Stiffness in Clinical Practice Speaker: Ian Wilkinson
	Pre-Hypertension and Cardiovascular Haemodynamics in Young Individuals: The ENIGMA Study Speaker: Carmel McEniery
	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
	Arterial Plasma Catecholamines Predict Increased Blood Pressure, Weight Gain and Glucose Intolerance after 18 years in Borderline Hypertensive Young Men Speaker: Sverre E. Kjeldsen
	Prehypertension - Prediction of Full Blown HT it's Significance in Morbidity and Mortality Speaker: TBA

	Cardiovascular Effects of Prehypertension in Subgroups of the Metabolic Syndrome Speaker: TBA
	Prehypertension and (Pre)-Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) – Fact or Fiction? Speaker: Alexander Rosenkranz
	Primary Aldosteronism in Prehypertensive and Stage I Hypertensive Patients Speaker: Gian Paolo Rossi
	Panel Discussion: Evaluation and Approach of the Prehypertensive Patients Sverre E. Kjeldsen, Alexander Rosenkranz, Gian Paolo Rossi
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 16:00	Plenary Session: Clinical Trials in Prehypertension Chairs: Daniel A. Duprez, Csaba Farsang
	Lessons From the TROPHY Trial Speaker: Stevo Julius

	Lessons From Additional Trials (PHARAO, STRONG HEART, etc.) Speaker: TBA

	Panel Discussion: Recommendations for Future Trials – What is Needed? Stevo Julius Daniel A. Duprez, Csaba Farsang

16:00 – 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00	Plenary Session: Non Pharmacologic Approach to Prehypertension Chairs: Talma Rosenthal , Jiri Widimsky Jr.
	Lifestyle Change in Prehypertension (Changing Way of Life) Speaker: Talma Rosenthal

	Dietary Intervention in Prehypertension: Low Salt Diet, DASH, etc. Speaker: TBA
	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, Ester Paran, Jiri Widimsky Jr.


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Sunday, February 27th, 2011
08:00 – 17:30	Registration
08:30 – 10:00	Plenary Session: Pharmacological Therapy of Prehypertension Chairs: Thomas Unger , Federico Mayor
	Prehypertension and hypertension: a case for OTC-drugs Speaker: Thomas Unger
	Rationale and Choice of the Right Medication Speaker: TBA

	Special Therapeutic Approach to Subgroups of the Metabolic Syndrome Speaker: TBA

	The "Polypill" – Should it be Considered in Prehypertension? Speaker: Sandeep Gupta
	Shall We Give Antihypertensive Drugs to a Patient with High Normal Blood Pressure? Speaker: Csaba Farsang
	Adverse Metabolic Consequences of Antihypertensive Drug Treatment Speaker: Guntram Schernthaner
	Panel Discussion

10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 13:00	Plenary Session: Conclusions and Guideline Proposal Chairs: Daniel A. Duprez , Herman Haller
	Prehypertension - Is it a Disease and Should it be Treated? speakers: Reuven Zimlichman

	The Therapeutic Approach - Non Pharmacological and Pharmacological – Recommendations Stevo Julius / Daniel A. Duprez

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

	Conference Closure
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Legend
	Registration
	Plenary Session
	Satellite Symposium
	Free Communications
	Social Event / Break
	Lunch

	* The program is subject for future changes