The 6th International Symposium on Arterial Stiffness



	Magyar változat

Scientific programme

Preliminary Programme


/Lectures signed with headphone will be held in Hungarian and will be interpreted into English./

Thursday, 15th April 2010

13:15	Opening ceremony Miklós Illyés, Béla Benczúr

13:30-17:10	The clinical implications of peripherial and central blood pressure Chair: Attila Cziráki, Miklós Illyés

	Novelties in the European and Hungarian guideline for the management of arterial hypertension Viktor Nagy, Semmelweis University, IInd Dept. of Internal Medicine, Budapest, HUNGARY The hypertension specialist's view Béla Benczúr, "Hetényi Géza" County Hospital, Dept. of Cardiology, CCU, Szolnok, HUNGARY The cardiologist's view Attila Cziráki, University of Pécs, Heart Institute, Pécs, HUNGARY The neurologist's view Dániel Bereczki, Semmelweis University, Dept. of Neurology, Budapest, HUNGARY

	Cardiovascular risk assessment based on and beyond classic risk factors Chair: dr. Béla Benczúr

	The clinical implication of early vascular aging in cardiovascular risk assessment András Vértes, Szt. István Hospital, Dept. of Cardiology, Budapest, HUNGARY Predictive value of aortic pulse wave velocity to detect early asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis Renáta Böcskei, Semmelweis University, Dept. of Pulmonology Budapest, HUNGARY

17:10	General assembly of the HSAS

*19:00*	*Walking city tour with wine tasting*


Friday, 16th April 2010

09:00-17:00	Basic principles of wave reflection and central aortic pressure: theories and facts Ferenc Molnár, TensioMed Arterial Stiffness Centre, Budapest, HUNGARY; Miklós Illyés, University of Pécs, Heart Institute, Pécs, HUNGARY

	How to measure central aortic blood pressure? Round table discussion Chair: Pierre Boutouyrie, Attila Cziráki

	Invasive meassurement Iván Horváth, University of Pécs, Heart Institute, Pécs, HUNGARY Noninvasivemeasurement with general transfer function Pierre Boutouyrie, Dept. of Pharmacology, Hopital Européen Georges Pompidou and Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, FRANCE Non-invasive measurement without general transfer function Fabrizio Tufano (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, ITALY)

	The role of the central systolic blood pressure in the development of macrovascular atherosclerotis lesions in the central arteries Pierre Boutouyrie, Dept. of Pharmacology, Hopital Européen Georges Pompidou and Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, FRANCE

	Impact of central blood pressure on the myocardium and the coronary perfusion

	Central blood pressure and left ventricular hypertrophy Giuseppe Schillaci, Unit of Internal Medicine, Angiology and Arteriosclerosis Disease, University of Perugia Medical School, Hospital 'S. Maria della Misericordia', Perugia, ITALY Pulse waveform characteristics and coronary artery disease Thomas Weber (Cardiology Department, Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, AUSTRIA)

	Central systolic blood pressure in different clinical conditions Chair: Francesco Mattace-Raso, Miklós Illyés

	Gender differences in arterial structure and function. Are men really from Mars and women from Venus? Francesco Mattace-Raso, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Changes in arterial function during hypoxia at high altitude. What have we learned from the Himalaya-expedition? Gianfranco Parati, Dept. of Clinical Medicine and Prevention, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, ITALY Assessment of arterial function in pregnancy Asma Khalil, University of Cambridge, UK New therapeutic potentials in preeclampsia: An open pilot study for proof of concept Siegfried Mayerhofer (Cytro Medical and clinical project management GmbH, Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde, Abt Geburtshilfe und Feto-Maternale Medizin, Wien, AUSTRIA)

	The advantages of structured international collaboration in improving of the awareness of the scientific and the practical implications of arterial stiffness Johannes Baulmann (Medizinische Universitäts-Poliklinik, Bonn, GERMANY)

	The possible role of arterial function evaluation by the oscillometric method in the NHS Health Checks Programme Cyprian Okoro (Consultant in Public Health Medicine, NHS Ealing, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Imperial College Medical School, UK)

	Oscillometric determined stiffness parameters in the general population Jens Nürnberger (Department of Nephrology, University of Essen, GERMANY)

	Comparison of pulse wave data from finger volume and radial artery tonometry in obese patients. 10 year follow-up of long-term weight loss Gunnar Nyberg (Departments of Cardiology and Clinical Physiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital SU/S, Gothenburg, SWEDEN)

	Added value of aortic PWV beyond traditional risk factors in cardiovascular risk assessment Béla Benczúr, "Hetényi Géza" County Hospital, Dept. of Cardiology, CCU, Szolnok, HUNGARY

	Could the central blood pressure be therapeutic target? Round table discussion moderated by Gianfranco Parati (Francesco Mattace-Raso, Pierre Boutouyrie , Giuseppe Schillaci, Thomas Weber, Attila Cziráki, Miklós Illyés)

*20:00*	*Gala Dinner with organ concert*


Saturday, 17th April 2010

08:30-08:50	Blood-pressure lowering effect of statins - with special attention to central blood pressure Béla Benczúr, "Hetényi Géza" County Hospital, Dept. of Cardiology, CCU, Szolnok, HUNGARY

08:50-12:30	Poster presentations and free papers Chair: Pál Soltész

12:30	Closing remarks and future events Miklós Illyés, Béla Benczúr