Final Programme - World Heart Federation

Wednesday, 21 May 2008
yangtze - oChRe Pavillion - 14:00-15:30
Symposium
stRess eChoCaRdiogRaPhy in diffiCult Patients
Chairs: Eduardo Escudero (ARGENTINA), Horacio Vazquez (URUGUAY)
14:00 Stress echo in patients with LBBB, atrial fibrillation or left ventricular hypertrophy
Manuel Pinto (CHILE)
14:22 Stress echo after heart transplant
Wilson Mathias (BRAZIL)
14:44 Stress echo for aortic valvulopathy
Gustavo Restrepo (COLOMBIA)
15:06 Assessment of coronary flow reserve during stress echo
Jorge A. Lowenstein (ARGENTINA)
PaRaná - oChRe Pavillion - 14:00-15:30
Clinical Seminar
eChodoPPleR as the main tool in assessing left ventRiCulaR funCtion
Chairs: Susan Acosta Castillo (BOLIVIA), Takeshi Nakatani (JAPAN)
14:00 Global and regional systolic function: The classic and the new
Miguel Quiñones (UNITED STATES)
14:22 Dyastolic ventricular function at rest and during exercise
Nelson Pizzano (URUGUAY)
14:44 Role of echodoppler in the diagnosis of heart failure
Mani Vannan (UNITED STATES)
15:06 Heart failure treatment based on the echocardiography findings
Bjoy Khandheria (UNITED STATES)
ganges - gReen Pavillion - 14:00-15:30
Clinical Seminar
neW stRategies foR PCi
Chairs: Ricardo Sarmiento (ARGENTINA), Jose Alejandro Martinez Sepulveda (CHILE)
14:00 Stents platforms, polymers and gene therapies: Where are we?
Igor Palacios (UNITED STATES)
14:22 New drugs for drug eluting stents
Alexander Abizaid (BRAZIL)
14:44 New approached for bifurcation lesions: One, two or dedicated stents?
Expedito Ribeiro (BRAZIL)
15:06 New non-stent devices
Jorge Belardi (ARGENTINA)