This section of CRESTOR.info contains congress news, reports and important announcements from the major international congresses.
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ESH 2007
The 2007 annual meeting of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) was held in Milan, Italy, and attracted more than 6700 attendees.
One of the highlights of the meeting was the presentation of the updated ESH and European Society of Cardiology guidelines on the management of arterial hypertension, which were published just a few weeks before the meeting in the Journal of Hypertension.
Here we review the lively session in which the guidelines were discussed, together with highlights of some of the oral, poster, and other sessions held during the meeting.
EAS 2007
Read our InCirculation.net reports from the 76th Congress of the European Atherosclerosis Society in Helsinki, Finland.
Here, we covered a variety of topics, from the late breaking clinical trials, genetic markers in cardiovascular disease, and the use of stem cells in vascular repair.
ASH 2007
InCirculation.net will be reporting from the American Society of Hypertension’s 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting, held in Chicago, IL, USA, from May 19 - 22, 2007.
Our coverage aims to reflect the ethos of ASH 2007, by focusing on the need to improve patient education and treatment of patients with hypertension, and to discuss the ever-shifting challenges that clinicians and health care professionals face in the management of this disease area.
ACC.07
The American College of Cardiology held its 56th Annual Scientific Session, ACC.07, in New Orleans, LA, USA, in March 2007.
Throughout the meeting, InCirculation.net brought you highlights of the late-breaking clinical trial sessions, where the results of several outstanding trials were presented.
In addition, our congress coverage included issues as diverse as the particular challenges cardiologists face in treating women with heart disease, risk assessment in acute coronary syndrome, and the use of imaging techniques to monitor the progression of atherosclerosis.