Cardionephrology, an emerging discipline: highlights of the Sixth Genoa Meeting on Hypertension, Diabetes and Renal Disease

The Sixth Genoa Meeting on Hypertension, Diabetes and Renal Disease was held in Genoa, Italy from February 22–24, 2007. The meeting was cosponsored by the American Society of Nephrology, under the auspice of several Italian and international societies in the renal cardiovascular and metabolic areas, and involved more than 350 participants. The meeting provided up-to-date information regarding the tight link between cardiovascular and renal disease, and aimed at enhancing cardio–renal health education among those who study and manage the broad spectrum of kidney–heart disease. The event has grown rapidly in attendance and in scientific quality over the past few years, and thanks to its top-level faculty, it has now become an essential meeting for clinicians and researchers in this field. Herein, we report highlights of the data presented at the meeting.