ESH Summer School Preliminary Program September 17-21, 2011 Hotel Don Jaime, Barcelona, Spain Director of ESH Educational Activities: 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 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 Cardiovascular residual risk: are stricter targets for blood pressure, lipids and glucose the solution? Alberto Zanchetti, Milan, Italy 10:15-13:00 Barcelona City Tour (Sagrada Familia, Gaudí architecture ) 16:30-17:15 Session 1: Guidelines Hypertension in children and adolescents Empar Lurbe, Valencia, Spain 17:15-17:30 Discussion 17:30-18:15 Session 2: The Brain and Hypertension 1
18:15-18:30 Discussion 18:30-19:00 Coffee break Silent and clinical cerebral disease in hypertension Cristina Sierra, Barcelona, Spain 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 Monday, September 19, 2011 The Metabolic Syndrome: Concept, definition, pathophysiology, prevalence, and associated cardiovascular risk Josep Redón, Valencia, Spain 10:00-10:45 Session 4: Epidemiology Epidemiology of hypertension 10:45-11:00 Discussion 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 16:30-17:15 Session 6: Assessment of Blood Pressure Blood Pressure measurement: Office, Ambulatory and Self-measurement Gianfranco Parati, Milan, Italy 15:15-15:45 White-coat hypertension and masked hypertension 2
17:45-18:00 Discussion Margus Viigimaa, Tallin, Estonia 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 Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Non-pharmacological recommendations in hypertension Robert Fagard, Leuven, Belgium 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 11:30-12:15 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 3
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 18:30-19:00 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 The heart in hypertension Javier Diez, Pamplona, Spain Wednesday, September 21, 2011 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 11:30-12:15 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 4
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 18:30-19:00 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 Departure, transfers arranged Thursday, September 22, 2011 5