Nordic-Baltic PhD Hypertension Meeting

October 7, 2025
14.30-15.15 Check-in at Ounasvaara Lakituvat Chalets
15.30 Welcome, Sky Hotel Ounasvaara
Maria Hagnäs, President of Finnish Hypertension Society

Session 1: Hypertension Review - Chair: Michael Hecht Olsen, Odense
15.35 Epidemiology of Hypertension in the Nordic Countries / Teemu Niiranen, Turku
15.50 Differences in European hypertension guidelines / Mattias Brunström, Umeå
16.10 Antihypertensive medications - past, present, and future / Sverre Kjeldsen, Oslo
Session 2: Hypertension in primary care - Chair: Maria Hagnäs, Rovaniemi
16.30 Collaboration between primary care and specialized hypertension centers / Lene Halvorsen, Oslo
16.50 Hypertension registries for improving care? / Thomas Kahan, Stockholm
17.10 Sustainable hypertension care / Peter Nilsson, Malmö
17.30-19.00 Leisure time
19.00- Dinner at Sky Hotel
October 8, 2025
9.00 Panel Discussion About the New European Hypertension Guidelines / Daniel Gordin, Helsinki
Session 3: Obesity in hypertension - Chair: Jonas Spaak, Stockholm
9.30 Obesity and hypertension / Kent Lodberg Christensen, Aarhus
9.50 Is BMI as an obesity indicator the best predictor for CVD / Marius Miglinas, Vilnius
10.10 Risk stratification for hypertension – drugs, surgery, or lifestyle? / Michael Hecht Olsen, Copenhagen
10.30-11.00 Coffee break & exhibition
Session 4: Cardiorenal disease and hypertension - Chair: Mattias Brunström, Umeå
11.00 Is there a role for arterial stiffness measurements or wearables in clinical practice / Jonas Spaak, Stockholm
11.20 How do these drugs protect the kidneys? Hans-Peter Marti, Bergen
11.40 Renovascular hypertension / Mark Reinhard, Aarhus
12.00-13.00 Lunch & exhibition
Session 5: Abstract sessions
13.00-15.00 Pitching/ Auditorio Chair: Daniel Gordin and Jukka Putaala
One slide 5 minutes/ Kuksa Chair: Teemu Niiranen
Oral presentation/ Kaamos Chair: Annika Lindroos and Ilkka Kantola
15.00-15.15 Three-minute pitch competition - Chair: Daniel Gordin and Jukka Putaala
15.15- Leisure time
19.00- Transition to dinner venue

October 9, 2025

Session 6: Diagnostics - Chair: Teemu Niiranen, Turku
9.00 Office, home, and ambulatory blood pressure in diagnosing hypertension / Tine Willum Hansen, Copenhagen
9.20 Antihypertensive effects of “new” cardiorenal drugs / Daniel Gordin, Helsinki
9.40 Diagnosing vascular disease in hypertensive patients - when and how? / Anders Gottsäter, Malmö
Session 7: Aldosterone in hypertension - Chair: Peter Nilsson, Malmö
10.10 Diagnosing primary hyperaldosteronism / Pasi Nevalainen, Tampere
10.30 Aldosterone antagonists in hypertension care / Ilkka Kantola, Turku
10.50 Inhibition of aldosterone synthase - a novel treatment option? / Annika Lindroos, Turku
11.10 Adjourn & Check-out from rooms
11.30 Lunch

Changes in the program may occur.