Annual Congress Barcelona 2010

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Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and hypertension: guidelines for investigation and management

Symposium
Chairs: M. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy), S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany)
Aims: The audience will come away with the following information from the session:
- an overview of the epidemiology and clinical significance of the association between OSAS and hypertension
- a practical understanding of the mechanisms of interaction between OSAS and hypertension including sympathetic dysfunction, systemic inflammation, oxidative stress and metabolic dysfunction
- a clinical approach to the diagnosis of hypertension in OSAS and in specific populations, such as children, the elderly and in pregnancy
- a detailed review of the management of patients with hypertension and OSAS

Mechanisms of the interaction between OSAS and hypertension W. McNicholas (Dublin, Ireland)
Diagnosis of hypertension in OSAS and in special populations P. Levy (Grenoble, France)