| 09.00-10.30 |
SYMPOSIUM: Controversial issues in heart failure
Chairmen: F.J. Pinto (Lisboa) - L. Tavazzi (Cotignola - Ravenna)
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| 09.00-09.20 |
Can we change the outcome of patients with acute heart failure?
M. Metra (Brescia)
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| 09.20-09.40 |
When is heart failure with preserved ejection fraction clinically relevant?
T. Gillebert (Ghent)
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| 09.40-10.00 |
When is CRT needed in asymptomatic patients with left ventricular
dysfunction?
C. Linde (Stockholm)
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| 10.00-10.30 |
Discussion
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| 10.30-11.00 |
LECTURE: Update on stem cells
A.M. Zeiher (Frankfurt)
Introduced by T.C. Gillebert (Ghent)
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| 11.00-11.30 |
Coffee break
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| 11.30-12.00 |
HELMUT DREXLER MEMORIAL LECTURE – Non-lipid genes and atherosclerosis
T.F. Lüscher (Zürich)
Introduced by: M. Volpe (Roma)
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| 12.00-13.30 |
SYMPOSIUM: Controversial issues in heart valve diseases
Chairmen: T.C. Gillebert (Ghent) - F.J. Pinto (Lisboa)
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| 12.00-12.20 |
Are statins useful in aortic stenosis?
T.R. Pedersen (Oslo)
|
| 12.20-12.40 |
Percutaneous aortic valve replacement: are we ready?
A. Vahanian (Paris)
|
| 12.40-13.00 |
Surgical treatment of mitral regurgitation: when and how?
M. De Bonis (Milano)
|
| 13.00-13.30 |
Discussion
|
| 13.30-14.00 |
Quick lunch
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| Friday, May 14 - Afternoon |
|
| 14.00-15.00 |
Presentation of clinical cases
Chairmen: E. Conti (Roma) - M. Testa (Roma)
P. Francia (Roma) - G. Tocci (Roma)
|
| 15.00-15.30 |
LECTURE: Circulating microRNA’s as new biomarkers of myocardial infarction
M. Capogrossi (Roma)
Introduced by F. Crea (Roma)
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| 15.30-16.00 |
LECTURE: Update on pulmonary hypertension
N. Galié (Bologna)
Introduced by A. Gaspardone (Roma)
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| 16.00-17.30 |
SYMPOSIUM: Cardiomyopathies: from genes to treatment
Chairmen: C. Autore (Roma) - R. Sinatra (Roma)
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| 16.00-16.20 |
Genetic evaluation of cardiomyopathies
F. Cecchi (Firenze)
|
| 16.20-16.40 |
Genetic evaluation of channelopathies
R. Brugada I Terradellas (Girona)
|
| 16.40-17.00 |
Cardiac regeneration approaches in heart surgery
G. Frati (Roma)
|
| 17.00-17.30 |
Discussion
|
| 17.30-18.00 |
Closing remarks
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