8th SUMMER SCHOOL
of the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society
METABOLIC AND CHRONIC DISEASES
AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
June 25 – 27, 2015, Hotel Royal Olympic, Athens, Greece
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Thursday, June 25, 2015
15:00 – 15:45
Registration desk open
15:45 – 16:00
Welcome address by the coordinators of the Summer School.
E. Liberopoulos (Ioannina, Greece),
K. Tziomalos (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Welcome address by the President of the
Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society.
A. Tselepis (Ioannina, Greece)
16:00 – 16:45
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of homozygous
familial hypercholesterolemia.
Μ. Elisaf (Ioannina, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
16:45 – 17:30
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes
mellitus
Α. Melidonis (Athens, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
17:30 – 18:15
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of postprandial
glycemia and glycemic variability.
S. Pappas (Athens, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
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8th SUMMER SCHOOL
of the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society
METABOLIC AND CHRONIC DISEASES
AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
June 25 – 27, 2015, Hotel Royal Olympic, Athens, Greece
18:15 – 18:45
Coffee break
18:45 – 19:30
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of diabetic foot.
S. Iraklianou (Athens, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
19:30 – 20:15
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of the
microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus.
Α. Raptis (Athens, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
20:15 – 21:00
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of residual
cardiovascular risk.
V. Athyros (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
Friday, June 26, 2015
09:00 – 09:45
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of heterozygous
familial hypercholesterolemia.
E. Liberopoulos (Ioannina, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
09:45 - 10.30
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of noncardioembolic ischemic stroke.
Κ. Vemmos (Athens, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
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8th SUMMER SCHOOL
of the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society
METABOLIC AND CHRONIC DISEASES
AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
June 25 – 27, 2015, Hotel Royal Olympic, Athens, Greece
10:30 – 11:15
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of blood pressure
variability.
G. Stergiou (Athens, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
11:15 – 11:45
Coffee break
11:45 – 12:30
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of white coat and
masked hypertension.
V. Kotsis (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
12:30 – 13:15
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of resistant
hypertension.
Α. Achimastos (Athens, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
13:15 – 14.00
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of arterial
stiffness.
Ch. Koumaras (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
14:00 – 15:00
Lunch break
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8th SUMMER SCHOOL
of the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society
METABOLIC AND CHRONIC DISEASES
AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
June 25 – 27, 2015, Hotel Royal Olympic, Athens, Greece
15:00 – 15.45
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of type 1 diabetes
mellitus.
V. Tsimihodimos (Ioannina, Greece).
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
15:45 – 16:30
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of chronic kidney
disease.
D. Vlachakos (Athens, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
16:30 – 17:15
Imaging of atherosclerosis with invasive and noninvasive methods.
C. Chrysohoou (Athens, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
17:15 – 17:30:
Coffee break
17:30 – 18:15
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of
postprandial lipemia.
Ε. Bilianou (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
18:15 – 19:00
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of dyslipidemia in
patients with HIV infection.
D. Nair (UK)
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8th SUMMER SCHOOL
of the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society
METABOLIC AND CHRONIC DISEASES
AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
June 25 – 27, 2015, Hotel Royal Olympic, Athens, Greece
19:00 – 19:45
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of atrial
fibrillation.
C. Pitsavos (Athens, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
19:45 – 20:30
Medical research methodology.
D. Panagiotakos (Athens, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
Saturday, June 27, 2015
09:00 – 09:45
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of obesity.
Α. Alaveras (Athens, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
09:45 – 10:30
Current concepts in smoking cessation.
Ν. Katsiki (Thessaloniki, Greece).
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
10:30-11:00
The need for national registries.
Κ. Souliotis (Athens, Greece)
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
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8th SUMMER SCHOOL
of the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society
METABOLIC AND CHRONIC DISEASES
AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
June 25 – 27, 2015, Hotel Royal Olympic, Athens, Greece
11:30 – 12:15
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of nonalcoholic
fatty liver disease.
Ε. Cholongitas (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
12:15 – 13:00
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of statin
intolerance.
Ε. Ganotakis (Heraklion, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
13:00 – 13:45
Current imaging modalities for atherosclerosis.
A. Sinetos (Athens, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
13:45 – 15:00
Lunch break
15:00 – 15:45
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of peripheral
arterial disease.
Κ. Tziomalos (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
15:45 – 16:30
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of thyroid function
disorders.
T. Alexandridis (Patras, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
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8th SUMMER SCHOOL
of the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society
METABOLIC AND CHRONIC DISEASES
AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
June 25 – 27, 2015, Hotel Royal Olympic, Athens, Greece
16:30 – 17:15
Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of stable coronary
heart disease and acute coronary syndromes.
G. Giamouzis (Larisa, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
17:15 – 17:45
Coffee break
17:45 – 18:30
Antidotes for novel oral anticoagulants.
Α. Tselepis (Ioannina, Greece)
Discussion with the participants on multiple choice questions
18:30 – 19:15
Current research, knowledge and controversies on high density
lipoprotein
M. Banach (Poland)
19:15 – 20:00
New drugs for the management of high blood cholesterol. D.
Mikhailidis (UK)
20:00 – 20:30
How to write an article in a medical journal.
D. Mikhailidis (UK).
20:30 -20:45
End of Summer School
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