Final Programme - World Heart Federation

tuesday, 20 May 2008
PilComayo - yelloW Pavillion - 10:30-12:00
Symposium
the Class effeCt dilemma: aRe all dRugs Within a Class CReated equal?
Chairs: Lerman Jorge (ARGENTINA), Luis Vidal (ARGENTINA)
10:30 Beta blockers
Corbalan Ramon (CHILE)
11:00 Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Frank Thomas Ruschitzka (SWITZERLAND)
11:30 Statins
Antonio Chagas (BRAZIL)
volga - yelloW Pavillion - 10:30-12:00
Symposium
PeRCutaneous PulmonaRy valve RePlaCement
Chairs: Guillermo Kreutzer (ARGENTINA), Valmir Fontes (BRAZIL)
10:30 Opportunity of pulmonary valve replacement
Michael Landzberg (UNITED STATES)
10:52 Point of view of a surgeon
Andrés Schlichter (ARGENTINA)
11:14 Experience with Edwards valve
Ziyad Hijazi (UNITED STATES)
11:36 Results with Bonhoffer valve
Neil Wilson (UNITED KINGDOM)
oRinoCo - oChRe Pavillion - 10:30-12:00
Symposium
hyPeRtension and taRget oRgan damage
Chairs: Luis Alcocer (MEXICO), Luis Molinary (PUERTO RICO)
10:30 Cognitive dysfunction and hypertension
Antonio Coca (SPAIN)
10:52 Specific cardiac complications
Richard Devereux (UNITED STATES)
11:14 The kidney’s role in hypertension
Luis Juncos (ARGENTINA)
11:36 Hypertension, inflammation and organ target damage
Oscar Carretero (UNITED STATES)
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