Abstract
The Eighth European Meeting on Hypertension, held in Milan, Italy, was attended by approximately 4000 people. The programme consisted of 120 presentations, 337 poster sessions, 6 invited lectures/debates (endothelin antagonists; cardiac renin-angiotensin system; cancer and hypertension; adducin; angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism; pulse pressure) and 2 plenary sessions on ‘sleep apnea and hypertension’ and ‘treatment of hypertension in the elderly’.