General Information

September 23 (Thur) - 26 (Sun), 2010

Centennial Hall Kyushu University School of Medicine
(3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan, Tel: +81-92-642-5371）

Multiscale, multiphysics approach to cardiovascular disease
-from risk factors to end-stage heart failure-

Cardiac function
Muscle physiology
Hemodynamics
Coronary circulation
Cardiovascular modeling
Cardiovascular imaging
Vascular function
Renin angiotensin system
Kidney
Cardiovascular regulation
Genome-wide association study
Arrhythmia
Therapy

This conference will be participated by clinicians and basic researchers, specializing mainly in cardiovascular system, as well as biophysicists, mathematicians and biomedical engineers in order to discuss cardiovascular diseases from a wide variety of different scales and perspectives. The main theme of the forthcoming conference is "Multiscale, multiphysics approach to cardiovascular disease -from risk factors to end-stage heart failure-". Multiscale in this context refers to the different hierarchical studies focused on a broad range of issues from minute molecules to biological systems. Multiphysics, on the other hand, indicates not only research focused solely on the characteristics of genes or proteins as a substance, but also research targeting a variety of physical quantities, including mechanical dynamics and electrical phenomena. Hypertension is one of the most common cardiovascular disorders and represents the leading risk factor in the development of cardiovascular events. The pathogenesis, however, has yet to be resolved. Also, it is still not yet fully understood what mechanism causes hypertension to evolve into the risk factor of cardiovascular events. In addition, the progression from high blood pressure to heart failure is a process of an abnormal system with multiple factors intertwined in a complex manner, but its mechanism is still unknown. In this conference, we urge experts in various fields from Japan and abroad to thoroughly discuss such important issues from as broad a perspective as possible.

The Secretariat of 19th International Conference of
the Cardiovascular System Dynamics Society (CSDS2010)
E-mail: csds19@n-practice.co.jp
TEL: +81-6-6131-8118 FAX: +81-6-6203-6730