SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM TO HYPERTENSION PRAGUE, 2002

THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HYPERTENSION –

Regional differences in control and treatment

Venue: Budapest, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Roosevelt Square 9.

29th June, 2002

Scientific Program

Welcome

09:00              Rudolf de Châtel, President of the Hungarian Society of Hypertension

                        Sándor Sonkodi,  President of the Organizing Committee

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HYPERTENSION

Chairmen: Renata Cifkova, Csaba Farsang

09:30   Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of  hypertension in

North America, North Africa and Asia,

Paul Whelton (USA)

10:00   Public health aspects of hypertension in Central Europe,

             J. George Fodor (Canada)

10:30   Epidemiologic significance of systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and pulse pressure,

D. Gareth Beevers (UK)

11:00   Coffee break

PRACTICAL ISSUES OF HYPERTENSION CONTROL

Chairmen: J. George Fodor, Sándor Sonkodi

11:30   24-hour blood pressure control, long acting

drugs and compliance,

L. Henry Elliott (UK)

12:00   Community control of hypertension - experience from North Karelia, Finland, 

Aulikki Nissinen (Finland)

12:30   Lunch + Poster visit

HYPERTENSION IN CENTRAL EUROPE

Chairmen: D. Gareth Beevers, Rudolf de Châtel

14:30   Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension

in the Czech Republic,

Renata Cifkova (Czech Republic)

14:45   Awareness and control of hypertension in Austria,

Anita Rieder (Austria)

15:00    Effective control of hypertension in Hungary,

Csaba Farsang, (Hungary)

15:15   Worksite studies on hypertension awareness and control in Hungary, Sándor Sonkodi (Hungary) 

15:30   Worksite studies on hypertension awareness and control in Slovakia,

Jan Lietava (Slovak Republic)

15:45 Prevalence awareness, and control of hypertension in Poland,           

Andrzej Wieczek (Poland

16:00    Prevalence and control of hypertension in Latvia,

Vilnis Dzerve (Latvia)

16:15   Discussion

16:30   Coffee break

STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF AWARENESS, TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF HYPERTENSION    - Panel discussion

Moderator:    Paul Whelton (USA)

Participants:     D. Gareth Beevers (UK)

                        J. George Fodor (Canada)

                        Henry Elliot (UK)

Renata Cifkova (Czech Republic)

Aulikki Nissinen (Finland)

                        András Jávor (Hungary)

With the active participation of the audience

18:00 Closure

PRESIDENT OF THE SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM,

SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Prof. Dr. Sándor Sonkodi

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