Final Programme - World Heart Federation

tuesday, 20 May 2008
diabetes PRevention
Chairs: Isaac Sinay (ARGENTINA), Shirish Hiremath (INDIA)
PaRaná - oChRe Pavillion - 16:00-17:30
Symposium
16:00 Interventions in diabetes prevention in Europe: Experiences from development of European guidelines
Marco Roffi (SWITZERLAND)
16:22 Diabetes prevention in uruguay
Raul Pisabarro (URUGUAY)
16:44 Diabetes prevention programmes in China
Qing Qiao (FINLAND)
17:06 Diabetes prevention: A global strategy
Mehta A. B (INDIA)
nile - yelloW Pavillion - 16:00-17:30
Symposium
stRess and dePRession: neW Risk faCtoRs foR CoRonaRy heaRt disease
Chairs: Bernardo Boskis (ARGENTINA), Adel Allam (EGYPT)
16:00 Psychosocial interventions in coronary heart disease
Matthew Burg (UNITED STATES)
16:18 Depression and cardiovascular disease
Acevedo Monica (CHILE)
16:36 Work stress and its impact on coronary artery disease
Noel Bairey Merz (UNITED STATES)
16:54 Myocardial ischaemia detection during mental stress: Is it prognostic?
Néstor Alejandro Vita (ARGENTINA)
17:12 Type D personality: a chronic risk factor in heart disease
Angelique Schiffer (NETHERLANDS)
Rhine - yelloW Pavillion - 16:00-17:30
Symposium
health fRom a gendeR PeRsPeCtive: imPliCations foR Cvd
Chairs: Fernando De La Serna (ARGENTINA), Robert J. De Souza (SOUTH AFRICA)
16:00 A focus in gender
Nishtar Sania (PAKISTAN)
16:22 The implications for the PHC sector: Strengthening core competencies of PHC workers to deal
with CVD among women
Denise Eldemire Shearer (JAMAICA)
16:44 Policies that work: Examples from Canada
Wielgosz Andy (CANADA)
17:06 The WHO response
Shanthi Mendis (SWITZERLAND)