2010 Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition 2010 Annual ...

MAY 3SessionsMonday morning10:00 AM – 11:15 AM • Mercury Ballroom1 Renal Mechanisms of HypertensionChairs: Oscar A. Carretero, MD, Detroit, MI andL. Gabriel Navar, PhD, New Orleans, LAOriginal Communications10:00 AM OR-25: Close Relationship between Albuminuriaand Circulating Soluble Receptor for AdvancedGlycation End Products in HypertensionK. Dimitriadis, C. Tsioufis, D. Syrseloudis, C.Thomopoulos, A. Mazaraki, A. Miliou, D. Tousoulis,C. Stefanadis. First Cardiology Clinic, University ofAthens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, GR.10:15 AM OR-26: A Genetic Variation in Human Salt-Inducible Kinase 1 Increases Cell Sodium Transportand Confers Susceptibility to High Blood Pressureand Increases in Left Ventricular MassSergej Popov, 1 Angela M. Silveira, 2 Kei Kamide, 3Sachiko Matsumoto, 3 Dick Wågsäter, 2 Fabio Sanchez, 1Yoshihiro Kokubo, 4 Tomonori Okamura, 4 YuheiKawano, 3 Ann-Christine Syvänen, 5 ToshiyukiMiyata, 3 Anders Hamsten, 2 Olle Melander, 6 AlejandroM. Bertorello†. 1 1 Membrane Signaling Networks,Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Department ofMedicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SE;2 Cardiovascular Genetics, Atherosclerosis ResearchUnit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet,Stockholm, SE; 3 Department of Hypertension andNephrology, National Cardiovascular Center ResearchInstitute, Osaka, JP; 4 Department of PreventiveCardiology, National Cardiovascular Center ResearchInstitute, Osaka, JP; 5 Molecular Medicine, Departmentof Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SEand 6 Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University,Lund, SE.10:30 AM OR-27: A Novel Designer Natriuretic Peptidewith Potent Blood Pressure Lowering and CardiacUnloading Properties in a Model of AcuteHypertensionPaul M. McKie, Alessandro Cataliotti, S. JesonSangaralingham, Horng H. Chen, Guido Boerrigter,John C. Burnett, Jr. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, US.10:45 AM What the Hypertension Specialist Should KnowAbout Renal Sympathetic NervesGerald F. DiBona, MD, Iowa City, IA1 Pathobiology Track 2 Translational Track 3 Therapy Track86