Final Programme - World Heart Federation

Monday, 19 May 2008
missouRi - yelloW Pavillion - 10:30-12:00
Debate
tReatment of Chagas disease
Chairs: Roberto Blandon Calderon (PANAMA), Fernando Aguirre (ECUADOR)
Statement 1:
10:30 Treatment of chronic Chagas disease with current anti-parasitic drugs
Pro: Rosalia Morais Torres (BRAZIL)
Contra: Jose Milei (ARGENTINA)
Statement 2:
11:15 Treatment of asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmias
Pro: Jorge Mitelman (ARGENTINA)
Contra: Juan Justiniano Encina (BOLIVIA)
mekong - oChRe Pavillion - 10:30-12:00
Symposium
CuRRent tReatment of myoCaRdial infaRCtion:
fRom evidenCe to CliniCal PRaCtiCe
Chair: Fuster Valentin (UNITED STATES )
10:30 un-treated patients: How to reduce lost opportunities?
Faiez Zannad (FRANCE)
10:52 Reperfusion strategies in the emergency treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Oscar Bazzino (ARGENTINA)
11:14 Predictors of one year mortality in high risk patients
Frans Van De Werf (BELGIUM)
11:36 Guidelines revised
Rafael Diaz (ARGENTINA)
ganges - gReen Pavillion - 10:30-12:00
Clinical Seminar
unResolved issues on CoRonaRy inteRventions
Chairs: Raúl Bretal (ARGENTINA), Gao Runlin (CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)
10:30 Late and very late stent thrombosis: New classification and outcomes
Donald Cutlip (UNITED STATES )
10:52 Clinical trials: Long-term follow-up regarding DES safety
Bonnie Weiner (UNITED STATES )
11:14 LIMA showed 30 years effectiveness: What happened with stent PCI in the last 30 years?
Julio Palmaz (UNITED STATES )
11:36 Which benefits does DES have shown in comparison with BMS at long-term follow-up?
Carlos Macaya (SPAIN)