Final Programme - World Heart Federation

industry sAteLLite syMPosiA And WorksHoP ACtivities - evening sessions
Monday, 19 May 2008
tibeR - yelloW Pavillion - 18:00-19:30
Symposium (IS)
Menarini International Operations Luxembourg S.A.
fRom hyPeRtension to heaRt failuRe: the develoPing Role of
vasodilating beta-bloCkeRs
Chairs: Alberto Zanchetti (ITALY), Sanchez Ramiro (ARGENTINA)
18:00 Targets and benefits of blood pressure lowering
Brandão Ayrton (BRAZIL)
18:22 Beta-blockers in hypertension: do we know it all?
Gabriel D. Waisman (ARGENTINA)
18:44 CHF: from clinical trials to clinical pratice
Solon Navarrete (COLOMBIA)
19:06 The road ahead with nebivolol in the treatment of elederly CHF patients: clinical outcomes from SENIORS trial
Van Veldhuisen Dirk (NETHERLANDS)
Rio de la Plata - Red Pavillion - 18:00-19:30
Symposium (IS)
Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
ontaRget: neW evidenCe in total CaRdio & vasCulaR PRoteCtion
Chairs: Piegas Leopoldo (BRAZIL), Michael Böhm (GERMANY)
18:00 Blood pressure lowering or cardio & vascular protection - what to aim for?
Giuseppe Mancia (ITALY)
18:22 Cardio & vascular protection - the value of combining an ARB and an ACE-inhibitor
Thomas Unger (GERMANY)
18:44 The ONTARGET results
Rafael Diaz (ARGENTINA)
19:06 Translating ONTARGET into clinical practice
Michael Böhm (GERMANY)
nigeR - gReen Pavillion - 18:00-19:30
Symposium (IS)
American Heart Association (AHA)
stRengthening the Chain of suRvival: fRom benCh to Community
Chairs: Timerman Sergio (BRAZIL), Robert O’connor (UNITED STATES)
18:00 ECC from bench to community to bench
Robert O’connor (UNITED STATES)
18:22 Progress and lessons learned from the «Take Heart America» project
Ed Racht (UNITED STATES)
18:44 International Perspective on the Strengthening the Chain of Survival
Timerman Sergio (BRAZIL)
19:06 A view from the future
Graham Nichol (UNITED STATES)