Workshop 16

Hypertension and the brain

Saturday 5 April 2003

Organizer

 A. Semplicini (Padova, Italy)  

Sponsors

 Neopharmed
Takeda
Merck, Sharp & Dohme
Abbott
Stroder
Chiesi		  

Cerebrovascular complications of hypertension: actual and future developments

Session I

 

  

Chairs

 A.C. Pessina (Padova, Italy) & A. Lechi (Verona, Italy) Abstract No.
14.00 - 14.10 Welcome and introduction: hard versus soft cerebrovascular end points in clinical trials
A. Semplicini (Padova, Italy)		  
14.10 - 14.30 Hypertension and stroke: epidemiology and prevention
C. Cuspidi (Milan, Italy)		  
14.30 - 14.50 Hypertension and stroke: epidemiology and prevention
G. Leonetti (Milan, Italy)		  
     

Session II

Round table

  

Chairs

P. Amodio (Padova, Italy) & G. Meneghetti (Padova, Italy)  
14.50 - 15.10 Neuropsychological testing in the early detection of cognitive dysfuntion in hypertension
C.A. Umiltà (Padova, Italy)		  
15.10 - 15.30 US studies in the evaluation of the risk of developing vascular dementia
N. Bornstein (Tel-Aviv, Israel)		  
15.30 - 15.50 Biochemical markers of cerebral ischaemia
P. Madeddu and C. Emanueli (Sassari, Italy)		  
15.50 - 16.10 PET / SPET in the assessment of cerebral perfusion and metabolism
A. Cagnin (Padova, Italy)		  
16.10 - 16.20 coffee break  
16.20 - 16.40 The neurophysiological tools in the assessment of early mental changes associated to severe hypertension
G. Barrett (Fareham, UK)		  
16.40 - 17.00 Neuroimaging
P. Scheltens (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)		  
17.00 - 17.30 Discussion  
17.30 - 17.45 Cognitive decline and diabetes type 1
F. Del Piccolo, D. Mapelli, A. Maran, C. Crepaldi, P. Amodio,and C. Umiltà (Padova, Italy) 		226
17.45 - 18.00 Impaired cerebral vasoreactivity in hypertensives: an early marker of vascular dementia?
A. Realdi, V. Mascagna, L. Ciccariello, L. Macchini, F. Del Piccolo, P. Amodio, D. Mapelli, A.M. Maresca, and A. Semplicini (Padua, Italy) 		227
18.00 End of workshop