ICCR Symposium - ESC Annual Congress 2008

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

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: 11:00-12:30
Chairpersons: J.P. Bassand and Pekka Puska


11:00 - 11:20 Assessing the metabolic syndrome: does it matter in the evaluation of global cardiovascular disease risk? S.M. Haffner
USA
11:22 - 11:42 Abdominal obesity, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease risk: the interventional cardiologist's perspective P.G. Steg
France
11:44 - 12:04 Treating hypertension in the metabolic syndrome: is there a preferred drug? L.M. Ruilope
Spain
12:06 - 12:26 Modifying lifestyle to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in patients with the metabolic syndrome: is weight loss the right target? J.P. Després
Canada