Considering the wide range of diseases which result in Pulmonary Hypertension, nowadays it's believed that the specialists of different medical fields such as pulmonology, cardiology, rheumatology, and kidney disease need to unite in joint conferences and exchange their knowledge on various aspects of the illness so as to get the updates and also share useful knowledge with each other. Hence, Tuberculosis & Lung Research Center of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences is going to hold the "First National Hypertension Symposium" from 11 to 12 June, 2015.
Enjoying sincere collaboration of national professors and attendance of such prominent scholars as the members of American Pulmonary Hypertension Association (APHA), the Executive Committee seeks to improve the scientific status of Pulmonary Studies among Iranian scholars and professors. It is also so rewarding to announce that this Congress is a biennial event and will regularly be held in Tabriz now on.
General and main conference topics of the First National Hypertension Symposium include:
1. Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension
2. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Associated with Congenital Heart Disease
3. Portopulmonary Hypertension (POPH)
4. Thromboendarderectomy
5. Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) Associated with Left Heart Disease
6. Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH)
7. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Connective Tissue Diseases (PAHCTD)
8. Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Pulmonary Disease