PRE-CONFERENCE
PROGRAMME FRIDAY 25TH MAY 2007
Sandton Convention Centre, Ballroom. |
| 10:30
- 13:30 |
Southern African Hypertension Society Board of Directors
Meeting. |
| 13:30
- 14:00 |
Finger lunch - light. |
| 14:00
-17:00 |
SAHS Advisory Panel meeting. |
| 17:00 |
Dinner for SAHS Advisory Panel, invited speakers and
sponsors. Venue to be determined. |
| PRIMARY
CARE PROVIDER PROGRAMME SATURDAY 26TH MAY 2007 |
| 08:00
- 09:00 |
Registration. |
| 09:00
- 09:05 |
Welcome. Prof Joe Veriava |
| 09:05
- 11:00 |
SESSION 1: GUIDELINES Chairperson: Prof Joe Veriava |
| 09:05
- 09:30 |
BP measurement. Prof John Milne. |
| 09:30
- 10:00 |
Treatment guidelines: Algorithm. Dr Martin Mpe |
| 10:00
- 10:30 |
Lifestyle modification the African way. |
| 10:30
- 11:00 |
Drug therapy and compelling indications. Prof Brian
Rayner. |
| 11:00
- 11:30 |
REFRESHMENT BREAK AND EXHIBITION |
| 11:30
- 13:00 |
SESSION 2: PROBLEMATIC HYPERTENSION Chairperson:
Dr Yvonne Trinder. |
| 11:30
- 12:00 |
Resistant hypertension. Prof Neels Potgieter |
| 12:00
- 12:30 |
Important metabolic risk factors. Prof Derick Raal |
| 12:30
- 13:00 |
Hypertensive emergencies. Prof YK Seedat |
| 13:00
- 14:00 |
LUNCH & EXHIBITION |
| 14:00-
15:30 |
SESSION 3: MANAGEMENT UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Chairperson: Dr Piers Stead. |
| 14:00
- 14:30 |
Atherosclerosis and vascular disease a surgical perspective.
Prof Martin Veller |
| 14:30
- 15:00 |
Hypertension in pregnancy. General and emergency.
Prof Jack Moodley. |
| 15:00
- 15:30 |
Ischaemic heart disease. Prof DP Naidoo. |
| 15:30-16:50 |
REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| 15:50-16:20 |
SESSION 4: STROKE MINI-SYMPOSIUM IN COLLABORATION
WITH SA STROKE SOCIETY Chairperson: Prof John Milne.
|
| 15:50-16:20 |
Acute stroke. Dr Wienbren Duim |
| 16:20-16.50 |
Secondary prevention of stroke. Dr Brent Tipping |
| SCIENTIFIC
MEETING PROGRAMME SUNDAY 27TH MAY 2005 |
| 08:00
- 09:00 |
REGISTRATION. |
| 09:00
- 09:05 |
Welcome. Prof Joe Veriava. |
| 09:05
- 11:00 |
SESSION 5: HYPERTENSIVE HEART. Chairperson: Prof
Joe Veriava. |
| 09:05
- 09:35 |
Alumnus Address: The hypertensive heart - at the heart
of hypertension. Prof Lionel Opie. |
| 09:35
- 10:05 |
Olovnikov's clock and coronary artery disease. Prof
Nilesh Samani. |
| 10:05
-- 10:35 |
Preventing hypertension and target organ damage. Prof
Tony Heagerty? |
| 10:35
- 11:00 |
Hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa. Hypertension in
an unjust world. Prof YK Seedat. |
| 11:00
- 11:30 |
REFRESHMENTS & EXHIBITION |
| 11:30
- 13:00 |
SESSION 6: SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM Chairperson: Prof
YK Seedat. Sponsored by Sanofi-Aventis. |
| 11:30
- 12:15 |
Vascular damage in hypertension and diabetes. Prof
Tony Heagerty |
| 12:15
- 12:45 |
Preventing hypertensive vascular damage: bridging
the gap between recommendations, theory and practice.
Prof Brian Rayner. |
| 12:45
- 13:00 |
Discussion. |
| 13:00
- 14:00 |
LUNCH, EXHIBITION & POSTERS |
| 14:00
- 17:00 |
SESSION 7: Chairperson: Prof Brian Rayner. |
| 14:00-14:30 |
The metabolic syndrome. Does it exist? What does it
mean? Prof Lionel Opie |
ORIGINAL PRESENTATIONS OBESITY AND THE METABOLIC SYNDROME
| 14:30
- 14:45 |
Preferred clinical index of adiposity when predicting
ambulatory blood pressure. HO Majane. |
| 14:45
- 15:00 |
Adiposity compounds the impact of conventional and
ambulatory blood pressure on left ventricular mass
index. Siyanda Makaula |
| 15:00
- 15:15 |
Transaminases, metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis
in rheumatoid arthritis. Patrick Dessein |
| 15:15
- 15:30 |
The effect of urbanisation and copying on vascular
reactivity and metabolic syndrome indicators in Africans:
the Thusa study. Leone Malan |
| ORIGINAL
PRESENTATIONS: TARGET ORGAN DAMAGE & BP IN GROUPS
OF AFRICAN ANCESTRY |
| 15:30
- 15:45 |
Target organ damage in black South African patients
with hypertension. N Peer |
| 15:45
- 16:00 |
Relative impact of conventional blood pressure, ambulatory
blood pressure and arterial stiffness on target organ
changes. Prof Gavin Norton |
| 16:00
- 16:15 |
Renal function and urinary microalbumin excretion
in South Africa patients with mild-to moderate hypertension.
Dr Geoff Candy |
| 16:15
- 16:30 |
Impact of masked hypertension in an urban developing
community in South Africa. Muzi Maseko |
| 16:30
- 16:45 |
Correlation of plasma FAS-APO1 concentration with
left ventricular mass index in black African hypertensive
patients. Haroon Abbassi |
| 16:45
- 17:00 |
REFRESHMENTS & EXHIBITION |
| 17:00
- 18:00 |
SESSION 8: GENERAL MEETING OF THE SAHS |
| MONDAY
28TH MAY 2007 |
| 08:00
- 09:00 |
Registration and exhibition. |
| SCIENTIFIC
MEETING |
| 09:00
- 11:00 |
SESSION 9: GENETICS Chairperson: Prof Phindile
Mntla. |
| 09:00
- 09:30 |
Genetics of hypertension and blood pressure regulation:
progress in the last 10 years. Prof Nilesh Samani |
| 09:30
- 10:00 |
Role of genetics in hypertension. Prof Angela Woodiwiss.
|
| ORIGINAL
PRESENTATIONS: BIOLOGICAL FACTORS AND BP
|
| 10:00
--10:15 |
SNPS in candidate genes for hypertension: time for
more integrated approaches? Deidre Hartman |
| 10:15
- 10:30 |
Arginine uptake and nitric oxide production in an
endothelial cell line. MJ Nel |
| 10:30
- 10:45 |
Acute saline loading in lean young black and white
subjects. Prof Brian Rayner |
| 10:45
- 11:00 |
Nocturnal decreases in blood pressure are not attenuated
in subjects of African as compared to European descent.
Prof Angela Woodiwiss |
| 11:00
- 11:30 |
REFRESHMENTS & EXHIBITION |
| 11:30
- 12:40 |
SESSION 10: SATELLITE METABOLIC SYNDROME Chairperson:
Prof Gavin Norton. Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim.
|
| 11:30
- 12:00 |
The rationale for angiotensin blockade in the management
of obese hypertensives. Prof Arya Sharma |
| 12:00
- 12:30 |
Drugs and metabolic syndrome. Prof YK Seedat |
| 12:30
- 12:40 |
Discussion. |
| 12:40
-- 13:30 |
LUNCH, EXHIBITION |
| 13:30
- 15:00 |
SESSION 11: ORIGINAL PRESENTATIONS: SUMMARY ON
POSTERS (5 minutes per poster) Chairperson: Dr
Martin Mpe § correlation of plasma NT-PRO BNP concentrations
with plasma FAS-APO1 concentrations in black African
hypertensive patients. Haroon Abbasi § Acute coronary
syndrome in black African patients with HIV infection:
initial results of the clinical and angiographic features
AC Becker § The health-related outcome of post-stroke
victims residing in older adult homes in the Mangaung
municipality area. H van der Merwe § Effect of eradication
of helicobacter pylori on blood pressure - study and
preliminary results. Geoff Candy § Impact of non-classical
cardiovascular risk factors on the accuracy of predicting
subclinical atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis.
Patrick Dessein § A food-based randomised controlled
trial to assess the impact of dietary manipulation
of cations on blood pressure in black hypertensive
South Africans. Nasheeta Peer. § Independent role
of conventional cardiovascular risk factors as predictors
of CRP concentrations in rheumatoid arthritis. Patrick
Dessein § Oral clonidine as preanaesthetic medication
in hypertensive patients. Julia Flores. § ANGII modulates
expression of myocardial PKB/AKT and ENOS. B Huisamen
§ Association of the R563Q mutation of the epithelial
sodium channel beta subunit with hypertension in 18
kindreds. Erika Jones. § Susceptibility of pressure
overload hypertrophy to obesity-induced deleterious
effects on cardiac remodeling and pump function. HO
Majane. § LEP C538T polymorphism and obesity related
phenotypes: an association study in black hypertensives.
IG Okpechi. § Determinants of aortic input impedance
in two ethnic populations: impact of obesity Manja
Reimann § The TNF-? and PAI-1 relationship in Africans.
AE Schutte § Cardiovascular screening and hypertension
in an African population: Heart Awareness Day in Soweto.
Karen Sliwa. |
| 15:00
- 16:00 |
SESSION 12: QUALITY AND CLINICAL STA NDARD THEME.
Chairperson: Prof Neels Potgieter. |
| 15:00
- 15:15 |
SA guidelines: then and now. Prof John Milne |
| 15:15
- 15:30 |
Blood pressure device accreditation guidelines. Prof
Joe Veriava. |
| 15:30
- 15:45 |
Overview of stroke in epidemiology in sub-Saharan
Africa. Prof Albertino Damascino. |
| 15:45
- 16:00 |
South African stroke guideline: what's new? Dr Brent
Tipping. |
| 16:00
- 16:15 |
Presentation of Awards: · Lionel Opie Award for best
poster presentation. · YK Seedat Award for the best
oral presentation. · Best Young Presenter (under 35years.)
· Best Community paper. Closure: SAHS incoming / outgoing
president. |
MONDAY
28TH MAY 2007
NURSES' SYMPOSIUM |
| 08:00
- 09:00 |
REGISTRATION AND EXHIBITION. |
| 09:00
- 11:00 |
Hypertension: diagnosis, risk factors, target organ
damage. Lifestyle management throughout. |
| 11:00
- 11:30 |
REFRESHMENTS & EXHIBITION |
| 11:30
- 12:40 |
Hypertension: management. Drug and lifestyle. |
| 12:40--
13:30 |
LUNCH, EXHIBITION |
| 13:30
- 14:45 |
Case studies. |
| 14:45
- 15:00 |
REFRESHMENTS & EXHIBITION |
| 15:00
- 16:00 |
Nurses symposium now joins the final plenary session.
|
| 15:00
- 16:00 |
SESSION 12 QUALITY AND CLINICAL STANDARD THEME.
Chairperson: Prof Neels Potgieter. |
| 15:00
- 15:15 |
SA guidelines then and now. Prof John Milne |
| 15:15-
15:30 |
Blood pressure device accreditation guidelines. Prof
Joe Veriava. |
| 15:30
- 15:45 |
Overview of stroke in epidemiology in sub-Saharan
Africa. Prof Albertino Damascino. |
| 15:45
- 16:00 |
South African stroke guideline: what's new? Dr Brent
Tipping |
