The Science and Medicine of Circulatory Dysfunction and Acute Pressure Syndromes


Chicago, IL

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Welcome and Introduction
Program Co-Chairman: Jerrold H. Levy, MD, FAHA


Acute Pressure Syndromes from Threat to Therapy – Characterization and Approach to Acute Blood Pressure Elevations Across the Cardiovascular Disease Continnum
Jerrold H. Levy, MD, FAHA


Vascular Dysfunction Syndromes – Mechanisms of End Organ Damage and the Vascular Biology of Hypertension
Ernesto L. Schiffrin, MD, PhD, FRSC, FRCPC, FACP


Acute Blood Pressure Elevations in the Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiac Critical Care Setting
Jerrold H. Levy, MD, FAHA


The Near Future of Acute Cardiovascular Care – Evolving and Emerging Therapies for Acute Management of Serious, Life-Threatening Elevations in Blood Pressure
Charles V. Pollack Jr., MS, MD, FACEP, FAAEM


The Pressure to Improve: Registry Trials – Evaluating Strategies, Outcomes and Optimal Intervention for Acute, Severe Blood Pressure Elevation
Program Chairman: Christopher B. Granger, MD


Questions, Answers and Interactive Discussion
Faculty Panel