Sessions
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ? Sutton South ? Second Floor
Advocating for Adherence to Better Control Hypertension
Held in Partnership with the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA)
Co-Chairs: Nancy Artinian， PhD， RN， Detroit， MI and Barry L. Carter， PharmD， Iowa City， IA
4:30 PM Enhancing Adherence in Ethically-Diverse Populations Gbenga Ogedegbe， MD， MPH， MS， FASH， New York，NY and Antoinette Schoenthaler， EdD， New York， NY
4:52 PM From Adherence to Advocacy: The Need to Reduce Sodium Suzanne Hughes， RN， MSN， Akron， OH
5:14 PM Adherence and Persistence with Medications:The ASH Position Nancy Houston Miller， RN， BSN， Palo Alto， CA
5:36 PM Practical Tips to Assess and Promote Adherence in Clinical Practice
Lynne T. Braun， PhD， CNP， Chicago， IL

Sessions
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ? Regent Parlor ? Second Floor
Arterial Stiffness: A Paradigm Shift in Understanding the Increased Cardiovascular Risk Associated with Aging and Chronic Disease
Held in Partnership with the Association for Research into Arterial Structure and Physiology (ARTERY) and North American Artery
(NAA)
Co-Chairs: John R. Cockcroft， MD， Cardiff， United Kingdom and Stanley S. Franklin， MD， FASH， Los Angeles， CA
4:30 PM Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Arterial Stiffness and Cardiovascular Disease
John R. Cockcroft， MD
4:52 PM Vasculitides Arterial Stiffness and Cardiovascular Disease Ian B. Wilkinson， MD， Cambridge， United Kingdom
5:14 PM Is Vascular Aging Inevitable? Edward G. Lakatta， MD， Baltimore， MD
5:36 PM Pulse Wave Analysis in Subjects with Chronic Kidney Disease Raymond R. Townsend， MD， Philadelphia， PA

Sessions
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ? Trianon Rendezvous ? Third Floor
Young Investigator-in-Training Abstract Competition
Moderator: Addison A. Taylor， MD， PhD， FASH， Houston， TX Judges: Stephen R. Daniels， MD， PhD， FASH， Aurora， CO， Thomas D. Giles， MD， FASH， New Orleans， LA， Lawrence R. Krakoff， MD， New York， NY， Susanne B. Nicholas， MD， PhD， MPH， Los Angeles， CA， and Myron H. Weinberger， MD， Indianapolis， IN
4:30 PM OR-1: Waist Hip Ratio vs Body Mass Index as Predictors of Endothelial Dysfunction
Arantxa Rodriguez， Rosa Fabregate， Martin Fabregate， Susana Tello， Angelica Fernandez， Asuncion Guerri， Nuria De la Torre， Jose Saban?Ruiz. Ramon y Cajal Hosp