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Presentations from Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine meeting 2008 now available

Powerpoints and audio from selected presentations at the meeting can be viewed at:

Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine meeting, Melbourne 19 & 20 July 2008

Institute staff presentations available include:

• Alan Cass - Strategies for improving vascular health among Indigenous Australians
• Fiona Turnbull - Are there differential effects of blood pressure-lowering drugs in man?
• Jacqui Webster - A new life for less salt
• John Chalmers - Advances from ADVANCE for patients with T2D: Rationale, study design & population
• Bruce Neal - Advances from ADVANCE for patients with T2D: Blood pressure lowering main results
• Bastiaan de Galan - Advances from ADVANCE for patients with T2D: Blood pressure lowering renal results
• Stephen MacMahon - Advances from ADVANCE for patients with T2D: Glucose lowering main results