Final Programme - World Heart Federation

tuesday, 20 May 2008
huang he - yelloW Pavillion - 10:30-12:00
Symposium
nuCleaR CaRdiology 2008
Chairs: Alia Abdelfattah (EGYPT), Angel Sandrin (ARGENTINA)
10:30 Molecular imaging
Barry Zaret (UNITED STATES)
10:48 utility of images of the evaluation of vulnerable asymptomatic patients
George Beller (UNITED STATES)
11:06 Pharmacological stress: New agents
Manuel Cerqueira (UNITED STATES)
11:24 Complementary techniques: Computed tomography and nuclear medicine
Ernest Garcia (UNITED STATES)
11:42 Coronary artery disease: Do women constitute a special group?
Joao Vitola (BRAZIL)
uPdate on mitRal ReguRgitation
Chairs: Marcia Barbosa(BRAZIL), Carlos Nojek (ARGENTINA)
10:30 Asymptomatic mitral regurgitation, intervene or wait?
TBD
10:52 Mitral valve reconstruction: What have we learned during the past 40 years?
David Adams(UNITED STATES)
11:14 Percutaneous repair of mitral regurgitation
William E. Cohn E. (UNITED STATES)
11:36 Three-dimensional echo evaluation of mitral regurgitation
Bernhard Mumm (GERMANY)
euPhRates - oChRe Pavillion - 10:30-12:00
Symposium
ganges - gReen Pavillion - 10:30-12:00
Clinical Seminar
PeRCutaneous heaRt valve inteRventions:
the end of valvulaR oPen heaRt suRgeRy? - PaRt tWo
Chairs: Alejandro Palacios (ARGENTINA), Felipe Heusser Risopatró (CHILE)
10:30 Innovation in percutaneous mitral valve repair and replacement
Jose Condado (VENEZUELA)
10:52 Percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement: An update
Neil Wilson (UNITED KINGDOM)
11:14 Balloon mitral valve dilation for mitral stenosis disease from low income countries:
Has it replaced surgery forever?
Deborah Nercolini (BRAZIL)
11:36 Surgery vs. percutaneous procedures
A. A. Shafi Majumder (BANGLADESH)
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