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Monday, 19 May 2008<br />

danube - gReen Pavillion - 14:00-15:30<br />

Symposium<br />

eleCtRiCal theRaPy in heaRt failuRe<br />

Chairs: Aleksandras Laucevicius (LITHUANIA), Diego Vanegas (COLOMBIA)<br />

14:00 Cardiac contractility modulation to improve left ventricular function<br />

María José Sancho Tello (SPAIN)<br />

14:30 How to prevent pacing in pacemakers: Role of new algorithms<br />

Jorge Gonzalez ZUelgaray (ARGENTINA)<br />

15:00 Monitoring of heart failure by implanted devices<br />

Michael Gold (UNITED STATES )<br />

anemia and heaRt failuRe<br />

Chairs: Miguel Adorno (PARAGUAY), Bocchi E.A (BRAZIL)<br />

14:00 <strong>Heart</strong> failure and anemia: Mechanisms and pathophysiology<br />

Alejandro Macchia (ARGENTINA)<br />

14:30 Prevalence of anemia in heart failure and its effects on prognosis<br />

Cesar Belziti (ARGENTINA)<br />

15:00 use of EPO and Iron in the Treatment of Anemia in <strong>Heart</strong> Failure<br />

Philip A Poole-Wilson (UNITED KINGDOM)<br />

euPhRates - oChRe Pavillion - 14:00-15:30<br />

Clinical Seminar<br />

seine - gReen Pavillion - 14:00-15:30<br />

Symposium<br />

advanCed heaRt failuRe<br />

Chairs: Norberto Vulcano (ARGENTINA), Ricardo Levin (UNITED STATES )<br />

14:00 Advanced dysfunction without advanced symptoms: Pathophysiology and clinical profile<br />

Santiago Miriuka (ARGENTINA)<br />

14:18 The time for assistance: Clinical decisions for VAD implantation<br />

Hector Ventura (UNITED STATES )<br />

14:36 The future is here: New devices for the failing heart<br />

Diego Delgado (CANADA)<br />

14:54 <strong>Heart</strong> transplantation in 2008<br />

Guillermo Torre Amione (UNITED STATES )

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