Symposium lectures on-line

Most of the lectures of the Symposium were published on-line. You can find the video presentations at the top of each lecture abstract. We hope to complete the whole on-line program in the near feature.

Pictures of Semmelweis Symposium 2008

You can find the pictures of all the three days of Semmelweis Symposium 2008 here.

Lecture of Prof. Sándor Kovács

You can find the whole video-presentation of Prof. Sándor Kovács at "Lectures" on the following page.

Summary

More than 500 participants from 20 countries attended Semmelweis Symposium 2008. You can find a detailed summary of the event here. A summary of press echo in the Hungarian media you can find here.

Poster abstracts

You can find the poster abstracts of Semmelweis Symposium 2008 here.

Scientific Program - printable version

You can download the printable version of the Scientific Program here.

Cardiovascular pharmacogenomics course

According to the program of Semmelweis Symposium, Peter Pokreisz (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) will give a lecture (in Hungarian) on cGMP regulatory mechanisms in cardiology at 18:00 Wednesday, 26 November.

Abstract submission period extended

The deadline for abstract submission was extended until 18 November 2008. More detailes on the Abstract submission form.

On-line registration

Participation in the program of Semmelweis Symposium 2008 is free.
However, completion the on-line registration form is required to attend the Symposium.

Abstract submission for poster presentation

Abstracts for poster presentation are welcome to the Semmelweis Symposium. Deadline for abstract submission  is 15 November. More detailes on the Abstract Submission Form.

PhD course registration

Semmelweis Symposium 2008 was accredited by the School of Doctoral Studies of Semmelweis University. Students attending all the three days of the Symposium will get 2 PhD credits.

OFTEX registration

Semmelweis Symposium 2008 was registred to the OFTEX system. Colleagues attending all the three days of the Symposium will get 20 OFTEX credits. For detailed information look for SE-TK/2008-07/00383 at www.oftex.hu .

Final program

The final program of the Symposium has been completed. For detailes visit to the Scientific Program pages.

Current trends in Cardiology

This year cardiology is in the focus of Semmelweis Symposium. The members of the Heart Center take the opportunity to kindly invite you to this event.

Objectives: High arterial blood pressure is frequent associated with target organ damage, including left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). To better investigate of hypertension, we performed 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and evaluated the relationship between ABPM parameters and LVH. Methods: There were 1230 medical outpatient visit in our Clinic because of hypertension last year. The outpatients were included in our study by the following: first appearance, therapy-resistant essential hypertension, antihypertensive treatment was unchanged during the last three months, full examination, included echocardiography (Philips, iE33), and ABPM (validated instrument: Meditech ABPM-04). We checked with the Pearson correlation the relationship between the left ventricular mass index (LVMi) and the measured (24-hour, daytime and nighttime BP means), and from these calculated values (pulse pressure in any time, diurnal index, high BP time elevation index, high BP load, BP volatility and ambulatory arterial stiffness index) of ABPM. Results: The number of patients: 77, the mean age: 51 years (18-86 years), the body mass index: 28.14 kg/m², the LVMi: 152.09 g/m², the 24-hour BP mean: 138.07/78.31 mmHg, the daytime BP mean: 142.93/82.29 mmHg and the nighttime BP mean: 127.28/69.90 mmHg. The correlation between the range of the LVMi and the measured values of ABPM was only moderate, and significantly was just by 24-hour systolic BP mean (0.408, p<0.01), and by nighttime systolic BP mean (0.391, p<0.01). Although the correlation between the LVMi and the quartiles of increased ambulatory arterial stiffness index and the decreased volatility were stronger (p<0.001, and p<0.005). Conclusion: Present study indicates that in treated middle-aged essential hypertensive patients the 24-hour systolic BP mean, the nighttime systolic BP mean, BP volatility and ambulatory arterial stiffness index is associated with the LVMi. The correlation is not so close, therefore many other factors should be mind.