Final Programme - World Heart Federation

tuesday, 20 May 2008
ganges - gReen Pavillion - 16:00-17:30
Clinical Seminar
hoW to deal With PCi ComPliCations?
Chairs: Gao Runlin (CHINA, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF), Jorge Leguizamon (ARGENTINA)
16:00 PCI: Lethal or near lethal complications: Predictions and solutions
Grinfeld Liliana (ARGENTINA)
16:22 New antithrombotic strategies for avoiding stent thrombosis
Marcelo Casey (ARGENTINA)
16:44 Bleeding in PCI: How much of a problem?
Carlos Macaya (SPAIN)
17:06 Post-procedural renal failure: An unnecessary complication
Roxana Mehran (UNITED STATES)
Rio de la Plata - Red Pavillion - 16:00-17:30
Symposium
go Red foR Women: going global
Chairs: Zhao Dong (CHINA, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF), Volqvartz Susanne (DENMARK)
16:00 Women and heart disease in Argentina
Florencia Rolandi (ARGENTINA)
16:18 Africa: The data gaps
Krisela Steyn (SOUTH AFRICA)
16:36 Go Red for Women in the uSA
Nancy Brown (UNITED STATES)
16:54 Go Red for Women Singapore style
Sun Yee Ho (SINGAPORE)
17:12 Women & heart disease in low- and middle-income countries
Nishtar Sania (PAKISTAN)
stRoke above the CaRotids
Chairs: Omar Santaera (ARGENTINA), Chain Sergio (ARGENTINA)
seine - gReen Pavillion - 16:00-17:30
Symposium
16:00 Incidence, prevalence of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes: Demographic and geographic differences
Sebastián Ameriso (ARGENTINA)
16:22 Therapeutic window: Diagnosis and management based on neuro-imaging, CT vs. MRI
Gilberto Gonzalez (UNITED STATES)
16:44 Medical treatment beyond aspirin and IV rtpa
Tonkin Andrew (AUSTRALIA)
17:06 Endovascular treatment in intracranial ischemic stroke
Fernando Vinuela (UNITED STATES)