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Scientific Programme Friday, May 23, 2003
14.00–16.00 Auditorium III
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Oral Session: Cardiovascular Topics: PFO and IMT
Chairs: J.L. Mas, France and N. Futrell, USA
14.00–14.10 Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion to prevent stroke in
patients with atrial fibrillation: early and mid-term results
S.H.U. Ostermayer, M. Reschke, T. Trepels, K. Billinger, M. Lesh, T. Nakai,
H. Sievert, Cardiovascular Center Bethanien, Germany
14.10–14.20 Association between right-to-left shunts and brain lesions in sport
divers
T. Gerriets, K. Tetzlaff, A. Hutzelmann, T. Liceni, G. Kopiske, N. Struck,
M. Reuter, M. Kaps, Justus-Liebig University, Germany
14.20–14.30 Differential stroke pattern on diffusion MRI among PFO patients with
and without atrioseptal aneurysm
E. Santamarina, C.A.Molina, J.F. Arenillas, J. Montaner, M. Ribo, R. Huertas,
J. Alvarez-Sabin, A. Rovira, E. Grive, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Spain
14.30–14.40 Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale for secondary prevention
of TIAs and strokes: acute results and follow up in 597 patients
K. Billinger, M. Reschke, T. Trepels, S. Ostermayer, E. Zadan, K. Horvath,
H. Sievert, Cardiovascular Center Bethanien, Germany
14.40–14.50 Atrial fibrillation following catheter closure of interatrial
communications: single centre experience in 1,184 patients
T. Trepels, S. Ostermayer, K. Billinger, H. Sievert, Cardiovascular Center
Bethanien, Germany
14.50–15.00 Patent foramen ovale with presumed paradoxical embolism:
percutaneous closure or antithrombotic therapy?
V. Thijs, M. Schrooten, W. Budts, UZ Leuven, Belgium
15.00–15.10 Magnitude of intracranial artery disease in severe coronary heart
disease patients
J.I. Tembl, M.A. Arnau, A. Lago, E. Fages, I. Boscá, A. Osa, M. Palencia,
Hospital Universitari La Fe Valencia, Spain