Final Programme - World Heart Federation

Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Women and CaRdiovasCulaR disease
Chairs: Romero Carlos (URUGUAY), Susana Zeffiro (ARGENTINA)
14:00 Explanation for the higher mortality in women
Noel Bairey Merz (UNITED STATES)
14:22 Clinical presentation and differences in pathophysiology of CAD in women
Judith Zilberman (ARGENTINA)
nigeR - gReen Pavillion - 14:00-15:30
Clinical Seminar
14:44 What is the best method for the non invasive investigation of CAD in my female patients?
Roxana Campisi (ARGENTINA)
15:06 Are there any differences in results from revascularization between genders?
Leslee Shaw (UNITED STATES)
euPhRates - oChRe Pavillion - 14:00-15:30
Symposium
Chagas disease
Chairs: Antonio Chagas (BRAZIL), Javier Bustamante (BOLIVIA)
14:00 Pathogenesis of chagas disease: Is there now a consensus?
José Antônio Marin-Neto (BRAZIL)
14:18 Chagas heart disease: Clinical work up at initial presentation and prognosis
Anis Rassi Jr. (BRAZIL)
14:36 Echocardiography approach for diagnosis and prognosis
Ricardo Migliore (ARGENTINA)
14:54 Periodic parasitemias in the development of Chagas’ cardiomyopathy
Oscar Salomone (ARGENTINA)
15:12 Antiparasitic treatments of chagas disease: An update
Arturo Arribada (CHILE)
volga - yelloW Pavillion - 14:00-15:30
Symposium
management of obesity today
Chairs: Norberto Pallavicini (ARGENTINA), Gerardo Uceda (ARGENTINA)
14:00 Obesity in the Americas
Luis Molinary (PUERTO RICO)
14:18 Which Diet Is Best for Obesity?
Jorge Braguinsky (ARGENTINA)
14:36 Exercise for the Management of Obesity
Palmira Pramparo (ARGENTINA)
14:54 Gastric bypass: patient selection and perioperative management
Claudio Zin (ARGENTINA)
15:12 Central obesity or viceral obesity?
Scott Grundy (UNITED STATES)