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(Hypertension. 2005;46:182.)
© 2005 American Heart Association, Inc.

Introduction to the Fifth International Workshop on Structure and Function of Large Arteries

From the Ochsner Clinic Foundation (E.D.F.), New Orleans, La; and Centre de Diagnostic Hôpital Hôtel Dieu (M.E.S.), Paris, France.

Correspondence to Edward D. Frohlich, MD, Alton Ochsner Distinguished Scientist, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, 1516 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121. E-mail efrohlich@ochsner.org

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From February 3 through February 5, 2005, the Fifth International Workshop on Structure and Function of Large Arteries was held in Paris. As with the preceding Workshops, the program and participants were a resounding success and, as organizers of the Workshop, we are delighted with the attendance, the presentations, discussions, and, especially, with the manuscripts that were contributed for publication in this issue of Hypertension. The proceedings of the past 3 (of the 4) Paris workshops were also published in this journal, and we are particularly pleased with the responses of those many new workers in this field who have been stimulated and contributed to the extant knowledge in this growing field. With much satisfaction, since publication of these workshops, the number of papers dealing with this subject cited in PubMed has increased remarkably. Evidence of worldwide interest clearly reflects the remarkable stimulus of the Parisian workers in this field and the obvious impact made by publication of these workshops (Figure). This does not minimize the fundamental conceptual and technical developments in this field by others, but this figure reflects the impact made by these 4 Workshops. In addition, the stimulus is no doubt exacerbated by the contemporary interest generated by the vast problem of isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly and the convergence of each of these events. Furthermore, we are most grateful to Servier Pharmaceuticals for their unrestricted educational support for each of these Workshops.

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