7th Asian-Pacific Congress of Hypertension 2009

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For full Scientific Programme details, please download: » Programme - FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT Full Programme - (pdf) 900 kb

DAY 1 (Thursday, 19th February)
Time/Venue	Conference Room 1	Plenary Theater	Conference Room 3

0800 - 1400	Registration & Booth Set-Up
1400 - 1600	PRE CONGRESS SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM
	Novartis Aliskerin : Innovation with Direct Renin Inhibitor by Thomas Unger, DE		Pfizer Hypertension and Dyslipidemia by Bryan Williams, UK
1600 - 1630	Tea Break
1630 - 1700	Plenary I Chairperson: Mohd Arifin Mohd Ali, MY Metabolic Syndrome: Current Trends and Future Challenges in Asia Pacific Region by Garry Jennings, AUS
1700 - 1800	Opening Ceremony Guest of Honour: YAB Prime Minister of Malaysia Welcome: Azhari Rosman, MY (President of MSH & Chairman of the Organizing Committee) Trefor Morgan, AUS (Secretary General of APSH)
1800 - 1900	Official Opening of Exhibition
1900 - 1930	Cocktail Reception

DAY 2 (Friday, 20th February)
Time	Topic
07015 - 0815	Teach-In Session I: Echocardiography In Hypertension Moderator: Hamed Oemar, INA	Teach-In Session II: Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Moderator: Rashid Abdul Rahman, MY	Teach-In Session III: Urinalysis in Hypertension Moderator: Zaki Morad Zahir, MY
0830 - 0900	Keynote Address Chairperson: Azhari Rosman, MY Clinical Trials in Hypertension: Where-to-fore? by Alberto Zanchetti, IT
0900 - 1030	Tea & Poster Presentation
1030 - 1200	Symposium I: Blood Pressure Measurement Chairpersons: Sim Kui Hian, MY / Dae- Suk Han,KOR Central Blood Pressure and Its Management by Chen-Huan Chen, TWN Novel Techniques in ABPM by Choong Meng Ting, SIN Home Blood Pressure Monitoring: Limitations and Advantages by YK Seedat, SA	Symposium II: Novel Risk Factors Chairpersons: Maria Belen, PH / Jin Hu-Shin, KOR Inflammatory Markers in Hypertension by Hapizah Nawawi, MY Microalbuminuria in Hypertension by CT Chua, MY Echocardiography in Left Ventricular Hypertrophy by Jin Hu Shin, KOR	Symposium III: Lifestyle Modification in the Treatment of Hypertension Chairpersons: Cheng-Wen Chiang, TWN / Chia Yook Chin, MY Lifestyle Modification : The Formula for Success by Alberto Zanchetti, IT Salt and BP : What's New? by Liu Li Sheng, CH Lifestyle Modification for Overweight Hypertensives Among Asians by Ann Soenarta, INA
1200 - 1430	MSD Lunch Symposium Hypertension In Stroke by Richard Devereux, US	Servier Lunch Symposium Hypertension and Diabetes by Alistair Hall, UK / Stephen Harrap, AUS
1430 - 1600	Debate Moderator: Colin Johnston, AUS Pro: ACEi & ARB Have Important Other Effects Above Blood Pressure Control Con: The Clinical Benefits of Blood Pressure Lowering by ACE Inhibitors and ARBs Can All Be Explained by Blood Pressure Control Pro: Thomas Unger, DE Pro: Rashid Abdul Rahman, MY Con: Bryan Williams, UK Con: Trefor Morgan, AUS
1600 - 1630	Tea & Exhibits
1630 - 1730	Plenary II & III Chairpersons: Tengku Saifudin Tengku Ismail, MY / Sree Raman, MY Gene Analysis of Essential Hypertension by Toshio Ogihara, JPN AT2 receptor gene polymorphism and cardiovascular disease by Alistair Hall, UK
1930 - 2100	Bayer Dinner Symposium

DAY 3 (Saturday, 21st February)
0715 - 0815	Teach-In Session IV: Interactive Case Presentation Moderator: Rashid Abdul Rahman, MY	Teach-In Session V: Uncontrolled Hypertension Moderator: Anis Safura Ramli, MY	Teach-In Session VI: Diagnosing Secondary Hypertension Moderator: Zanariah Hussein, MY
0830 - 1030	Young Investigators' Award & Johnston-Arakawa APSH Invited Lecture: Chairpersons: Trefor Morgan, AUS / Khalid Yusoff, MY Practice of Hypertension in the Near Future and Blood Pressure Monitoring by Yutaka Imai, JPN
0830 - 1030	Presentation of YIA Papers	Presentation of YIA Papers	Presentation of YIA Papers
1030 - 1100	Tea & Exhibits
1100 - 1230	Symposium IV: Target Organ Protection Chairpersons: Richard Devereux,US / Low Lip Ping, SIN The Role of Central Aortic Pressure on Target Organ Damage by Bryan Williams, UK Brain as a Target of Anti-Hypertension Treatment by Toshio Ogihara, JPN Intramyocardial Coronary Arteries in Hypertension and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Ho-Joong Youn, KOR	Symposium V: Overview of Recent Trials Chairpersons: Cesar Racto, PH / Yuqing Zhang, CH Heart Failure by Garry Jennings, AUS Home Blood Pressure Monitoring TBA AMISH Prakash C.Deedwania, US	Symposium VI: Managing High Risk Hypertensive Patients Chairpersons: Pham Gia Khai, VM / Nazar Luqman, BRU Managing the Diabetic Hypertensives by Stephen Harrap, AUS New Onset Diabetes During the Treatment of Hypertension by Lars Lindholm, SE Renal Protection with Anti-Hypertensive Treatment by Genjiro Kimura, JPN
1230 - 1430	Pfizer Lunch Symposium TBA by Bryan Williams, UK	Boehringer Ingelheim Lunch Symposium TBA by Trefor Morgan, AUS
1430 - 1630	State of the Art Lecture Blood Pressure Variation and Arterial Stiffness by Se Joong Rim, KOR	State of the Art Lecture Hypertension and Endothelial Function by Jun Tao, CH	State of the Art Lecture TBC by Peter Thompson, AUS
	Presentation of Free Papers	Presentation of Free Papers	Presentation of Free Papers
1630 - 1700	Tea & Exhibits
1700 - 1800	Plenary IV & V Chairpersons: Muhammad Ello Muhammad Sued, MY / Ng Wai Kiat, MY The Irony of Renin Angiotensin System by Kikuo Arakawa, JPN The New Genetics : What Implications for Managing Hypertension? by Stephen Harrap, AUS
1930 - 2200	Gala Dinner

DAY 4 (Sunday, 22nd February)
Time	Topic
0830 - 1000	Symposium VII: Pharmacotherapeutics in Low Income and Middle Income Countries Chairpersons: Yeoh Peng Nam, MY / Prinya Sukiyalak, TH Generic Anti-Hypertensive Agents: Are They a Good Second or an Equal First? by Sania Nishtar, PK Newer Anti-Hypertensive Agents: What Choice for Developing Countries? by YK Seedat, SA WHO/ISH CPG : What Implications for Low Income Middle Income Countries? by Lars Lindholm, SE	Symposium VIII: Hypertension in Special Groups Chairpersons: Hashim Tahir, MY / Hiruaki Matsuoka, JPN Hypertension in Concurrent Ischemic Heart Disease by Peter Thompson, AUS Hypertension in Pregnancy by Zaleha Mahdy, MY Hypertension in the Very Elderly by Liu Li Sheng, CH	Symposium IX: Hypertension in the Asia Pacific Region Chairpersons: Hapizah Nawawi, MY / Pun Chiu-On, HK Hypertension is Southeast Asia by Ann Soenarta, INA Hypertension in East Asia by Cheng-Wen Chiang, TWN Hypertension in South Asia by Sania Nishtar, PK
1000 - 1030	Tea & Exhibits
1030 - 1200	Plenary Symposium The Importance of Sleep Blood Pressure at Different Times of the Day Chairpersons: Bryan Williams, UK / Trefor Morgan, AUS The Relationship of Sleep Blood Pressure to Clinical Events by Yutaka Imai, JPN The Reason Blood Pressure Falls or Does Not Fall When a Person Sleeps by Genjiro Kimura, JPN The Experimental Evidence of the Importance of Sleep Blood Pressure by Trefor Morgan, AUS
1200 - 1300	Young Investigator Awards Presentation Chairpersons: Bryan Williams, UK / Trefor Morgan, AUS
	Presidential Lecture Hypertension in the Asia Pacific: What to Expect in the Future? by Azhari Rosman, MY (President of APSH 2009)
	Hand Over Ceremony

For full Scientific Programme details, please download: » Programme - FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT Full Programme - (pdf) 900 kb

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