Main Program

Sunday, October 8, 2006

MainHall, Sunday, October 8, 2006, 08:30
Workshop: Fundamentals of Rheumatology for Cardiologists

Moderators: N. Damjanov, M. Prostran, A. Bo¹kovię

08:30 Insights in the laboratory screening for rheumatic diseases.
L. CZIRJAK, Pecs, HU

08:50 Interactions of rheumatological and cardiovascular drugs.
M. PROSTRAN, Belgrade, RS

09:10 Monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of rheumatic diseases.
N. DAMJANOV, Belgrade, RS

09:30 Discussion

MainHall, Sunday, October 8, 2006, 10:30
From Guidelines to Clinical Practice: Case Management Oriented Algorithms

Chairpersons: B. Maisch, M.S. Nieminen, M. Böhm, P.M. Seferovię,

10:30 Clinical lessons from the ESC guidelines on acute heart failure.
M.S. NIEMINEN, Helsinki, FI

10:50 Optimal therapy for chronic heart failure: from guidelines to bedside.
M. BÖHM, Homburg/Saar, DE

11:10 Diagnosis and management of neoplastic pericardial disease: key messages from the ESC Guidelines.
A.D. RISTIĘ, Belgrade, RS

11:30 Debate: AHA scientific statement on definition and classification of cardiomyopathies 2006
Pro - G. THIENE, Padua, IT
Contra - B. MAISCH, Marburg, DE

12.00 Discussion

MainHall, Sunday, October 8, 2006, 13:00
How To Session: Complex Clinical Scenarios

Chairpersons: D. Brutsaert, D. Kremastinos, A. Parkhomenko, V. Obradovię

13:00 Exploring the dark side of the moon: diastolic dysfunction and diastolic heart failure.
D. BRUTSAERT, Antwerp, BE

13:20 Congestive heart failure in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: genetic predisposition, clinical presentation and risk stratification.
H. MADEIRA, Lisbon, PT

13:40 Essentials of diagnosis and treatment in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: ACC/ESC clinical expert consensus document and beyond.
F. CECCHI, Florence, IT

14:00 Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of ventricular dysfunction in beta-thalassemia syndromes: a decade of progress.
D. KREMASTINOS, Athens, GR

14:20 Pharmacological treatment of elderly patients with heart failure: ongoing major clinical problem.
A. PARKHOMENKO, Kiev, UA

14:40 Discussion

MainHall, Sunday, October 8, 2006, 15:30
Medtronic Symposium Resynchronization Therapy and Management of Arrhythmias

Chairpersons: A. Oto, P. Vardas, G. Mila¹inovię, L. Angelkov

15:30 Resynchronization therapy in patients with congestive heart failure: current status and prospects.
G. MILA©INOVIĘ, Belgrade, RS

15:50 Cardiac resynchronization therapy in atrial fibrillation.
TABORSKY M, Prague, CZ

16:10 Rhythm and conduction disturbances in heart failure: risk stratification, prognostic impact, and contemporary management.
P. VARDAS, Heraklion, GR

16:30 Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in prevention of sudden death in patients with primary dilated cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure.
A. OTO, Ankara, TR

16:50 Discussion

Not accredited by EBAC

MainHall, Sunday, October 8, 2006, 18:00
State of the Art In Management II

Chairpersons: N. Radovanovię, A. Oto, M. Böhm, H. Madeira

18:00 New therapeutics targets in chronic viral cardiomyopathy.
B. MAISCH, Marburg, DE

18:20 New pathophysiological horizons in the treatment of heart failure: statins and beyond.
M. BÖHM, Homburg/Saar, DE

18:40 Medical therapy for acute and recurrent pericarditis: highlights of COPE &CORE randomized trials.
M. IMAZIO, Turin, IT

19:00 Spectrum of non-transplant surgical management in dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure: indications, long-term results, and expectations.
N. RADOVANOVIĘ, Isola, SI

19:20 Discussion

19:25 Closing Remarks And Presentation Of The Young Investigators Awards
P.M. SEFEROVIĘ, Belgrade, SER

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