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European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

Symposium on Cardiometabolic Risk

Targeting abdominal obesity and the metabolic syndrome to optimally manage global cardiovascular disease risk: exploring opportunities for prevention

Room: Athens - Zone B3
Time: 11h00-12h30
Chairpersons: J.P. Bassand and Pekka Puska

Schedule for September 1, 2008


Time	Event Description	Presenter
11h00	Assessing the metabolic syndrome: does it matter in the evaluation of global cardiovascular disease risk?	S.M. Haffner
11h22	Abdominal obesity, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease risk: the interventional cardiologist's perspective.	P.G. Steg
11h44	Treating hypertension in the metabolic syndrome: is there a preferred drug?	L.M. Ruilope
12h06	Modifying lifestyle to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in patients with the metabolic syndrome: is weight loss the right target?	J.P. Després

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