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May 21 3Posters Late-Breaking PostersMonday AfternoonMorningLB-PO-01:LB-PO-02:LB-PO-03:LB-PO-04:LB-PO-05:LB-PO-06:LB-PO-07:Blood Pressure Control of Fixed Dose,Perindopril/Amlodipine Combination Treatmentin Hypertensive Patients Uncontrolled onMonotherapy or on Two Drug Combination TherapyM. P. Girish, 1 Vinay Bahl, 2 Uday Jadhav, 3 HemantThacker, 4 Soumitra Kumar. 5 1 G. B. Pant Hospital, NewDelhi, IN; 2 AIIMS, New Delhi, IN; 3 M.G.M. Hospital,Navi Mumbai, IN; 4 Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, IN and5 VIMS, Kolkata, IN.A Valsartan-Based Antihypertensive Regimen IsMore Effective than a Losartan-Based Regimen inPatients with Stage 2 Hypertension: The EXALTStudyRichard Wright†, 1 D. Duprez, 2 A. Yadao, 3 D.Purkayastha, 3 R. Samuel, 3 K. Ferdinand. 4 1 Pacific HeartInstitute, CA, US; 2 University of Minnesota, MN, US;3 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, NJ, US and4 Emory University, GA, US.Initial Combination Therapy with Aliskiren/Hydrochlorothiazide Is More Effective thanAmlodipine in Patients with Stage 2 SystolicHypertension and Diabetes MellitusRaymond R. Townsend†, 1 Alan Forker, 2 PatriciaRumpelt, 3 Cheraz Cherif Papst, 4 Anthony Yadao. 31 University of Pennsylvania Medical Center,Philadelphia, PA, US; 2 Mid-America Heart Institute,Kansas, MO, US; 3 Novartis PharmaceuticalsCorporation, East Hanover, NJ, US and 4 NovartisPharma AG, Basel, CH.Relationships of the Metabolic Syndrome and ItsComponents with Pulse Pressure in ApparentlyHealthy PeopleDaniel H. Suarez, Antonio J. Paragano, RogelioMachado, Ricardo J. Esper, Diego J. Cordero, Pablo M.Merlo, Antonio D. Abdala. Hospital Militar Central,Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, AR.Reproducibility of Blood Pressure Measurements inAtrial Fibrillation Using a Microlife Blood PressureMonitor Designed to Detect Atrial FibrillationJoseph Wiesel†, 1 Lorenzo Fitzig. 2 1 Lenox Hill Hospital,New York, NY, US and 2 New York Hospital Queens,Flushing, NY, US.Prevalence and Association of Hypertensionwith the Different Components of the MetabolicSyndromeDaniel H Suarez, Antonio J. Paragano, RogelioMachado, Ricardo J. Esper, Diego J. Cordero, Pablo M.Merlo, Antonio D. Abdala. Hospital Militar Central,Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, AR.Long-Term Projections of Home Use of a MicrolifeBlood Pressure Monitor Designed to Detect AtrialFibrillationJoseph Wiesel†, Saji Abraham, Frank C. Messineo.Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, US.1 Pathobiology Track 2 Translational Track 3 Therapy Track158