The All-Russian non-governmental Antihypertensive League

The All-Russian non-governmental Antihypertensive League was created in order to enhance the preventive health care in the field of hypertension and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

Antihypertensive League is the organizer of major Russian and international conferences and symposia and the co-founder of the Arterial Hypertension journal, which is one of the leading peer-reviewed journals in the field.

	E.V.Shlyakhto The first president of the League (June 2007-December 2009), director of the Federal Almazov Heart, Blood and Endocrinology Centre, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.

	Alexandra O. Konradi President of the All-RussianAntihypertensive League, professor, M.D., Ph.D, Deputy Director for Research of the Federal Almazov Heart, Blood and Endocrinology Centre. .

	Vitaly A. Tsyrlin Professor, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant editor of the “Arterial Hypertension” journal. .

	Z.D. Kobalava Professor M.D., Ph.D. President-Elect of the All-Russian NGO “Antihypertensive league”

	Владимир Валерьевич Щекотов Доктор медицинских наук, профессор, зав. кафедрой госпитальной терапии № 2 с курсом военно-полевой терапии, директор института неотложной терапии Государственного образовательного учреждения «Пермская государственная медицинская академия имени академика Е.А. Вагнера федерального агентства по здравоохранению и социальному развитию».

	Бартош Леонид Федорович Доктор медицинских наук, профессор, заведующий кафедрой терапии, общей врачебной практики, эндокринологии, гастроэнтерологии с курсом нефрологии ГОУ ДПО «Пензенский институт усовершенствования врачей» Росздрава.

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to become a member of the Antihypertensive League, the all-Russian non-governmental organization for hypertension management and prevention

The League unites the leading experts in cardiology from more than 40 regions of Russia. Every registered member receives a membership card.

The "Arterial Hypertension" Journal, first issued in 1994, celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2009.

In 1998, after the change of the founders, the journal was re-registered by the Russian State Committee on the press. The second re-registration took place in 2009. Currently, the founders of the Journal are:

The all-Russian non-governmental organization for hypertension management and prevention «ANTIHYPERTENSIVE LEAGUE» (197341, St. Petersburg, Akkuratova str., 2, lit. A pom. 1H), “I.P. Pavlov Saint-Petersburg State Medical University” of the Federal Agency for Health and Social Development (197022, St. Petersburg, Tolstoy str., 6 / 8), “Almazov Federal Heart, Blood and Endocrinology Centre” of the Federal Agency for hi-tech medical care "(197341, St. Petersburg, Akkuratova str., 2).

The “Arterial Hypertension” journal is one of the leading peer-reviewed journals. Recommended by the advisory council of the Russian High Attestation Commission for publication of scientific results of a dissertation for the doctoral and PhD. The Journal is in the list of periodicals, recommended by the Russian High Attestation Commission of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.

The journal’s subjects include the problems of epidemiology, pathogenesis and therapy of arterial hypertension of various genesis.

"Arterial Hypertension" is the only periodical in St.Petersburg, discussing a wide range of issues related to hypertension, and is targeted to both practitioners and scientists at the same time.

“Arterial Hypertension” is a scientific periodical published 6 times a year since 1998. ISSN 1607–419Х.

The circulation is 5000 copies.

You can subscribe through the directory of the “Rospechat” agency, the subscription index is 36876. Copies can be mailed through the Russian postal service or through the “Rospechat” agency. The journal is distributed throughout most regions of Russia, copies are sent to the Russian National Library and the libraries of the country's leading academic medical institutions on a regular basis. Copies are also distributed among health professionals (cardiologists) working in the clinics of St.Petersburg.

The target audience of the journal includes internal medicine specialists and cardiologists.

The official languages of the journal are English and Russian (the names of the Editorial Board members, the content, the title, author's names, contact information and summaries are printed on both languages).

The principal office is located at: 194156, Saint-Petersburg, Parkhomenko prospect, 15.

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The activities of the All-Russian NGO "Antihypertensive League"

Outreach

- Organization of conferences, seminars and congresses on the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of hypertension for the training of practitioners;

- Attraction of leading experts in cardiology for the distribution of scientific knowledge on treatment, diagnosis and prevention of hypertension;

- Publication of scientific and practical literature on cardiology

- Organization of instructional courses for patients with cardiac risk factors

- Promoting preventive measures in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases through mass-media

Research:

- Organization and support for research on the prevention of hypertension

- Organization of an epidemiological study on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the inhabitants of St. Petersburg and 30 other regions of Russia. During the period between 2007 and 2009 we organized a system of research centers all over Russia and created a screening methodology training system for health professionals. We also organized 2 study meetings with a discussion of the structure maps and the protocol of the study and prepared for an international co-operation with the German Institute of Human Nutrition (Potsdam, Berlin) making it possible for the League to participate in an international epidemiological research project.

Professional training:

- Organization of lecture courses on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in medical institutions

- Development of guidelines on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of hypertension.

Development strategies of the "Antihypertensive League”

Education:

- Establishment and maintenance of a patient education system;

- Development of a system of instructional courses for patients with hypertension

Science

- Development of epidemiological studies;

- Support for fundamental scientific research in the field of hypertension;

Interaction with the society

- Finding a way to change the attitude of the society towards a healthy lifestyle