10th Pre-Congress Symposium on Hypertension,
Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Diseases
30.04 -03.05.2015, AKS Porto Heli, Greece
Friday May 1, 2015
A. Hypertension
09.00-10.00
Round Table I: Diagnostic Approach and SOD
Chairpersons: A. Achimastos (Athens, Greece), P. Stylianou
(Nicosia, Cyprus), M. Pagoni (Athens, Greece)
Measurements and Targets of blood pressure
H. Triantafilidi (Athens, Greece)
The role of new Echo techniques in hypertension
E. Chamodraka (Athens, Greece)
Microalbuminuria: where we are?
P. Sarafidis (Thessaloniki, Greece)
10.00-11.00
Round Table II: An update in the treatment of HTN
Chairpersons: P. Zebekakis (Thessaloniki, Greece), M.
Papavasiliou (Athens, Greece), D. Papadopoulos (Athens, Greece)
Treating chronic kidney disease
D. Vlachakos (Athens, Greece)
Hypertension and Pregnancy
V. Katsi (Athens, Greece)
Triple combination in daily practice
M. Doumas (Thessaloniki, Greece)
11.00-11.30
11.30-12.30
Coffee Break
Round Table III: Joint meeting of ESH and HSH
Hot topics in the field of Hypertension
Chairpersons: S. Douma (Thessaloniki, Greece), A. Dominiczak
(UK)
Monotherapy and combination therapy
D. Lovic (Nis, Serbia)
Resistant hypertension: where we stand?
K. Tsioufis (Athens, Greece)
Polypill: could be a solution in adherence?
TBA
12.30-13.00
Lecture I
Chairperson: A.J. Manolis (Greece)
ESH/ESC Guidelines vs JNC-8, ACC/AHA and ASH/ISH
G. Mancia (Italy)
13.00-16.30
Lunch and break
B. Cardiology and Prevention
16.30-17.30
Round table IV: Diabetes Mellitus and Dyslipidemia
Chairpersons: A. Mitrakou (Athens, Greece), K. Kyfnidis (Athens,
Greece)
What’s new in the field of diabetes mellitus
E. Hatziagelaki (Athens, Greece)
New drugs for dyslipidemia
TBA
Key messages and criticism of recent published guidelines for
dyslipidemia
TBA
17.30-18.30
Round table V: Atrial Fibrillation
Chairpersons: J. Lekakis (Athens, Greece), C. Olympios (Athens,
Greece)
Rate control vs Rhythm control
A. Pittaras (Athens, Greece)
New oral anticoagulants
E. Agapiti Rosei (Brescia, Italy)
Practical advises for the use of new anticoagulants
XXX
18.30-19.00
Lecture II
Chairperson: K. Toutouzas (Athens, Greece)
Valvular heart disease: key messages from recent guidelines
L. Poulimenos (Athens, Greece)
Saturday May, 2 2015
A. Cardiology
09.00-10.00
Round Table VI: Heart Failure
Chairpersons: S. Adamopoulos (Athens, Greece), D. Alexopoulos
(Patra, Greece)
New drugs in heart failure
G. Filippatos (Athens, Greece)
How to use diuretics in resistant patients
A. Trikas (Athens, Greece)
The role of rehabilitation
N. Dimaki (Athens, Greece)
10.00-11.00
Round Table VII: Stable CHD
Chairpersons: J. Goudevenos (Ioannina, Greece), D. Tousoulis
(Athens, Greece)
New guidelines for SCHD
G. Kassimis (Athens, Greece)
Antiplatelets
V. Pisimisis (Athens, Greece)
Revascularization
Patsilinakos (Athens, Greece)
11.00-11.31
11.30-12.30
Coffee Break
Round Table VIII: Key messages from recent published guidelines
Chairpersons: V. Voudris (Athens, Greece), XXX
Pulmonary Embolism
Kostantinides
Aortic Diseases
TBA
12.30-13.00
Lecture III: XXX
Chairperson: M. Dorobantu (Bucharest, Romania)
XXX
J. Redon (Valencia, Spain)
13.00-16.00
Lunch and break
B. Hypertension
16.00-17.00
Case Studies
Chairpersons: C. Antonakoudis (Athens, Greece), XXX
Case I: Patient with resistant hypertension
M. Kallistratos (Athens, Greece)
Case II: Patient with severe aortic stenosis
A. Tsoukas (Athens, Greece)
17.00-18.00
Debate: Resistant Hypertension
G. Mancia (Milan, Italy), J. Brguljan (Ljubljana, Slovenia) , A. J.
Manolis (Athens, Greece), G. Stergiou (Athens, Greece)
Drug treatment
G. Grassi (Milan, Italy)
Intervention
C.Tsioufis (Athens, Greece)
18.00-19.00
Satellite Symposium
19.00
Closing

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