The 2012 Advanced Course on Hypertension will be held 12-19 February in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Who should attend
Certified European Hypertension Specialists or those who wish to improve their knowledge in clinical hypertension and apply for European Hypertension Specialist status in the near future.
Topics to be covered
- Large clinical trials
- Resistant hypertension
- ESH Guidelines
- Resistant hypertension
- Hypertension and coronary heart disease
- Epidemiology
- Genetics
- Heart and hypertension
- Hypertension and diabetes
- ABPM and home BP readings
- Renovascular hypertension
- Diabetic nephropathy
- Hypertension in the elderly
- Blood pressure and exercise
- Small arteries, peripheral vascular resistance
and autoregulation in hypertension
- Hypertension in pregnancy
- Microcirculation in hypertension
- Endocrine hypertension
- Hypertensive emergencies
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- New antihypertensive agents
- Brain and hypertension
"How to" sessions
- How to assess arterial stiffness
- How to assess sympathetic nervous activity
- How to assess an echo and carotid ultrasound
- How to assess endothelial function in humans
- How to assess arterial distensibility
- How to organize large clinical trials
Case presentations
One per day presented by the participants
Deadline for application
Applications should be sent by November 30, 2011 to:
Prof. Renata Cífková
Department Preventive Cardiology (G6 building)
Thomayer University Hospital
Videnska 800
140 59 Prague 4
Czech Republic
Phone +420 2 6108 3694
Fax +420 2 6108 3821
E-mail: renata.cifkova@ftn.cz
ESH Membership for Advanced Course Participants
If you have attended an ESH Advanced Course you are eligible to become a member.
Criteria for Advanced Course participant membership application:
- Participants must provide a short CV (listing academic degrees and professional positions) and a bibliography of publications in English.
- Participants are NOT required to provide letters of endorsement
- Membership fees are waived for one (1) year for fellows attending the ESH Advanced Course.
The application form with the documents listed above should be sent to:
Prof. Renata Cífková
Secretary
ESH Educational Activities Committee
Department Preventive Cardiology (G6 Building)
Thomayer University Hospital
Vídeňská 800
140 59 Prague 4
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 2 6108 3694
Fax: +420 2 6108 3821
e-mail: renata.cifkova@ftn.cz
Download your application form here.
The ESH Advanced Course on Hypertension 2010 was held March 6-13 in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
The webcasts from the 2010 Winter School are now available.
The 2009 Winter School course was held March 7-14 in Courmayeur, Italy. View the webcasts from the course.