ESH Advanced Course on Hypertension 2009
Courmayeur, Italy
March 7-14, 2009

Webcast contents
Course Directors:
Giuseppe Mancia, Milan, Italy
Renata Cifkova, Prague, Czech Republic

 

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Large clinical trials in hypertension: past, presence and future - State-of-the-art lecture
Giuseppe Mancia, Milan, Italy
Microalbuminuria in Hypertension
Josep Redon, Valencia, Spain
ESH-ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: is there a need for an update?
Giuseppe Mancia, Milan, Italy
Resistant Hypertension
Serap Erdine, Istanbul, Turkey
Hypertension and Heart Failure
Athanasios Manolis, Athens, Greece

Monday, March 9, 2009

Epidemiology of Hypertension
Renata Cifkova, Prague, Czech Republic
Genomics and cardiovascular disease - Ingenious HyperCare project
Anna Dominiczak, Glasgow, United Kingdom
ESH recommendations for conventional ambulatory and home blood pressure measurement
Gianfranco Parati, Milan, Italy
“How to” session on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and telephone transmission of home BP readings
Gianfranco Parati, Milan, Italy
The Brain and Hypertension
Antonio Coca, Barcelona, Spain
Clinical and Prognostic Value of ABPM…
Jean-Michel Mallion, Grenoble, France

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Arterial stiffness and central BP: meaning, clinical relevance and therapeutic approach
Stéphane Laurent, Paris, France
Hypertensive emergencies - Diagnosis and Management
Csaba Farsang, Budapest, Hungary
What comes first ? - The kidney in the pathogenesis of hypertension
Hermann Haller, Hannover, Germany
Renovascular Hypertension
Hermann Haller, Hannover, Germany
Athletes heart vs. LVH in Hypertension
H.G. Predel, Cologne, Germany
Case Presentation - Renovascular Hypertension
Alexander R. Rosenkranz, Innsbruck, Austria

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Insulin Resistance and Hypertension: the Link
Carmine Morisco, Naples, Italy
Insulin Resistance and Blood Pressure
Sverre E. Kjeldsen, Oslo, Norway
Treatment of Hypertension in type 2 Diabetes
Peter Nilsson, Malmo, Sweden
Treatment of Hypertension in the Elderly
Sverre E. Kjeldsen, Oslo, Norway

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Non-Pharmacologic Measures in the Treatment of Hypertension
Sverre E. Kjeldsen, Oslo, Norway
Microcirculation in hypertension
Enrico Agabiti-Rosei, Brescia, Italy
“How to” assess an echocardiogram and how to perform a carotid ultrasound examination
Enrico Agabiti-Rosei, Brescia, Italy
Obstructive sleep apnea
Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Gdansk, Poland
“How to” assess sympathetic nervous activity
Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Gdansk, Poland
Calcium score
Jess Lambrechtsen, Svendborg, Denmark

Friday, March 13, 2009

Pregnancy and Hypertension
Renata Cifkova, Prague, Czech Republic
Endocrine Hypertension: Classification, Prevalence and Pathophysiology
Gian Paolo Rossi, Padova, Italy
Endocrine Hypertension: Diagnosis, Treatment and Research Perspectives
Gian Paolo Rossi, Padova, Italy
How to review a scientific paper critically
Peter Sleight, Oxford, United Kingdom
Hypertension and diabetes mellitus: case presentation
J. Widimský jr, Prague, Czech Republic