The 3rd.  Scientific Meeting

Scientific Committee Program at a Glance Welcome Address General Information Hypertension and Brain Natriuretic peptide Local Faculty International Guest Speakers Scientific Program

Scientific Committee

YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD COMMITTEE

Program at a Glance

The organizing committee of the Third Scientific Meeting of the Egyptian Hypertension Society is delighted to welcome you to Port Said. We hope that your visit will be both stimulating and enjoyable.

The program of the meeting is both comprehensive and innovative. Leading researchers will give state of art lectures in areas of current interest. The meeting will also include original contributions, symposia and workshops that is expected to be an interactive way of updating your knowledge in the field of hypertension.

The location of the meeting has been chosen to be in Port Said, a famous harbor on the Meditenanean sea, an international trade center and a free zone where good~ are imported from all over the world tax-free. Social events have also been chosen to give delegates a mixed taste of both the ancient and contemporary Egyptian culture.

We look forward to welcoming you in Port Said.

General Information

Accommodation
Information regarding accommodation are available at the Information Desk at the venue of the meeting.
Venue
The location of the is at Helnan Port Said Hotel.
Secretariat
For further information about registration and accommodation kindly contact:
Mrs. Fathia El Said
Secretariat of' the 3rd Scientific meeting of the Egyptian Hypertension Society
Ain Shams University Hospitals Specialists
Cairo, Egypt
Phone. (202) 403 9020
Fax. (202) 2605805
Registration
The registration desk will be open between 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM from Tuesday Dec. 8 to Thursday Dec. 10,1998.
Registration fees will cover the following :
1. Admittance to all meeting sessions
2. Admittance to all satellite symposia.
3. Entry to the exhibition.
4. Opening ceremony on Tuesday 8 December 1998.
5. Welcome party on Tuesday 8 December 1998.
6. Dinner on Tuesday and Thursday.
7. Lunch on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
8. Bus transfer to and from Hotels.
Language
The official language of the meeting is English
Visas
Visas to Egypt are mandatory and can be easily obtained from the Egyptian Embassy or any consulate in the country of residence.

Conclusion: Results of echocardiographic survey study of hypertensive Egyptians revealed a higher prevalence of different cardiac involvement compared to normotensives. The prevalence of cardiac involvement was (15.9%) with LV concentric remodeling heing the most common change whereas eccentric hypertrophy is the least encountered.

PORT SAID
Information About Port Said

Port Said was founded in 1860 as a harbor on the Mediterranean coast at the northern entrance of the Suez Canal. The city population is approximately 450,000 and is located 200 kilometers from Cairo. Since 1918, Port-Said was known as an international trade center due to the promotion of the world commerce which the Suez Canal realized. In 1976, Port Said was declared as a free zone where goods were imported from all over the world tax-free which adds more to the prosperity of the city and favored the interior tourism. Although Port Said is full of shopping centers selling imported goods, there are areas of special fame like the Market of International Commercial Center near the famous rock of Dc Leseps as well as El Nahda and El Gomhoria street shopping centers

Although the European style of the construction is unique in Port Said, there are several sight scenes that reflect the history of the city such as Port Said National Museum, the Military Museum, Tannis Island, Christian Monuments Port Louad and San El Hagar.

Public transportation inside Port Said is mainly through Taxicabs or Mini Buses which provide continuous and convenient service inside the city.

Places of Interest

Sight Scenes

1. Port Said National Museum
2. The Military Museum
3. Base of De Leseps
4. Memorial Monument
5. Tannis Island
6. Museum of Archaeology

Shopping Places

1. El Togary street
2. Commercial Center
   It is located near the Base of De Leseps and at the extension of Kornich. it involves scvcial shopping centers that have the most luxurious international goods.
3. El Nahda & El Gomhuria street

Hypertension and Brain Natriuretic peptide
Relationship Between Hypertension and Brain Natriuretic Peptide

Lobna Abdel- Aal Aly, Waheed Radwan, M.D.; Wafik El-Gamal M.D., Fawzy Halawa M.D., Akef Khowiled.
Critical Care Medicine, Physiology Department & Biochemistry Department.

Human Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is thought to function together with human, Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) as a cardiac hormone involved in the regulator of blood pressure (BP) and maintenance of body fluid homeostasis both in normal and in hypertensives. The purpose of this work was to study the relationship between BNP and hypertension, as well as the influence of antihypertensive therapy on its release at rest and during exercise in patients (pts) with essential hypertension.

Subjects and Methods: The plasma level of BNP was measured before and after exercise in 10 normotensive subjects (control group). Thirty pts with mild to moderate essential hypertension were further sub-divided into three main groups: Group 1: 10 pts with newly discovered hypertension. Their plasma level of ANP was measured before and after instituting medical treatment. Group 11:10 untreated pts were subjected to exercise test and BNP was measured before and at peak exercise. Group III: 10 pts with their BP controlled by medical treatment. Their BNP was measured before and at peak exercise. The exercise protocol used in this study consisted of three fixed work loads on bicycle ergometer (25 watts/ 3minutes).

Our results showed that: BNP was elevated significantly in pts with essential hypertension as compared to control group (3.78 pg/ml in control group vs 8.09 in group I, 8.00 in group II and 7.26 in group II. There was also exercise induced significant increase in the BNP level in hoth control and hypertensive pts. (Table 1)

Local Faculty

Ain Shams University
Mohammed Attia, MD
Khairy Abdel-Dayem MD
Mahmoud EI-Sherbeeny MD
Hassan Ezz Eldin, MD
Ali Ramzy, MD
Omar Awad, MD
Adel El Atreby, MD
Amal Ayoub, MD
Wagdy Ayoub, MD
Mohammed Bassyoni, MD
Ali Maklad, MD
Mamdouh El-Ashry, MD
Ahmed Okasha, MD
Ihab Attia, MD

Al-Azhar University
Mokhtar Gomaa, MD
Moustafa El-Sayed, MD
Ezz-Eldin El Sawy, MD
Tarek Ali Hassan, MD
Wafia Otaibe, MD
Aziz Madkour. MD
Ahmed A. Ramadan, MD

Alexandria University
Hassan Khalil, MD
Wagdy Ayad, MD
Mohammed Sobhy, MD
Ibtihag Hamdy, MD
Salah Naga, MD
Omoneya Nayel, MD
Mahmoud Hassanein, MD

Armed Forces Hospital
Abdel Moaty El Keiey, MD
Abdel Moneim Salama, MD
Sayed Abdel Hafiz, MD

Asiyut University
Nadia Salim, MD
Samir El-Sayed, MD

Cairo University
M. Mohsen Ibrahim, MD
Anwar Balbaa, MD
Wafaa El-Aroussy, MD
Galal El Said, MD
Sherif Mokhtar, MD
Fadia Mahmoud, MD
Hossam Kandil, MD
Hussein Rizk, MD
Soliman Gharyb, MD
Yehia Saad, MD
Omar El-Khashaab, MD
Abdel Moneim Hasaballa, MD
Mohammed El Guindy, MD
Zeinab Ashour, MD

National Heart Institute
Fayez Fayek, MD
Adel Imam, MD
Diaa Eldin Shoukka, MD
Sherif Abdel Hady, MD
Diaa Dardiry, MD

Mansoura University
Fawzia El-Demerdash, MD
Helmy Bakr, MD
Mohammed Ragheb Refaey, MD

Tanta University
Osama Abdel Aziz, MD
Mohammed Badr, MD
Ikram Sadek, MD

Suez Canal University
Fathi Maklady, MD
Ahmed El-Hawary, MD
Mohammady Awad, MD
Salah Kassab, MD
Magdy Farouk, MD
Ayman Sabry, MD
Morsy Amin, MD
Mohamed Mosselhi, MD

Zagazig University
Lotfy Shahwan, MD
Mesbah Taha, MD
Abdullah Abou-Hashem, MD

International Guest Speakers

Lawrence J. Appel, M.D, M.P.H
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, MD
USA

Joe Muscat Baron, MD
Consultant Cardiologist
Chairman
Department of Medicine
Rashid Hospital
Dubai
United Arab Emirates

D G Beevers, MD FRCP
Consultant Cardiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer
Professor of Medicine
Birmingham
England

John Blangero, Ph.D
Scientist
Department of Genetics
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
San Antonio Texas
USA

Sara- Williams Blangero, Ph.D
Scientist
Department of Genetics
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
San Antonio Texas
USA

Parakash Deedwania, M.D
Chief, Cardiology section
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
USA

A.M. El Nahas, Ph.D, F.R.C.P
Professor of Nephrology
Northern General Hospital
Sheffield
England

Yassin Ibrahim, M.D
Consultant, Nephrology and Hypertension
Department of Nephrology
Central and Al-Jazeira Hospitals
United Arab Emirates

Ahmed Kissebah, M.D
Professor and Chairman
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Department of Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee Wisconsin
USA

Jane Kotchen, M.D
Professor of Epidemiology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee WI
USA

Theodore A. Kotchen, M.D
Professor and Chairman
Department of Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
USA

Sherif Monga, MD
Consultant Cardiologist
Medicare Hospital
22 Shahid-E-Millat Road,
Karatchi, 74000
Pakistan

L.Ramsay, MD
Professor of Nephrology
Northern General Hospital
S heffield
England

J. Scoble, MD
Professor of Nephrology
Northern General Hospital
Sheffleld
England

Paul Whelton, M.D, M. SC
Professor and Dean
Tulane University Medical Center
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
USA

Miguel Zabalogitttia, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
USA