On May 17-26 many countries realize preventive and social programmes within the World Hypertension Day. In Russia the issue of propagation about symptoms, diagnostic techniques and treatment of hypertension is important as well. On these days Russian cardiologists take patients, talk to them and tell about main principles of prevention the stroke, cardiovascular and renal diseases caused by the high blood pressure. Leaflets with advices on self-diagnostic of stroke were spread. These brochures consist information about symptoms that could easily find out whether one has poor vessels and needs to get medical assistance. Also, there were leaflets "Way to a healthy heart" with some sumple rules to gain healthy and strong heart.

In frameworks of V congress (XI Conference) «Heart Failure 2010», common session of All-Russian public organization «Antihypertensive League» and «Society of heart failure specialists» will take place. The theme is: «From arterial hypertension to heart failure: complicated and unsolved problems of prophylaxis and treatment». The chairmen of session are professor V.S. Moiseev and professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences E.V. Shlyakhto.



The event will take place on December 7, 2010. Beginning - at 12.30 in hall №3.

On November 24-26 the third meeting of Volga Federal District (VFD) cardiologists - «Cardiology of VFD - possibilities and perspectives» - will take place in Somarsky State Medical University. About one thousand specialists in cardiology, cardiosurgery, neurology, endocrinology, nephrology, etc. will take part in congress. All-Russian public organization «Antihypertensive League» will be represented by its founder – director of Federal State Institution Federal State Center of Heart, Blood and Endocrinology (FSI FSC of HBE) named by Almazov, professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences, corresponding member of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences - E.V. Shlyakhto, and League president - professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences, deputy director on scientific work in     FSI FSC of HBE named by Almazov – A.O. Conradi.

 

The results of last researches in cardiology, up-to-date aspects of treatment, prophylaxis and diagnostics of cardiovascular diseases and complications will be discussed on the conference.

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III International Congress “Hypertension — from Korotkov to our days” dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the opening of  Korotkov auscultatory blood pressure method.

Congress venue:
Federal Almazov Medical Research Centre
2 Akkuratova Street, St. Petersburg