ESH Summer School
Preliminary Program September 17-21, 2011Hotel Don Jaime, Barcelona, Spain
Director of ESH Educational Activities: Renata Cífková, Prague, Czech Republic
Director of 2011 ESH Summer School: Antonio Coca, Barcelona, Spain
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Arrival at Barcelona Airport. Transfers will be organized to the Convention Center at Hotel Don Jaime in Castelldefels, Barcelona (15 minutes from the Airport)
18:30-19:00 Welcome to the ESH Summer School Short introduction of participants
Renata Cífková, Prague, Czech Republic Antonio Coca, Barcelona, Spain
19:00-19:45 State-of-the-art lecture
What have we learned from the most recent clinical trials in hypertension?
Giuseppe Mancia, Milan, Italy
19:45-20:00 Discussion
20:30 Welcome drink and dinner (Hotel Don Jaime)
Sunday, September 18, 2011 09:00-09:45 State-of-the-art lecture
Cardiovascular residual risk: are stricter targets for blood pressure, lipids and glucose the solution?
Alberto Zanchetti, Milan, Italy
09:45-10:00 Discussion
10:15-13:00 Barcelona City Tour (Sagrada Familia, Gaudí architecture…) 13:00-16:30 Lunch and Leisure (Hotel Don Jaime)
16:30-17:15 Session 1: Guidelines
Hypertension in children and adolescents
Empar Lurbe, Valencia, Spain
17:15-17:30 Discussion
Silent and clinical cerebral disease in hypertension
Cristina Sierra, Barcelona, Spain
18:15-18:30 Discussion 18:30-19:00 Coffee break
19:00-19:45 Session 3: Coronary Atherosclerosis
Pathophysiology of atherosclerosis: can we prevent the progression of structural damage in coronary arteries?
Lina Badimón, Barcelona, Spain
19:45-20:00 Discussion
20:30 Dinner (Hotel Don Jaime)
Monday, September 19, 2011 09:00-09:45 State-of-the-art lecture
The Metabolic Syndrome: Concept, definition, pathophysiology, prevalence, and associated cardiovascular risk
Josep Redón, Valencia, Spain
09:45-10:00 Discussion
10:00-10:45 Session 4: Epidemiology Epidemiology of hypertension
Renata Cífková, Prague, Czech Republic
10:45-11:00 Discussion 11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:15 Session 5: Genes and Hypertension
Genomics and cardiovascular disease: InGenious HyperCare Project
Anna Dominiczak, Glasgow, United Kingdom
12:15-12:45 Predictive value of genetic abnormalities in low-moderate CV risk patients
Jaume Marrugat, Barcelona, Spain
12:45-13:00 Discussion
13:00-16:30 Lunch and Leisure (Hotel Don Jaime) 16:30-17:15 Session 6: Assessment of Blood Pressure
Blood Pressure measurement: Office, Ambulatory and Self-measurement
Gianfranco Parati, Milan, Italy
Margus Viigimaa, Tallin, Estonia
17:45-18:00 Discussion 18:00-18:30 Coffee break
18:30-19:00 Session 7: Meeting the Expert
Microalbuminuria, eGFR and cardiovascular risk
Luis M. Ruilope, Madrid, Spain
19:00-20:00 Short presentations by the participants of original research on the topics discussed during the day
Chairperson: José Luis Rodicio, Madrid, Spain
20:30 Dinner (Hotel Don Jaime)
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 09:00-09:45 State-of-the-art lecture
Non-pharmacological recommendations in hypertension
Robert Fagard, Leuven, Belgium
09:45-10:00 Discussion
10:00-10:20 Session 8: Life Style Changes
Mediterranean diet and cardiovascular risk
Ramon Estruch, Barcelona, Spain
10:20-10:40 Salt and cardiovascular risk
Alejandro Roca-Cusachs, Barcelona, Spain
10:40-11:00 Discussion 11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:15 Session 9: Systematic Multifactorial Approach to High Risk Patients Role of statins in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients with hypertension
Peter Sleight, Oxford, United Kingdom
12:15-12:45 Role of antiagregants in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients with hypertension
Sverre Kjeldsen, Oslo, Norway
12:45-13:00 Discussion
16:30-17:15 Session 10: Refractory Hypertension
Definition, prevalence, evaluation and treatment of resistant hypertension
Serap Erdine, Istanbul, Turkey
17:15-17:45 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in resistant hypertension
Pedro Armario, Barcelona, Spain
17:45-18:00 Discussion 18:00-18:30 Coffee break
18:30-19:00 Session 11: Meeting the Expert
Prevention of chronic kidney disease progression
Pedro Aranda, Málaga, Spain
19:00-20:00 Short presentations by the participants of original research on the topics discussed during the day
Chairperson: the President of the Spanish Society of Hypertension
20:30 Dinner (Hotel Don Jaime)
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 09:00-09:45 State-of-the-art lecture
The heart in hypertension
Javier Diez, Pamplona, Spain
09:45-10:00 Discussion
10:00-10:25 Session 12: Hypertensive Cardiomyopathy Atrial fibrillation and hypertension
Athanasios Manolis, Athens, Greece
10:25-10:50 Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Enrico Agabiti-Rosei, Brescia, Italy
10:50-11:00 Discussion 11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:15 Session 13: The Arteries in Hypertension Evaluation of arterial stiffness in hypertension
Stéphane Laurent, Paris, France
12:15-12:45 Imaging of arterial remodeling in hypertension
Mercé Borrás, Lleida, Spain
13:00-16:30 Lunch and Leisure (Hotel Don Jaime) 16:30-17:15 Session 14: Secondary Hypertension Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Gdansk, Poland
17:15-17:45 Hyperaldosteronism
Michel Burnier, Lausanne, Switzerland
17:45-18:00 Discussion 18:00-18:30 Coffee break
18:30-19:00 Session 15: Meeting the Expert
The Early Vascular Ageing (EVA) syndrome
Peter Nilsson, Malmöe, Sweden
19:00-20:00 General discussion, course evaluation and closure
Renata Cífková, Antonio Coca
20:30 Tranfer to Cavas Codorniu (Sant Sadurni D’Anoia, Barcelona) 21:30 Visit to Cavas Codorniu and closing dinner
Thursday, September 22, 2011 Departure, transfers arranged
