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ICHCA 2026 - Date

Preliminary Program

07:00-16:30

Registration

08:00-09:00

Workshop 1

Echocardiography - LV mass, systolic and diastolic function

Carissa Baker Smith - USA, Elaine Urbina - USA

Workshop 2

TBC

09:00-09:15

Coffee Break, Exhibition Visit & Poster Viewing

09:15-09:30

Congress Opening and Welcome

09:30-10:30

Session I: Early Vascular Aging

Title TBC

Mieczysław Litwin, Poland

Early Vascular aging consortium results

Elaine Urbina, USA

(Virtual) Title TBC

Peter Nilsson, Sweden

10:30-11:30

Session II: Epidemiology

Prevalence, trends: Differences around the world

Rahul Chanchlani, Canada

New EU reference values

Elke Wühl, Germany

New US reference values – use of EHR (Electronic Health Record)

Mark Mitsnefes, USA

11:30-12:00

Coffee Break, Exhibition Visit & Poster Viewing

12:00-13:00

Session III: Pathophysiology

Primary – Adverse Childhood Experiences

Daniel Feig, USA

Primary – Genomics of Hypertension – The road to precision medicine

Sandosh Padmanabhan, UK

APOL1, hypertension and CKD – unique to the African diaspora

Brian Rayner, South Africa

13:00-14:00

Lunch Break, Exhibition Visit, Poster Viewing

14:00-15:00

Session IV: Measurement of BP

Validation of BP devices in Peds (electronic etc)

Stella Stabouli, Greece

ABPM (Methodology)

Elke Wuhl, Germany

HBP – Update and references

Tomas Seeman, Czech Republic

15:00-15:30

Coffee Break, Exhibition Visit, Poster Viewing

15:30-16:30

Session V: Primary HT

Pathophysiology of hypertension in obesity

Mark Mitsnefes, USA

Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

Tammy Brady, USA

Hypertension mediated organ injury

Carissa Baker-Smith, USA

16:30

End of Day 1

08:00-16:30

Registration

09:00-10:00

Session VI: Secondary HT

HT in Renoparenchymal KD and Renoprotection

Tomas Seeman, Czech Republic

Renovascular/ MAS

Speaker TBC

Endocrine Causes of HTN

Jiri Widimsky, Czech Republic

10:00-11:00

Session VII: HT in Special Situations

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Renata Cifkova, Czech Republic

Cardiovascular Causes of Hypertension

Mieczysław Litwin, Poland & Adam Kolesnik, Poland (TBC)

Hypertension in Diabetes Melllitus

Terezie Sulakova, Czech Republic

11:00-11:30

Coffee Break, Exhibition Visit & Poster Viewing

11:30-13:00

Session VIII: Treatment on Primary HT

Diet in HT: Sugar, Salt / DASH diet "Dangerous White Powders:" Sugar and Salt

Daniel Feig, USA

Treatment according to phenotype - sympathetic system activation in primary hypertension

Manish Sinha, UK

Contraception in adolescents and hypertension

Brian Rayner, South Africa

Oral Presentations TBC

13:00-14:00

Lunch Break, Exhibition Visit & Poster Viewing

14:00-15:00

Session IX: Public Health

Social Determinants of Hypertension and its Control

Carissa Baker-Smith, USA

Effects of New Adult Guidelines EU and USA on Public Health

Joseph Flynn, USA

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-16:30

Session X: Transition

Transition

Speaker TBC

Transplant Transition in Adolescence

Speaker TBC

Oral Presentations TBC

16:30

End of Day 2

08:00-11:45

Registration

09:00-10:00

Session XI: Research in HT

What’s new in hypertension research over past 12-24 months

Joseph Flynn, USA

New Hypertension Research Projects

Ruan Kruger, South Africa

10:00-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-11:30

Session: XII: Complex Cases

Complex Case Symposiums

Panel Discussion with Experts

11:30-11:45

Congress Closing