Título |
Ponente |
Tema |
Is elevated resting heart rate an independent predictor of cardiovascular disease? A report from the National FINRISK Study. |
M T Cooney (Dublin, IE) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
Resting heart rate remains a risk factor for CardioVascular (CV) and non-CardioVascular (non-CV) mortality in healthy subjects after adjusting for inflammatory markers. The Copenhagen city heart study. |
M T Jensen (Copenhagen, DK) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
Increased exercise capacity is associated with lower mortality risk in men 70 years and older. |
P Kokkinos (Washington, US) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
Adipokines and coronary heart disease - results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg case-cohort study, 1984-2002. |
M Karakas (Ulm, DE) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
Respective contribution of carotid intima-media thickness and plaques to incident coronary heart disease in community-dwelling elderly. The three-city study. |
M Plichart (Paris, FR) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
Uric acid: an underestimated cardiovascular risk factor. |
G Levantesi (Vasto, IT) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
Population approach in coronary prevention: the method of choice. Pro. |
T Jorgensen (Glostrup, DK) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
Population approach in coronary prevention: the method of choice: Contra. |
G De Backer (Ghent, BE) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
Population versus high-risk approach in cardiovascular prevention. Conclusion. |
C M van Duijn (Rotterdam, NL) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
Genetic screening of coronary predisposition is coming to clinical practice: Pro. |
H Schunkert (Lubeck, DE) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
Genetic screening of coronary predisposition is coming to clinical practice: Contra. |
C M van Duijn (Rotterdam, NL) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
Genetic screening of coronary predisposition is coming to clinical practice: Pro. |
H Schunkert (Lubeck, DE) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
Genetic screening of coronary predisposition is coming to clinical practice: Contra. |
C M van Duijn (Rotterdam, NL) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
Population versus high-risk approach in cardiovascular prevention: Conclusion. |
C M van Duijn (Rotterdam, NL) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
Randomised controlled trial of low dose aspirin in the prevention of cardiovascular events and death in subjects with asymptomatic atherosclerosis.: Discussant. |
C Patrono (Rome, IT) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
A randomized comparison of a clopidogrel high loading and maintenance dose regimen versus standard dose and high versus low dose aspirin in 25,000 patients with acute coronary syndromes: Results of the CURRENT OASIS 7 Trial. |
S R Mehta (Hamilton, CA) |
Ischaemia / ACS / infarction |
CURRENT OASIS 7: Discussant. |
F Van de Werf (Leuven, BE) |
Ischaemia / ACS / infarction |
Comparison of Ticagrelor, the first reversible oral P2Y12 receptor antagonist, with clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes: results of the PLATelet inhibition and patient Outcomes (PLATO) trial. |
L C Wallentin (Uppsala, SE) |
Ischaemia / ACS / infarction |
PLATO: Discussant. |
S D Kristensen (Aarhus N, DK) |
Ischaemia / ACS / infarction |
A randomized trial of dabigatran, a oral direct thrombin inhibitor, compared to warfarin in 18,113 patients with atrial fibrillation at high risk of stroke. |
S J Connolly (Hamilton, CA) |
Arrhythmias / Pacing / Resynchronisation |
A randomized trial of dabigatran, a oral direct thrombin inhibitor, compared to warfarin in 18,113 patients with atrial fibrillation at high risk of stroke.: Discussant. |
A J Camm (London, GB) |
Arrhythmias / Pacing / Resynchronisation |
Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Otamixaban, an Intravenous, Selective Factor Xa Inhibitor for the Treatment of Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: Results of SEPIA-ACS1 TIMI 42. |
M Sabatine (Boston, US) |
Ischaemia / ACS / infarction |
SEPIA-ACS1 TIMI 42: Discussant. |
H D White (Auckland, NZ) |
Ischaemia / ACS / infarction |
Genetics of inflammation and atherosclerosis. |
H Schunkert (Lubeck, DE) |
Vascular biology |
Inflammatory biomarkers and therapeutic implications. |
A C Newby (Bristol, UK) |
Vascular biology |
A patient with persisting fever. |
A Vahanian (Paris, FR) |
Valvular disease |
Endocarditis: coping with the Guidelines: What do the guidelines tell us? |
A Vahanian (Paris, FR) |
Valvular disease |
A deteriorating patient despite appropriate initial treatment choices. |
J L Vachiery (Brussels, BE) |
Pulmonary circulation |
A young lady who is improving but not enough. |
N Galie (Bologna, IT) |
Pulmonary circulation |
What do the Guidelines say? |
N Galie (Bologna, IT) |
Pulmonary circulation |
Treating dyslipidemia. How aggressive should we be? Case 1. |
U Landmesser (Zurich, CH) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
Treating dyslipidemia. How aggressive should we be? Case 2. |
J E Deanfield (London, GB) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
What do the Guidelines say? |
I M Graham (Dublin, IE) |
Epidemiology & prevention |
ESC Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis. |
G Habib (Marseille, FR) |
Valvular disease |
ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension. |
N Galie (Bologna, IT) |
Pulmonary circulation |
ESC Guidelines for preoperative cardiac risk assessment and perioperative cardiac management in non-cardiac surgery. |
D Poldermans (Rotterdam, NL) |
Peripheral circulation/Stroke |
ESC Guidelines for the management of syncope. |
A Moya I Mitjans (Barcelona, ES) |
Arrhythmias / Pacing / Resynchronisation |
Risk stratification and diagnostic strategy in patients with syncope. |
A Moya I Mitjans (Barcelona, ES) |
Arrhythmias / Pacing / Resynchronisation |
Syncope unit: utopia or a necessity. |
M Brignole (Lavagna, IT) |
Arrhythmias / Pacing / Resynchronisation |
Specific aspects of syncope in the elderly: a growing problem. |
A Ungar (Firenze, IT) |
Arrhythmias / Pacing / Resynchronisation |
Future directions in diagnosis and management of syncope. |
D G Benditt (Minneapolis, US) |
Arrhythmias / Pacing / Resynchronisation |
Defining and managing advanced heart failure. |
A Fucili (Ferrara, IT) |
Heart failure / LV dysfunction |
Lessons from the INTERMACS registry. |
K Dickstein (Stavanger, NO) |
Heart failure / LV dysfunction |
Surgical interventions and short-term devices. |
A Pitsis (Thessaloniki, GR) |
Heart failure / LV dysfunction |
Long-term devices and the artificial heart. |
S Westaby (Oxford, GB) |
Heart failure / LV dysfunction |
Circulating endothelial progenitor cells and acute myocardial infarction. |
S Dimmeler (Frankfurt, DE) |
Cardiovascular system (patho)physiology |
Pretreatment of stem cells and recipient tissues. |
K Lunde (Oslo, NO) |
Cardiovascular system (patho)physiology |
Cardiac stem cells. |
D Torella (Catanzaro, IT) |
Cardiovascular system (patho)physiology |
C-reactive protein and other plasma markers, of incremental value in risk prediction. |
W Koenig (Ulm, DE) |
Cardiac cellular biology |
The endothelial surface layer/glycocalyx: an emerging player in vascular health and disease. |
H Vink (Maastricht, NL) |
Cardiac cellular biology |
The impact of early diet and interventions on the vasculature in animal models. |
C Torrens (Southampton, GB) |
Cardiac cellular biology |
Impact of endothelial dysfunction on atherosclerosis development in childhood. |
P Leeson (Oxford, GB) |
Cardiac cellular biology |
B-CONVINCED. Beta-blocker CONtinuation Versus INterruption in patients with Congestive heart failure hospitalizED for a decompensation episode. |
G Jondeau (Paris, FR) |
Heart failure / LV dysfunction |
B-CONVINCED: Discussant. |
K Swedberg (Goteborg, SE) |
Heart failure / LV dysfunction |
BEAUTIFUL: Discussant. |
M Boehm (Homburg/Saar, DE) |
Pharmacology and pharmacotherapy |
Effects of rosuvastatin on atrial fibrillation occurrence: ancillary results of the GISSI-HF trial. |
A P Maggioni (Florence, IT) |
Arrhythmias / Pacing / Resynchronisation |
GISSI-HF: Discussant. |
HJGM Crijns (Maastricht, NL) |
Arrhythmias / Pacing / Resynchronisation |
Heart failure events assessment in the Rosiglitazone Evaluation for Cardiac Outcomes and Regulation of Glycaemia in Diabetes (RECORD). |
M Komajda (Paris, FR) |
Heart failure / LV dysfunction |
Characteristics of patients enrolled in the Predictors of Response to CRT (PROSPECT) trial: comparison of subgroups according to extent of LV reverse remodeling. |
RJ van Bommel (Leiden, NL) |
Arrhythmias / Pacing / Resynchronisation |
PROSPECT: Discussant. |
C Linde (Stockholm, SE) |
Arrhythmias / Pacing / Resynchronisation |
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Induces Major Structural and Functional Reverse Remodeling In Mild Heart Failure. 24 month results of the REVERSE trial. |
S Ghio (Pavia, IT) |
Arrhythmias / Pacing / Resynchronisation |
REVERSE: Discussant. |
J G F Cleland (Kingston upon Hull, GB) |
Arrhythmias / Pacing / Resynchronisation |
Prehospital challenges. |
P M Clemmensen (Copenhagen, DK) |
Ischaemia / ACS / infarction |
Evolving strategies for reperfusion therapy. |
N Danchin (Paris, FR) |
Ischaemia / ACS / infarction |
Optimal antithrombotic therapy. |
L C Wallentin (Uppsala, SE) |
Ischaemia / ACS / infarction |
Late-comers: which options? |
A Abbate (Richmond, US) |
Ischaemia / ACS / infarction |