On June, 21-24 the 29th European Meeting on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection took place in Milan, Italy.

This year Russia was represented by delegates from Moscow, St.-Petersburg, Ryazan, Saratov, Tomsk, Krasnodar etc. Associate professor of the Department of Internal and Preventive Medicine of Ryazan State Medical University N.S. Asfandiyarova gave 2 effective poster presentations:  «Influence of Therapy With Fixed Combination of Perindopril and Amlodipine on Endothelial Dysfunction of Patients With Arterial Hypertension» (E.V. Fillipov) and «Lymphocytes Sensitization to Insulin as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes Development» (N.S. Asfandiyarova, M.A. Rubtzova).

As usual the event offered the highest quality scientific programs related to research in basic and clinic areas in hypertension with state-of-the-art lectures, satellite symposia, teaching sessions and credits for qualifying as hypertension specialists of the European Society of Hypertension.