Final Programme - World Heart Federation

Monday, 19 May 2008
huang he - yelloW Pavillion - 16:00-17:30
Symposium
delayed enhanCement imaging foR evaluation of CaRdiomyoPathies
Chairs: Wilson Mathias (BRAZIL), Lorenzo Montserrat (SPAIN)
16:00 Currents status, indications and limitations of MSCT angiography
Marcelo Goldstein (BELGIUM)
16:18 Myocardial perfusion imaging by MSCT: Is it possible to use in clinical practice?
Joanne D. Schuijf (NETHERLANDS)
16:36 MSCT and molecular imaging: New advances
Milind Desai (UNITED STATES )
16:54 Non-invasive diagnostic of vulnerable plaque: the eternal challenge
Mario Garcia (UNITED STATES )
17:12 Relationships between CT, PET, SPECT and MR
Daniel Berman (UNITED STATES )
oRinoCo - oChRe Pavillion - 16:00-17:30
Special Featured Joint Session
ish: hot toPiCs in hyPeRtension: an uPdate
Chairs: Gilson Feitosa(BRAZIL)
16:00 Is time to say good-bye to beta-blockers as first line treatment for primary hypertension?
Lars Lindholm (SWEDEN)
16:22 Ambulatory blood pressure and prediction of risk: do we need the night?
Robert Fagard (BELGIUM)
16:44 Heart remodelling in hypertension
Daniel Piskorz (ARGENTINA)
17:06 Salt sensitive hypertension: genetics pathophysiology and management
Ramiro Sánchez (ARGENTINA)
euPhRates - oChRe Pavillion - 16:00-17:30
Symposium
management of asymPtomatiC valve disease
Chairs: Jose Antonio Francisco Ramires (BRAZIL), Jorge Lopez Sosa (ARGENTINA)
16:00 Aortic regurgitation
Escobar Edgardo (CHILE)
16:22 Aortic stenosis
Jeffrey Borer (UNITED STATES )
16:44 Mitral valve prolapse
Tomás Cianciulli (ARGENTINA)
17:06 Criteria for early intervention in asymptomatic patients
Robert Bonow (UNITED STATES )
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