Final Programme - World Heart Federation

tuesday, 20 May 2008
nigeR - gReen Pavillion - 10:30-12:00
Symposium
aCute CoRonaRy syndRome in diabetes
Chairs: Mehta A. B (INDIA), Pomes Iparraguirre Horacio (ARGENTINA)
10:30 Diabetes and acute coronary syndromes: An overview
Jose Nicolau (BRAZIL)
10:52 Management of ACS in diabetics: An European perspective and lessons from the MIDAS registry
Marco Roffi (SWITZERLAND)
11:14 Diabetes and ACS in India: Magnitude of the disease burden and optimal pharmacotherapy
Shirish Hiremath (INDIA)
11:36 When perform surgical revascularization in patients with stable coronary artery disease?
Robert Califf (UNITED STATES)
PaRaná - oChRe Pavillion - 10:30-12:00
Symposium
CaRdiovasCulaR disease PRevention in ChildRen
Chairs: Pilar Arnaiz (CHILE), Veronica Ines Volberg (ARGENTINA)
10:30 Prevention of cardiovascular diseases from childhood: The EDuCANDO Project
Rodolfo Daniel La Greca (ARGENTINA)
10:52 Excercise as a tool in prevention for children
Patricia Sangenis (ARGENTINA)
11:14 Pharmacologic treatment of hypertension in adolescents
Giuseppe Ambrosio (ITALY)
11:36 Cardiovascular risk factors in childhood: A growing international problem
Roya Kelishadi (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN)
tigRis - yelloW Pavillion - 10:30-12:00
Symposium
aCute heaRt failuRe in the emeRgenCy dePaRtment
Chairs: Gines Sanz (SPAIN), Victor Mauro (ARGENTINA)
10:30 Biochemical diagnosis: How much better than clinical diagnosis?
Carlos Martinez-Sanchez (MEXICO)
10:52 Echocardiogram in acute heart failure: When to indicate it in the emergency department?
Pablo Oberti (ARGENTINA)
11:14 Heart failure units: Rationale for their implementation
Juan José Fuselli (ARGENTINA)
11:36 Nesiritide and levosimedan: Do they have any role in the emergency department?
Fernando Bacal (BRAZIL)