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Final Programme - World Heart Federation

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Monday, 19 May 2008<br />

yangtze - oChRe Pavillion - 10:30-12:00<br />

Symposium<br />

atRial fibRillation: non-PhaRmaCologiCal tReatment<br />

Chairs: Carlos Labadet (ARGENTINA), Galvao Silas (BRAZIL)<br />

10:30 Management of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure: From drug therapy to ablation<br />

Shih-Ann Chen (CHINA, TAIWAN)<br />

10:52 Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in brady-tachy syndrome<br />

Yunlong Xia (CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)<br />

11:14 Strategies and results of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation<br />

Andrea Natale (UNITED STATES )<br />

11:36 Where are we going with management of atrial fibrillation<br />

Adrian Baranchuk(CANADA)<br />

danube - gReen Pavillion - 10:30-12:00<br />

Symposium<br />

CaRdiaC ResynChRonisation theRaPy (CRt) - PaRt one<br />

Chairs: Ramos José Luis (ARGENTINA), Ricardo Miglino (BRAZIL)<br />

10:30 Left ventricular dyssynchrony: Impact on function and structure<br />

John Gorcsan III (UNITED STATES )<br />

10:52 Right ventricular pacing: The unwanted model of dyssynchrony?<br />

Jose Carlos Pachon Mateos (BRAZIL)<br />

11:14 How to assess left ventricular dyssynchrony?<br />

Cheuk-Man Yu (CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)<br />

11:36 Impact of CRT on atrial fibrillation and atrial function<br />

Michael Gold (UNITED STATES )<br />

aCute deComPensated heaRt failuRe<br />

Chairs: John Cleland (UNITED KINGDOM), Carlos García (COLOMBIA)<br />

10:30 Neurohumoral aspect of acute heart failure<br />

Mihai Gheorghiade (UNITED STATES )<br />

10:52 Clinical aspect of acute heart failure: The ADHERE registry<br />

Guillermo Torre Amione (UNITED STATES )<br />

11:14 When to use inotropic therapy<br />

Fabio Vilas-Boas (BRAZIL)<br />

11:36 New perspectives in the treatment of acute heart failure<br />

Faiez Zannad (FRANCE)<br />

seine - gReen Pavillion - 10:30-12:00<br />

Symposium<br />

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