Appendix 1: Preliminary program
2nd International Cardionephrology and Hypertension Congress “Cardionephrology Today”
Nis, Serbia, May 7-9, 2015
Thursday, 07.05.2015
08:00 – 11:00
Registration of participants
11:00 – 11:30
Plenary lecture: Cardionephrology today
Prof. Dr. Mario Timio
11:30 – 12:30
Mini symposium
Prof. Dr. Stevan Ilic, Prof. Dr. Radovan Hojs, Prof. Dr. Sonja Radenkovic,
Prof.Dr.Marina Deljanin Illic
Cardionephrology in everyday clinical practice - differences in approach and
problems
12:30 – 13:30
Education seminar
Prof. Dr. Gordana Kocic, Assist. Dr. Dijana Stojanovic
Diagnostics of associated heart disease and kidney – challenges and dilemmas
13:30 – 15:00
Lunch break
15:00 – 16:45
Poster Session I (5 minutes per presentation)
16:45 – 17:30
Plenary lecture: Cardiorenal anemia syndrome and role of intravenous iron in its
treatment
Prof. Dr. Donald Silverberg
17:30 – 18:45
Opening ceremony and concert
18:45 – 19:15
Welcome cocktail reception
Friday, 08.05.2015
Session I: Ethiopathogenetic, diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic aspects of cardiorenal syndrome
type 1
08:30 – 08:45
Prof. Dr. Milan Pavlovic
Acute heart failure and renal dysfunction
08:45 – 09:00
Prof. Dr. Rok Accetto
Hypertensive crisis and acute dysfunction of the heart and kidneys
09:15 – 09:30
Prof. Dr. Sonja Radenkovic
Use of diuretics in the treatment of primarily generated cardiorenal syndrome - new
light on an old problem
09:30 – 9:45
Assist. Prof. Nebojsa Despotovic
Why is age an independent risk factor in prognosis of acute cardiorenal syndrome?
09:45 – 10:00
Assist. Prof. Sebastjan Bevc
Renal function and percutaneous coronary interventions
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10:00 – 10:10
Discussion
Session II: Chronic heart failure and kidney
10:10 – 10:30
Prof. Dr. Claudio Ronco
Ethiopathogenic aspects of renal dysfunction in chronic heart failure
10:30 – 10:50
Assist.Prof. Natasa Markovic Nikolic
The specificity of the echocardiographic findings in patients with cardiorenal syndrome
10:50 – 11:10
Prof. Dr. Branislav Milovanovic
Functional diagnostics of the autonomic nervous system in primary heart disease
11:10 – 11:20
Discussion
11:20 – 11:30
Break
Session III: Acute kidney injury and heart
11:30 – 11:50
Prof. Dr. Sinisa Dimkovic
New aspects of the ethiopathogenesis of cardiac damage in acute renal injury
11:50 – 12:10
Prof. Dr. Tanja Cvetkovic
The importance of acute kidney damage markers in the assessment of the risk of
secondary alteration of the heart
12:10 – 12:30
Prof. Dr. Peter Kotanko
Cardiovascular events in patients with acute renal injury treated on hemodialysis
12:30 – 12:50
Prof.Dr. Jadranka Buturovic Ponikvar
Acute kidney injury in renal transplant recipients and risk factors
12:50 – 13:00
Discussion
13:00 – 14 :00
Poster Session II (5 minutes per presentation)
14:00- 14:45
Lunch break
Session IV: Innovations in the treatment of cardiovascular damage in acute and chronic kidney
disease
14 :45 – 15:05
Prof. Dr. Dragan Djuric
The role of L-arginine / NO system and folic acid in the protection of heart and vascular
structures in patients with chronic renal failure
15:05 – 15:25
Prof. Dr. Suncica Petrovska
Cardioprotection and vascular protection with estrogen in women with chronic renal
diseases - physiological and molecular mechanisms
15:25 – 15:45
Prof. Dr. Volker Wizemann
Composition of the dialysate as an important factor in the CVS damages prevention and
treatment in patients on chronic dialysis
15:45 – 16:05
Prof. Dr. Rafeal Ponikvar
Vascular approaches for hemodialysis and cardiovascular complications
16:05 – 16:25
Prof. Dr. Milica Prostran
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The place and role of new oral anticoagulants in the treatment of atrial fibrillation in
patients with end stage chronic renal disease
16:25 – 16:35
Discussion
16:35 – 16:45
Break
16:45 – 17:45
Educative Seminar
Prof. Dr. Sonja Radenković, Prof. Dr. Isidro Vilacosta, Prof. Dr. Radmila Velickovic
Radovanovic
Emergencies and cardiorenal damage - ethiopathogenic, diagnostic and therapeutic
aspects
17:45– 18:15
Plenary lecture : Hemodynamic changes in dialysis patients as a predictor of heart
damage
Prof.Dr.Rafael Ponikvar
Saturday, 09.05.2015
Session V: Diabetes, obesity and cardiorenal damage
08:30 – 08:45
Prof. Dr. Radovan Hojs
Obesity and kidney
08:45 – 09:00
Prof. Dr. Slobodan Antic
Subclinical damage of the kidney and the heart in diabetes mellitus
09:00 – 09:15
Dr. Sci. med. Zorica Rasic
Albuminuria - a cause or a consequence of cardiorenal damage in patients with
metabolic syndrome
09: 15 – 09:30
Prof. Dr. Robert Ekart
Peritoneal dialysis in patients with diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular
complications
09:30 – 9:45
Assist.Prof. Branka Mitic
09:45 – 10:00
Discussion
Specifics of cardiovascular damage in diabetic nephropathy
Session VI: The role of hypertension in the continuation and progression of cardiorenal damage
10:00 – 10:30
Prof. Dr. Bernard Weber
Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system–pathophysiological aspects and clinical
implications in renal and cardiovascular damages
10:30 – 10:50
Prof. Dr. Alexander Rosenkranz
Predictive factors of renal dysfunction in arterial hypertension
10:50 – 11:10
Prof. Dr. Jadranka Buturovic Ponikvar
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Renovascular disease and its role in cardiovascular events
11:10 – 11:30
Dr. Sci.med. Gordana Pekovic Perunicic
Albuminuria significance in patients with arterial prehypertension and
hypertension as a cause of possible cardiorenal damage
11:30 – 11:40
Discussion
11:40- 11:55
Break
11:55 – 12:45
Mini symposium
Prof. Dr. Stevan Ilic, Prof. Dr. Mileta Poskurica, Massimo Volpe
Are we on a path of a new therapeutic possibilities in breaking the chain of
cardiorenal continuum?
Session VII: Hyperuricemia syndrome and cardiorenal damages
12:45 – 13:15
Prof. Dr. Claudio Ronco
Hyperuricemia syndrome - patophysiology and therapy
13:15 – 13:35
Prof. Dr. Sonja Radenkovic
Significance of asymptomatic hyperuricemia in the development and progression of
cardiorenal damage
13:35 – 13:55
Prof. Dr. Gordana Kocic
Circulating purine nucleotides, uric acid and oxidative stress in arterial hypertension
13:55 – 14:10
Discussion
14:10 – 15:10
Mini symposium
Prof. Dr. Radovan Hojs, Prof. Dr. Luca Di Lullo
What has changed in the understanding of clinical modalities of cardiorenal
syndrome from the cardiologists and nephrologists perspective?
15:10 – 16:10
Poster session III (5 minutes per presentation)
16:10 – 16:55
Verifying of acquired knowledge (Test)
16:55 – 17:25
Conclusions and closing of Congress
17:25 – 18:00
Certificates award ceremony
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