Programme

Wednesday, 10th Oct.
08:00 - 10:00 Registration
10:00 - 10:15 Opening Ceremony: M. Hilz (EFAS), I. Biaggioni (AAS),
W. Grisold (OEGN), H. Lahrmann (Congress President)
Main Topic I: Stroke and ANS Disorders -
Advances in Pathophysiology of ANS Disorders
  Chairs: S Schwab (Germany) & I Biaggioni (USA)
10:15 - 10:45 Stroke and ANS disorders
G Micieli
Pavia, Italy
10:45 - 11:00 Molecular mechanisms of reciprocal dysautonomia
V Snitsarev, Z Tan, Y Lu, R Sabharwal, MW Chapleau,
FM Abboud
Iowa City, IA, USA
11:00 - 11:15 Autonomic/baroreflex phenotypes in a novel mouse model of spontaneous congestive heart failure
R Sabharwal, RM Weiss, HM Stauss, CD Sigmund, FM Abboud,
MW Chapleau
Iowa City, IA, USA
11:15 - 11:30 Pressor effect of water: role of the vanilloid receptor TRPv1
NR Keller, J McHugh, M Appalsamy, J Jordan, SR Raj, D Robertson
Nashville, TN, USA
11:30 - 11:45 Sympathetic - vascular transduction in POTS
I Bonyhay, J Chang, R Freeman
Boston, MA, USA
11:45 - 12:00 Cerebral white matter lesions in pure autonomic failure – age related or effect of treatment?
W Struhal, H Lahrmann, CJ Mathias
Linz, Austria
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch and
Poster Session I
13:30 - 14:00 C. Bernard Lecture:
ANS in long distance endurance competitions
O. Appenzeller
Albuquerque, NM, USA
   
Main Topic II: ANS and Exercise - Advances in Therapy
  Chairs: J Jordan (Germany) & O Appenzeller (USA)
14:00 - 14:30 New thoughts about cardiovascular regulation during exercise
B Levine
Dallas, TX, USA
14:30 - 14:45 Short-term exercise training normalizes vasomotor sympathetic responses to upright tilt in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
Q Fu, TB VanGundy, S Shibata, JL Hastings, MD Palmer, BD Levine
Dallas, TX, USA
14:45 - 15:00 FMS Penaz-Wesseling Travel Fellowship Award
Heart rate response to exercise in adolescents with autonomic dysfunction
BEU Burkhardt, PT Pianosi, C Brands, CJ Porter, AL Weaver, PR Fischer
Rochester, MN, USA
15:00 - 15:15 Interval hypoxic training improves autonomic cardiovascular and respiratory control in COPD patients
T Haider, G Casucci, T Linser, M Faulhaber, H Gatterer, I Ehrenbourg, M Burtscher, L Bernardi
Innsbruck, Austria
15:15 - 15:30 Autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy: IgG effects on ganglionic synaptic transmission
Z Wang, PA Low,
S Vernino
Dallas, TX, USA
15:30 - 15:45 Norepinephrine transporter blockade and alpha-2 antagonism have a synergistic effect on blood pressure in autonomic failure
C Shibao, A Gamboa, SR Raj,
LE Okamoto, BK Black, D Robertson,
I Biaggioni
Nashville, TN, USA
15:45 - 16:00 Combination immunomodulatory therapy for autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy
CH Gibbons, SA Vernino, R Freeman
Boston, MA, USA
16:00 - 16:30 Break
16:30 - 17:00 FMS Lecture
Cardiac autonomic nervous modulation and baroreflex-sensitivity during specific sleep stages after acute myocardial infarction
H Bonnemeier

Lübeck, Germany
   
Main Topic III: Sleep & Integrated Physiology
  Chairs: R Hainsworth (UK) & F Axelrod (USA)
17:00 - 17:30 Sleep and ANS
M Hilz
Erlangen, Germany
17:30 - 17:45 Sleep-dependent changes in the control of heart rhythm in human subjects
A Silvani, D Grimaldi, G Pierangeli, G Barletta, S Vandi, F Provini, R Vetrugno, P Montagna, G Zoccoli, P Cortelli
Bologna, Italy
17:45 - 18:00 Sympathetic activation with voluntary apnea in elite divers
K Heusser, G Dzamonja, J Tank, I Palada, Z Valic, D Bakovic, A Obad, V Ivancev, A Diedrich, MJ Joyner, J Jordan, Z. Dujic
Berlin, Germany
18:00 - 18:15 Disturbed sleep and quality of life in patients with postural tachycardia syndrome
SR Raj, I Biaggioni, BA Malow, BK Black, JF Ling III, SY Paranjape, MG Farley, D Robertson
Nashville, TN, USA
18:15 - 18:30 Relationship of sympathetic nerve activity and cardiac output in older humans
N Charkoudian, LA Sokolnicki, CP Johnson, JH Eisenach, TB Curry, MJ Joyner, BG Wallin
Rochester, MN, USA
   
19:00 Welcome reception and Concert at Palais Ferstel
   

Thursday, 11th Oct.
Main Topic IV: Syncope and Drug-Induced OH
  Chairs: S Raj (USA) & J-M Senard (France)
09:00 - 09:30 Dopaminergic Therapy and Dysautonomia in Parkinson's Disease
J-M Sénard
Toulouse, France
09:30 - 09:45 Levodopa ingestion and metabolism in patients with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease
F Adams, M Boschmann, E Lobsien, A Lipp, G Franke, MC Leisse, S Gottschalk, J Spranger, A Kupsch,
J Jordan
Berlin, Germany
09:45 - 10:00 Susceptibility to vasoactive drugs in syndromes with pre- and postganglionic sympathetic denervation
A Lipp, P Sandroni, J Gehrking, PA Low
Berlin, Germany
10:00 - 10:15 AAS Travel Fellowship Award
Eyewitness account of transient loss of consciousness: clue or pitfall?
RD Thijs, WA Wagenaar, W Wieling, JG van Dijk
Leiden, The Netherlands
10:15 - 10:30 Decrease in splanchnic resistance contributes to the mechanism of simple faint
I Taneja, JL Glover, MS Medow, JM Stewart
Valhalla, NY, USA
10:30 - 10:45 Supine splanchnic compression enhances cardiovascular recovery from orthostatic hypotension in familial dysautonomia patients
MJ Hilz, EC Ehmann, H Marthol, R Baltasdzhieva, S Moeller, FB Axelrod, D Berlin, T Haendl
New York, NY, USA & Erlangen, Germany
10:45 - 11:00 Orthostatic stress activates coagulation: a novel physiologic mechanism for hypercoagulation
M Masoud, G Sarig, B Brenner, G Jacob
Haifa, Israel
11:00 - 11:30 Novartis Lecture - Chair: F Skrabal (Austria)
Modern antihypertensive drugs - better control of arrhythmia?
A Podczeck-Schweighofer
Vienna, Austria
DAVID H. P. STREETEN SESSION
11:30 - 12:15 Streeten Lecture
POTS: Deconditioning, pseudodeconditioning, both or neither
M Joyner
Rochester, MN, USA
12:15 - 12:30 Streeten Travel Fellowship Award
Impact of spinal cord injury on emotion and autonomic function: an exploratory brain functional magnetic resonance imaging study
A Nicotra, HD Critchley, RJ Dolan, CJ Mathias
London, UK
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch and Poster Session II
EFAS Board Meeting (at Style Hotel)
   
Main Topic V: Autonomic Failure In Parkinsonism
  Chairs: C Mathias (UK) & P Low (USA)
14:00 - 14:30 Neuropathologic basis of autonomic manifestations of multiple system atrophy and Lewy body disorders
E Benarroch
Rochester, MN, USA
14:30 - 14:45 Autonomic indices as predictors of worse outcome in multiple system atrophy and Parkinson’s disease: a preliminary report
A Lipp, P Sandroni, JE Ahlskog, TL Gehrking, RD Fealey, J Gehrking, KK Nickander, D Sletten, W Singer, DM Maraganore, CM Shults, PA Low
Berlin, Germany
14:45 - 15:00 Is Parkinson disease with neurocirculatory failure associated with generalized dysautonomia? Results of neurochemical and neuropharmacologic testing
Y Sharabi, R Imrich, BA Eldadah, C Holmes, S Pechnik, DS Goldstein
Bethesda, MD, USA
15:00 - 15:30 Chelsea Lecture
A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study to determine the efficacy and safety of droxidopa in the treatment of orthostatic hypotension associated with multiple system atrophy or Parkinson’s disease

CJ Mathias, JM Senard, P Cortelli
London, UK
15:30 - 16:00 Novartis Lecture - Chair: W Grisold (Austria)
Nonmotor symptoms in Parkinson's disease
W Gerschlager
Vienna, Austria
16:00 - 16:30 Break
   
Main Topic VI: ANS and the Perception of Music
  Chairs: E Altenmüller (Germany) & T Chelimsky (USA)
16:30 - 16:55 Music or noise: different effects on the ANS
J-L Elghozi
Paris, France
16:55 - 17:15 The importance of silence in music: effects on the ANS
L Bernardi, C Porta, P Sleight
Pavia, Italy
17:15 - 17:30 Classical music inducing negative emotions decreases cardiovagal modulation in young healthy persons
MJ Hilz, S Wong, S Buechner, B Stemper, MHM Lee, T Gryc, J Nath,
L Habib-Romstöck, P Stadler
Erlangen, Germany
17:30 - 19:00 AAS Board Meeting (at Style Hotel)
   
20:00 Gala Dinner at the City Hall of Vienna
  Allergan Lecture with Music Performance
Emotional effects of music and its impact on the autonomic nervous system: the "chill effect"!
E Altenmüller
Hannover, Germany
   

Friday, 12th Oct.
07:30 - 08:30 CAR Editorial Board Meeting
Main Topic VII: ANS and Cardio-Respiratory Control
  Chairs: E Benarroch (USA) & H Lahrmann (Austria)
09:00 - 09:30 Respiratory autonomic regulation
J Paton
London, UK
09:30 - 09:45 Ventilatory drive in patients with multiple system atrophy
A Lipp, P Sandroni, B Johnson, PA Low, E Benarroch
Berlin, Germany
09:45 - 10:00 Altered control of cerebral circulation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an early sign of functional cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction
L Bernardi, G Casucci, T. Haider, E Brandstätter, E Pocceco, I Ehrenbourg, M Burtscher
Pavia, Italy
10:00 - 10:15 Role of substance P in the sympathetic activation in postural tachycardia syndrome
SR Raj, MV Dzurik, I Biaggioni, BK Black, PA Harris, D Robertson
Nashville, TN, USA
10:15 - 10:30 Pharmacological actions of arginine are not consistent with synthesis of nitric oxide
WT Talman, JE Langasek
Iowa City, IA, USA
10:30 - 11:00 Break
AAS General Assembly
   
Main Topic VIII: New Developments in Autonomic Testing -
From FFT to Wavelet and Beyond
  Chairs: L Bernardi (Italy) & S Carvalho (Portugal)
11:00 - 11:20 HRV analysis and Fourier transform
A Diedrich
Nashville, TN, USA
11:20 - 11:40 Application of wavelet analysis to HRV data
I Rocha
Lisbon, Portugal
11:45 - 12:00 Evaluation of a novel non model driven assessment of cardiac autonomic activity: reinnervation after human heart transplantation
R Schondorf, J Benoit, M Genoulaz, MJ Lafitte, L Bernardi
Monteal, Quebec, Canada
12:00 - 12:15 QDIRT: quantitative direct and indirect testing of sudomotor function
CH Gibbons, J Centi, B Illigens, R Freeman
Boston, MA, USA
12:15 - 12:30 Recovery by microdialysis of norepinephrine from interstitial fluids and retrorecovery of salicylate is not primarily determined by membrane permeability
PJ van Gurp, HA Ross, JWM Lenders, JJ Willemsen, CJ Tack, FCGJ Sweep
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch and
Poster Session III
13:00 - 14:00

BMEYE Satellite Symposium
Integrative Physiology in Cardiovascular Medicine: Back to Basics and Beyond

The differential effects of hyperventilation on blood pressure regulation in the normal and the failing circulation
RD Thijs
Lieden, The Netherlands

Bedside medicine: symptoms and signs of syncope
W Wieling
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

   
Main Topic IX: Microgravity & POTS
  Chairs: D Robertson (USA) & W Talman (USA)
14:00 - 14:25 Cardiovascular and fluid volume control in microgravity
P Norsk
Copenhagen, Denmark
14:25 - 14:45 Sympathetic neural control of blood pressure in microgravity
T Mano
Gifu, Japan
14:45 - 15:00 Effect of vestibular impairment on cerebral blood flow response to dynamic roll tilt
JM Serrador, GS Gopalakrishnan, FO Black, LA Lipsitz, SJ Wood
Boston, MA, USA
15:00 - 15:15 Does respiratory entrainment prevent motion sickness?
A Voustianiouk, L Norcliffe-Kaufmann, M Dai, B Cohen, H Kaufmann
New York, NY, USA
15:15 - 15:30 G-Protein coupled receptor antibodies in postural orthostatic tachycardia patients
J Tank, K Heusser, A Diedrich, FC Luft, G Wallukat, J Jordan
Berlin, Germany
15:30 - 15:45 Melatonin attenuates tachycardia in postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
SR Raj, I Biaggioni, BK Black, PA Harris, D Robertson
Nashville, TN, USA
15:45 - 16:00 'Early' vs 'late' postural tachycardia syndrome: is there a hemodynamic significance?
KA Mayuga, K Butters, F Fouad-Tarazi
Cleveland, OH, USA
16:00 - 16:30 Break
EFAS General Assembly
   
Main Topic X: Pain & Peripheral Neuropathies
  Chairs: R Freeman (USA) & P Cortelli (Italy)
16:30 - 17:00 The autonomic face of migraine
P Cortelli
Bologna, Italy
17:00 - 17:15 Modeling the role of peripheral neuropathy on wound healing
CH Gibbons, B Illigens, J Centi, N Wang, R Freeman
Boston, MA, USA
17:15 - 17:30 Autonomic dysreflexia, more than just the sympathetic nervous system?
JT Groothuis, GA Rongen, J Deinum, ACH Geurts, P Smits, MTE Hopman
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
17:30 - 17:45 The immediate effects of IV beta-blockade on cardiac sympathetic nerve activity in the conscious sheep model
DL Jardine, CJ Charles
Christchurch, New Zealand
17:45 - 18:00 How do QSART and skin biopsy correlate in small fiber neuropathy?
KR Chemali, K Anis, N Chemali, L Zhou
Cleveland, OH, USA
   
18:00 Concluding Remarks & Farewell
   

Saturday, 13th Oct.
Postcongress teaching course:
Venue: Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna
  M. Hilz (Germany), H. Lahrmann (Austria), W. Struhal (Austria)
09:00 - 13:00 The autonomic laboratory: Indications, standard tests, interpretation of results and common pitfalls.
 

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