Final Programme - World Heart Federation

Monday, 19 May 2008
fetal CaRdiology
Chairs: Miguel Granja (ARGENTINA), Loreta Jara (CHILE)
14:00 Interventional cardiology in newborns
John Cheatham (UNITED STATES )
14:22 Management outcome of congenital AV block
Paulo Zielinsky (BRAZIL)
14:44 Advances in fetal diagnosis, including MRI
David Sahn (UNITED STATES )
15:06 Aortic valvuloplasty in HLHS
Pablo Marantz (ARGENTINA)
volga - yelloW Pavillion - 14:00-15:30
Symposium
mekong - oChRe Pavillion - 14:00-15:30
Symposium
antithRombotiC tReatment in non-st-aCute CoRonaRy syndRome
Chairs: Mònica Masotti (SPAIN), Barrero Carlos (ARGENTINA)
14:00 usefulness of antithrombin agents in non-ST-acute coronary syndrome
Jose Nicolau (BRAZIL)
14:22 Contemporary issues in clopidogreltherapy for non-ST segment elevation infarction:
New evidence for clinical practice
I. Coma-Canella (SPAIN)
14:44 Optimal pharmacological treatment of non-ST -elevation acute coronary syndrome without PTCA
Radke P (GERMANY)
15:06 Rate of complications and management of antithrombotic treatment in non-ST -acute coronary syndrome
Jose Navarro Estrada (ARGENTINA)
oRinoCo - oChRe Pavillion - 14:00-15:30
Symposium
uP-date of tReatment of hyPeRtension
Chairs: Alberto Re (ARGENTINA), Oscar Carretero (UNITED STATES )
14:00 Polypill: Which component and to whom?
Nicholas Wald (UNITED KINGDOM)
14:22 Meta-analysis in hypertension
Carlos Ferrario (UNITED STATES )
14:44 Clinical trials for hypertension: Expectation fulfilled and unfulfilled
Alberto Zanchetti (ITALY)
15:06 How strong is the evidence for the use of beta-blockers as a first-line therapy for hypertension?
Systematic review and meta-analysis
Giuseppe Mancia (ITALY)