09 12 Prog BOLOGNA.qxp 10-10-2012 14:31 Pagina 1 Menarini Foundation Symposia: 227 International Symposium on: URIC ACID, GOUT AND BEYOND: IS CV RISK A NEW OBJECTIVE?, October 25 th - 27 th, 2012 Organized by UNITÀ OPERATIVA MEDICINA INTERNA AZIENDA OSPEDALIERO - UNIVERSITARIA POLICLINICO S. ORSOLA - MALPIGHI ALMA MATER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA Promoted by FINAL PROGRAM Salone Bolognini - Convento S. Domenico (Piazza San Domenico, 13) (Via Montebello, 8)
09 12 Prog BOLOGNA.qxp 10-10-2012 14:31 Pagina 3 International Symposium on: URIC ACID, GOUT AND BEYOND: IS CV RISK A NEW OBJECTIVE?, October 25 th - 27 th, 2012 Organized by UNITÀ OPERATIVA MEDICINA INTERNA AZIENDA OSPEDALIERO - UNIVERSITARIA POLICLINICO S. ORSOLA - MALPIGHI ALMA MATER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA Promoted by FINAL PROGRAM Salone Bolognini - Convento S. Domenico (Piazza San Domenico, 13) (Via Montebello, 8)
09 12 Prog BOLOGNA.qxp 10-10-2012 14:31 Pagina 2 The role of serum uric acid as a risk factor for CV disease has been extensively debated for many years without reaching a final agreement among clinicians and researchers. In particular, most of the evidence about the pathogenetic role of uric acid in CV disease has been achieved in the population of patients with severe hyperuricemia or gout while its role in patients with mildly elevated serum levels of uric acid is only poorly recognized. Serum uric acid had been described as an important, independent risk factor for cardiovascular and renal disease in patients with hypertension, heart failure, or diabetes. Elevated serum uric acid is highly predictive of mortality in patients with heart failure or coronary artery disease and of cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes. Although the mechanism(s) by which uric acid may play a pathogenetic role in cardiovascular disease is still unclear, hyperuricemia is associated with deleterious effects on endothelial function, oxidative metabolism, hemorheology and platelet aggregation. From the therapeutic point of view, recent findings from LIFE suggest the possibility that a treatment-induced decrease in serum uric acid may indeed attenuate cardiovascular risk. Nevertheless, the impact of a reduction in serum uric acid on CV risk profile remains to be determined and randomized clinical trials are needed to further investigate the cardioprotective benefits of a management of hyperuricemia. The main purpose of the present symposium is twofold. First of all to emphasize the role of uric acid in the pathogenesis of gout and gout-related non-rheumatic diseases including renal impairment. Second to provide an updated review of the evidence supporting a possible and relevant role of (elevated) uric acid as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. To fullfil this goal we will present a series of comprehensive lectures mainly focused on the different aspects of the relationship between serum uric acid and cardiovascular diseases with the aim to define whether or not the increase in the amount of our knowledge about uric acid may contribute to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases. 2 President of the Meeting Claudio Borghi Under the Auspices of University of Bologna Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bologna Major of the City of Bologna ESH (European Society of Hypertension) SIIA (Italian Society of Hypertension) SIR (Italian Society of Rheumatology) President of the Meeting Claudio Borghi U.O. Medicina Interna Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico S. Orsola - Malpighi Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna Bologna, Italy Rita Mulè Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico S. Orsola - Malpighi Bologna, Italy Scientific Secretariat 3 Davide Agnoletti Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna Bologna, Italy Promoted by Fondazione Internazionale Menarini Via W. Tobagi, 8 I-20068 Peschiera Borromeo (Milan, Italy) Phone: +39 02 55308110 Fax: +39 02 55305739 E-mail: milan@fondazione-menarini.it Http:\\www.fondazione-menarini.it Organizing Secretariat I&C s.r.l. Via Andrea Costa, 202/6 I-40134 Phone: +39 051 6144004 Fax: +39 051 6142772 E-mail: federica.schiassi@iec-srl.it stefania.parolari@iec-srl.it
09 12 Prog BOLOGNA.qxp 10-10-2012 14:31 Pagina 4 Thursday, October 25 th, 2012 - Afternoon Salone Bolognini - Convento S. Domenico Friday, October 26 th, 2012 - Morning Opening ceremony 06.00 p.m. Welcome address C. Borghi (Bologna, I) 06.15 p.m. Main Lecture Introduction: E. Ambrosioni (Bologna, I) M.H. Alderman (New York, USA) Serum Uric Acid and cardiovascular risk: facts and fiction 07.00 p.m. Welcome cocktail Session I Serum Uric Acid and Gout: from the past to molecular biology Chairpersons: F. Perez-Ruiz (Vizcaya, E) L. Punzi (Padua, I) 08.30 a.m. G. Fornaciari (Pisa, I) An historical viewpoint: The gout of Medici 09.00 a.m. P. Richette (Paris, F) The epidemiology of hyperuricemia and gout 09.30 a.m. L. Punzi (Padua, I) Updated recommendations for the diagnosis of gout and hyperuricemia 10.00 a.m. A. So (Lausanne, CH) The inflammasome, uric acid and gout 10.30 a.m. Coffee break Session II Serum uric acid and metabolic risk Chairpersons: A. Facchini (Bologna, I) P. Richette (Paris, F) 11.00 a.m. F. Perez-Ruiz (Vizcaya, E) How can uric acid promote gout and CV diseases? A biochemical point of view 11.30 a.m. T. Gibson (London, UK) Uric acid, kidney function and the metabolic syndrome 12.00 a.m. R. Trevisan (Bergamo, I) Uric acid, gout and diabetes mellitus: a multifaceted connection 12.30 a.m. Lunch 4 5
09 12 Prog BOLOGNA.qxp 10-10-2012 14:31 Pagina 6 Friday, October 26 th, 2012 - Afternoon Saturday, October 27 th, 2012 - Morning Session III How to manage the patients with gout Session V Beyond the gout: uric acid and cardiovascular diseases-1 Chairpersons: R. Cifková (Prague, CZ) G. Minisola (Rome, I) 02.30 p.m. M. Muscaritoli (Rome, I) The non pharmacological management of hyperuricemia and gout 03.00 p.m. T. Bardin (Paris, F) Gout: therapeutical aspects in the third millennium 03.30 p.m. G. Desideri (L Aquila, I) The challenge of gout management in the elderly 04.00 p.m. Coffee break Chairpersons: S. Erdine (Istanbul, TR) G. Mancia (Monza, I) 08.30 a.m. C. Borghi (Bologna, I) Serum uric acid and CV risk: a look into epidemiology 09.00 a.m. J. Blacher (Paris, F) The mechanisms of vascular dysfunction in patients with hyperuricemia 09.30 a.m. S. Taddei (Pisa, I) Uric acid and the endothelium 10.00 a.m. S. Amaro (Barcelona, E) Uric acid and cerebrovascular diseases Session IV Serum uric acid and cardio-renal diseases 10.30 a.m. Coffee break Chairpersons: T. Bardin (Paris, F) M. Volpe (Rome, I) 04.30 p.m. L.M. Ruilope (Madrid, E) Uric acid and antihypertensive therapy 05.00 p.m. R. Pontremoli (Genoa, I) Serum uric acid levels, gout and progression of renal disease 05.30 p.m. C. Ferri (L Aquila, I) Gout and cardiovascular diseases: what is the evidence? Session VI Beyond the gout: uric acid and cardiovascular diseases-2 Chairpersons: E. Ambrosioni (Bologna, I) A.M. Heagerty (Manchester, UK) 11.00 a.m. R. Cifková (Prague, CZ) Uric acid and clinical prognosis in patients with pre-eclampsia 11.30 a.m. G. Grassi (Monza, I) Uric acid in overweight and obese patients 12.00 a.m. E. Agabiti-Rosei (Brescia, I) Serum uric acid and cardiovascular organ damage 12.30 a.m. A.D. Struthers (Dundee, UK) Can we affect the CV diseases by managing serum uric acid? 01.00 p.m. Concluding Remarks 6 01.15 p.m. Lunch 7
09 12 Prog BOLOGNA.qxp 10-10-2012 14:31 Pagina 8 GENERAL INFORMATION Meeting venue The venue for the Meeting will be: October 25 th, Salone Bolognini, Convento S. Domenico (Piazza San Domenico, 13 - Bologna, Italy) October 26 th - 27 th, (Via Montebello, 8 - Bologna, Italy) Secretariat during the Meeting The Secretariat will be open at the following times: Biblioteca S. Domenico Thursday, October 25 th, from 05.00 p.m. to 07.00 p.m. Friday, October 26 th, from 07.30 a.m. to 06.00 p.m. Saturday, October 27 th, from 07.30 a.m. to 01.30 p.m. Official language The official language of the Meeting will be English. Registration The Meeting is free to attend. Please confirm the participation to the Organizing Secretariat (I&C s.r.l., Via Andrea Costa, 202/6, I-40134 Bologna, Italy Tel.: +39 051 6144004, Fax: +39 051 6142772 E-mail: federica.schiassi@iec-srl.it, stefania.parolari@iec-srl.it) within Friday, September 28 th, 2012. Technical facilities Facilities will be available for computer presentations and overhead projections. A slide center with PC (Powerpoint for Windows) will be available for check and preview of presentations. It is essential that speakers take their presentation to the slide center at least one hour before the session starts. The slide center will be open at the following times: Biblioteca S. Domenico Thursday, October 25 th, from 05.00 p.m. to 07.00 p.m. Friday, October 26 th, from 07.30 a.m. to 06.00 p.m. Saturday, October 27 th, from 07.30 a.m. to 01.30 p.m. Lunches and coffee breaks Lunches and coffee breaks will be served in the Meeting area. Abstracts book Participants will receive the Abstract book at the Meeting. Certificate of attendance The certificate of attendance will be available on request at the end of the Meeting at the Secretariat. 8 LIST OF CHAIRPERSONS, SPEAKERS, PRESIDENT OF THE MEETING AND SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT ENRICO AGABITI-ROSEI Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche II Divisione di Medicina Università degli Studi di Brescia Spedali Civili Brescia (Italy) DAVIDE AGNOLETTI Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna MICHAEL H. ALDERMAN Department of Epidemiology and Population Health Albert Einstein College of Medicine Yeshiva University New York (USA) SERGIO AMARO Stroke Unit - Hospital Clinic Institute Investigacions Biomèdicas August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS) University of Barcelona Barcelona (Spain) ETTORE AMBROSIONI Società Italiana dell Ipertensione Arteriosa Clinica Medica Università di Bologna THOMAS BARDIN Department of Rheumatology Hôpital Lariboisiére Paris (France) JACQUES BLACHER Centre de Diagnostic et de Thérapeutique Hôtel-Dieu Paris (France) CLAUDIO BORGHI U.O. Medicina Interna Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico S. Orsola - Malpighi Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna 9
09 12 Prog BOLOGNA.qxp 10-10-2012 14:31 Pagina 10 RENATA CÍFKOVÁ Center for Cardiovascular Prevention Charles University in Prague First Faculty of Medicine and Thomayer Hospital Prague (Czech Republic) GIOVAMBATTISTA DESIDERI UOC Geriatria e Lungodegenza Geriatrica Dipartimento Medico ORM Università degli Studi dell Aquila PO San Filippo e Nicola di Avezzano L Aquila (Italy) SERAP ERDINE Cardiology Department Cerrhapafla School of Medicine Istanbul University Istanbul (Turkey) ANDREA FACCHINI Laboratory of Immunorheumatology and Tissue Regeneration University of Bologna Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli CLAUDIO FERRI Division and School of Internal Medicine Università degli Studi dell Aquila San Salvatore Hospital Coppito (L Aquila, Italy) GINO FORNACIARI Division of Palaeopathology Department of Oncology, Transplants and Modern Technologies in Medicine University of Pisa Pisa (Italy) TERENCE GIBSON Rheumatology Guys & St Thomas s Hospital London (UK) GUIDO GRASSI Clinica Medica Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Università Milano-Bicocca Ospedale San Gerardo di Monza Monza (Italy) ANTHONY M. HEAGERTY Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences The University of Manchester Manchester (UK) GIUSEPPE MANCIA Clinica Medica e Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Università Milano-Bicocca Ospedale San Gerardo di Monza Monza (Italy) GIOVANNI MINISOLA Unità Operativa Complessa di Reumatologia Ospedale di Alta Specializzazione San Camillo Rome (Italy) RITA MULÈ Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico S. Orsola - Malpighi MAURIZIO MUSCARITOLI Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica UO Coordinamento Attività di Nutrizione Clinica Sapienza University of Rome Rome (Italy) FERNANDO PEREZ-RUIZ Rheumatology Division Cruces University Hospital Vizcaya (Spain) ROBERTO PONTREMOLI Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche (DIMI) Università degli Studi di Genova Genoa (Italy) 10 11
09 12 Prog BOLOGNA.qxp 10-10-2012 14:31 Pagina 12 LEONARDO PUNZI Rheumatology Unit Department of Medicine Medical School University of Padua Padua (Italy) PASCAL RICHETTE Department of Rheumatology Lariboisière Hospital Paris (France) LUIS MIGUEL RUILOPE Preventive Medicine and Public Health Hypertension Department University Autonoma Madrid (Spain) ALEXANDER SO Department of Rheumatology University Hospital Lausanne Lausanne (Switzerland) ALLAN D. STRUTHERS Division of Medical Science University of Dundee Centre for Cardiovascular & Lung Biology Ninewells Hospital, Medical School Dundee (Scotland) STEFANO TADDEI Dipartimento di Medicina Interna Università degli Studi di Pisa Pisa (Italy) ROBERTO TREVISAN USC Diabetologia Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo Bergamo (Italy) MASSIMO VOLPE Cardiology Unit Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Science Faculty of Medicine and Psychology Sapienza University of Rome Rome (Italy) A Special Thanks to A. MENARINI I.F.R. MENARINI INTERNATIONAL O.L. 12