2011 ASH Program Book - American Society of Hypertension

Sunday Morning MAY 22
Posters
10:00 AM – 6:30 PM • Second Floor Promenade
Featured Posters – Blood Pressure
Measurement/Monitoring
Moderators:
FP-1:
FP-2:
FP-3:
FP-4:
Suzanne Oparil, MD, Birmingham, AL and
Talma Rosenthal, MD, Tel Aviv, Israel
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and
Cardiovascular Events in High-Risk Patients
Alejandro de la Sierra†, 1 Julian Segura, 2 Jose R.
Banegas, 2 Manuel Gorostidi, 2 Felipe Madruga, 2 Xavier
Clar, 2 Teresa Gijon, 2 Luis M. Ruilope. 2 1 Hospital
Mutua Terrassa, Terrassa, ES; 2 Spanish Society of
Hypertension, Madrid, ES.
A Perfect Replacement for the Mercury
Sphygmomanometer: The Case of the Hybrid Blood
Pressure Monitor
George S. Stergiou, Nikos Karpettas, Anastasios Kollias,
Antonis Destounis, Dimitris Tzamouranis. University
of Athens, Athens, GR.
Improvement in Blood Pressure Control among
Hypertensive Patients Treated in the Department of
Veterans Affairs
Ross D. Fletcher, Vasilios Papademetriou, Richard
Amdur, Chris McManus, Ronald Jones, Charles
Faselis. Veterans Affairs and Georgetown University,
Washington, DC, US.
Clinical Characteristics of Patients with
Uncontrolled and Apparent Treatment Resistant
Hypertension: NHANES 1988-2008
Brent Egan, 1 Yumin Zhao, 1 R. Neal Axon, 1 R. Neal
Axon, 2 Keith Ferdinand. 3 1 Medical University of
S.C., Charleston, SC, US; 2 Ralph H. Johnson, VAMC,
Charleston, SC, US; 3 Emory University, Atlanta, GA,
US.
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