Final Programme - World Heart Federation

Wednesday, 21 May 2008
ganges - gReen Pavillion - 10:30-12:00
Debate
PCi in ChRoniC Chd has no PRoven long-teRm safety and benefit
Chairs: Roxana Mehran (UNITED STATES), José Antonio Rodríguez (CHILE)
Statement 1:
10:30 PCI in chronic CHD has no proven long-term safety and benefit
Pro: Yusuf Salim (CANADA
Contra: Igor Palacios (UNITED STATES)
Statement 2:
11:15 Conventional risk factors control is sufficient to prevent past intervention CVD progression
Pro: Spencer King III (UNITED STATES)
Contra: Robert Superko
huang he - yelloW Pavillion - 10:30-12:00
Symposium
hoW to use Ct multisliCe and magnetiC ResonanCe in CliniCal PRaCtiCe?
Chairs: James Moon (UNITED KINGDOM), Ricardo Baeza (CHILE)
10:30 How to implement CT multislice in the emergency department to assess patients with chest pain?
Enrique Gurfinkel (ARGENTINA)
10:52 How to estimate cardiovascular risk using coronary CT multislice?
Andre Ricardo Valle (BRAZIL)
11:14 Cardiovascular magnetic resonance for assessing myocardial ischaemia and viability
Gustavo Avegliano (ARGENTINA)
11:36 Delayed enhancement imaging for evaluation of cardiomyopathy
Scott Flamm(UNITED STATES)
PilComayo - yelloW Pavillion - 10:30-12:00
Symposium
CaRdiovasCulaR safety of non-CaRdiovasCulaR dRugs
Chairs: Rothlin Rodolfo (ARGENTINA), Jeffrey Borer (UNITED STATES)
10:30 Anti-cancer therapies
Diego Rosso (ARGENTINA)
10:52 Erythropoietin
Henry Krum (AUSTRALIA)
11:14 Antipsychotics
Silvia Wikinski (ARGENTINA)
11:36 NSAIDs/Coxibs
Frank Thomas Ruschitzka (SWITZERLAND)
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