International Congress Barcelona 2013

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Yernault Lecture “Obstructive sleep apnoea as a model of systemic disease” followed by “Vascular tree and obstructive sleep apnoea”

Session
Chairs: S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany), W. McNicholas (Dublin, Ireland)
Aims: The aims of this session are:
- a better knowledge about surrogate markers allowing a better cardiovascular phenotype (arterial stiffness, IMT, endothelial function);
- to learn more about clinical situations such as aortic dilation, marfan syndrome;
- to take away with new insights regarding mechanisms and CPAP efficacy in resistant hypertension.

Yernault Lecture: Obstructive sleep apnoea as a model of systemic disease P. Levy (Grenoble, France)
Mechanisms and assessment of vascular damage in obstructive sleep apnoea J.L. Pepin (Grenoble, France)
Aortic dilation, Marfan disease and aortic dissection: links with OSA and impact of treatment M. Kohler (Zurich, Switzerland)