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								Monday 19th May | 
                                
							
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								Rio de la Plata | 
                                 
								
								
								Red Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								
                                How-to Session 
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								Interpretation of the difficult ECG: Practical 
								approach | 
                                
                            
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Giniger Alberto (ARGENTINA) 
                                Dario Sobral (BRAZIL) | 
                                
							
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								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
							
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								10:30 | 
                                 
                                
								
                                
								Supraventricular tachycardia 
                                
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								Mendoza Ivan (VENEZUELA) | 
                                
							
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                                 11:15
                                
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                                Ventricular tachycardia 
                                
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								Breithardt Günter (GERMANY) | 
                                
							
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								Yangtze | 
                                 
								
								Ochre Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								
								Symposium | 
                                
							
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								Atrial fibrillation: Non-pharmacological treatment | 
                                
							
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Labadet Carlos (ARGENTINA) 
                                Silas Galvao (BRAZIL) | 
                                
							
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								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
							
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                               	 10:30 | 
                                 
								
                                Management of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure: From drug therapy to ablation 
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								Chen Shih-Ann (CHINA, TAIWAN) | 
                                
							
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								 10:52
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								Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in brady-tachy syndrome | 
                                
							
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								Xia Yunlong (CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:14
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								Strategies and results of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation 
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								Natale Andrea (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:36
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								Where are we going with management of atrial fibrillation 
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								Baranchuk Adrian (CANADA) | 
                                
                            
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								Danube 
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								Green Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								
								Symposium | 
                                
                            
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								Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) - Part 
								One | 
                                
                            
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Ramos José Luis (ARGENTINA) 
                                Ricardo Miglino (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
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								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
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								 10:30 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Left ventricular dyssynchrony: Impact on function and structure | 
                                
                            
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								GORCSAN III John (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
                            
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								 10:52 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Right ventricular pacing: The unwanted model of dyssynchrony? 
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								José Carlos Pachon Mateos 
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:14
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								How to assess left ventricular dyssynchrony? 
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								Yu Cheuk-Man (CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:36 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Impact of CRT on atrial fibrillation and atrial function | 
                                
                            
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								Gold Michael (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
                            
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								Seine 
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								Green Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								
								Symposium 
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								Acute decompensated heart failure | 
                                
                            
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								CLELAND John (UNITED KINGDOM) 
                                García Carlos (COLOMBIA)  | 
                                
							
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								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
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								 10:30
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								Neurohumoral aspect of acute heart failure 
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								Gheorghiade Mihai (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
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								 10:52 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Clinical aspect of acute heart failure: The ADHERE registry | 
                                
                            
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								Torre Amione Guillermo (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:14 | 
                                 
								
                                
								When to use inotropic therapy | 
                                
                            
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								Fabio 
								Vilas-Boas Pinto (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:36 | 
                                 
								
                                
								New perspectives in the treatment of acute heart failure | 
                                
                            
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								Zannad Faiez (FRANCE) | 
                                
                            
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								Volga | 
                                 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								
								Symposium 
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								Severe pulmonary insufficiency after congenital  heart  surgery | 
                                
                            
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Edmar Atik
								(BRAZIL) 
                                ARNAIZ Pilar (CHILE)  | 
                                
							
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								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
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								 10:30 | 
                                 
								
                                
								The impact of pulmonary insufficiency on GUCHS patients 
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								Javois Alex (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
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								 10:48 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Evaluation of right ventricular function | 
                                
                            
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								Sahn David (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:06
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								Timing of pulmonary valve replacement 
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								Miguel 
								Lorenzo Barbero Macial (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
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                                								 11:24 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Transcatheter pulmonary valve insertion | 
                                
                            
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								Hijazi Ziyad (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:42
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								Surgeon's perpsective | 
                                
                            
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								Kreutzer Christian (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
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								Huang He | 
                                 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								
								Clinical Seminar | 
                                
                            
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								Common challenges in the everyday practice of nuclear cardiology 
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								José Claudio 
								Meneghetti (BRAZIL) 
                                Allam Adel (EGYPT) | 
                                
							
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								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
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								 10:30
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								How to study obese patients? 
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								João Vicente 
								Vitola (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
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								 10:48
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								Patients referred for viability assessment | 
                                
                            
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								Alexanderson Erick (MEXICO) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:06 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Patients with 50% stenosis in multi-slide computed tomography studies 
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								Goldstein Marcelo (BELGIUM) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:24 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Patients with chest pain and negative ECG 
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								Mele Anibal (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:42
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								Clinical use of cardiac PET 
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								Zaret Barry (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
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								Missouri 
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								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								
								Debate | 
                                
                            
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								Treatment of Chagas disease | 
                                
                            
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Blandon Calderon Roberto (PANAMA) 
                                Aguirre Fernando (ECUADOR)  | 
                                
							
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								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
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								Statement 1: | 
                                
                            
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								 10:30
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								Treatment of chronic Chagas disease with current anti-parasitic drugs | 
                                
                            
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								Pro: 
                                Rosalia Moraes Torres (BRAZIL) 
                                Contra: 
                                Milei Jose (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
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								Statement 2: | 
                                
                            
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								 11:15
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								Treatment of asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmias | 
                                
                            
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								Pro: 
                                Mitelman Jorge (ARGENTINA) 
                                Contra: 
                                Justiniano Encina Juan (OLIVIA) | 
                                
                            
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								Niger | 
                                 
								
								Green Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								
								Clinical Seminar | 
                                
                            
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								Acute coronary syndrome in the elderly 
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								José Antonio 
								Franchini Ramires (BRAZIL) 
                                Luciardi Hector (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
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								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
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								 10:30
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								Risk stratification and management strategy in the elderly with non-ST ACS | 
                                
                            
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								Cohen Mauricio (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:00 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Is the aggressive medical treatment beneficial in the elderly? 
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								Pizarro Rodolfo (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:30 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Prognosis and presictors of survival in St. miocardial infarction | 
                                
                            
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								Sharma Satyavan (INDIA) | 
                                
                            
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								Tigris | 
                                 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								
								Clinical Seminar 
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								Advances in cardiopulmonary resuscitation | 
                                
                            
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Barbagelata Alejandro (UNITED STATES ) 
                                Hasbani Eduardo (ARGENTINA)  | 
                                
							
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								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
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								 10:30
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								Pathophysiology evolution of the RCP in the last 10 years | 
                                
                            
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								Kern Karl B (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
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								 10:52 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Vasopressin: Is it an alternative or a better option than ephinefrine?  
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								Ari Timerman
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:14 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Post-resuscitation care: Induced hypothermia to whom, how and when? 
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								Neira Jorge (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:36 | 
                                 
								
                                
								In hospital resuscitation: Outcomes and prediction of survival 
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								Sergio 
								Timerman (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
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								• | 
                                 
								
								Orinoco | 
                                 
								
								Ochre Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								
								Symposium 
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								Treatment of hypertension in special situations 
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Baglivo Hugo (ARGENTINA) 
                                Sokn Fernando (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
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								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
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								 10:30
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								Hypertension in pregnancy | 
                                
                            
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								Valdes Gloria S (CHILE) | 
                                
                            
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								 10:52
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								Pediatric and adolescent hypertension 
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								Andrea Araujo 
								Brandão (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:14
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								In elderly, 80 years and above | 
                                
                            
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								Kjeldsen Sverre E (NORWAY) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:36 | 
                                 
								
                                
								In resistant hypertension | 
                                
                            
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								Coca Antonio (SPAIN) | 
                                
                            
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								Amazon 
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								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								
								South American Congress of Cardiology | 
                                
                            
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								Desafíos actuales de la cardiología sudamericana | 
                                
                            
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Gilson Soares 
								Feitosa (BRAZIL) 
                                Grancelli Hugo (ARGENTINA)  | 
                                
							
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								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
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								 10:30 | 
                                 
                                
								Epidemiología de las enfermedades cardiovasculares en sudamérica | 
                                
                            
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								FINIZOLA Bartolome (VENEZUELA) | 
                                
                            
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								 10:45 | 
                                 
                                
								¿ Las guías internacionales son aplicables en nuestra realidad sanitaria? | 
                                
                            
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								Sandoya Edgardo (URUGUAY) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:00 | 
                                 
                                
								Tecnología y alta complejidad cardiovascular. Limitaciones e inequidades en la región | 
                                
                            
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								Goich Jaime (CHILE) | 
                                
                            
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								 11:15
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								¿Cómo desarrollar investigación independiente en nuestros países? | 
                                
                            
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								Doval Hernan (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
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								• | 
                                 
								
								Euphrates | 
                                 
								
								Ochre Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								
								Clinical Seminar | 
                                
                            
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								Anemia and heart failure | 
                                
                            
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Adorno Miguel (PARAGUAY) 
                                Edimar Alcides Bocchi (BRAZIL) | 
                                
							
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								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
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								 14:00 | 
                                 
                                
								Heart failure and anemia: Mechanisms and pathophysiology | 
                                
                            
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								Macchia Alejandro (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
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								 14:30 | 
                                 
                                
								Prevalence of anemia in heart failure and its effects on prognosis | 
                                
                            
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								Belziti Cesar (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
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								 15:00 | 
                                 
                                
								Use of EPO and Iron in the Treatment of Anemia in Heart Failure | 
                                
                            
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								Poole-Wilson Philip A (UNITED KINGDOM) | 
                                
                            
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								• | 
                                 
								
								
								Ganges | 
                                 
								
								
								Green Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								
								Clinical 
								Seminar  | 
                                
                            
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								Endovascular heart valve interventions: The end 
								of valvular open heart surgery? - Part one | 
                                
                            
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Piraino Rubén (ARGENTINA) 
                                Quesada Ramón (UNITED STATES)  | 
                                
							
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								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
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								14:00 | 
                                 
								
                                
								
								Results with a new valve | 
                                
                            
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								Alexandre 
								Antonio Cunha Abizaid (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
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								14:18 | 
                                 
								
                                
								
								How to select patients for endovascular balloon 
								expandable aortic bioprosthesis? | 
                                
                            
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								Agatiello 
								Carla (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
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								14:36 | 
                                 
								
                                
								
								Innnovative approaches in surgical valve 
								replacement | 
                                
                            
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								Gardner 
								Timothy (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
                            
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								14:54
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								Further applications for percutaneous aortic 
								valve biosprosthesisr: For all patients? | 
                                
                            
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								Deborah 
								Christina Nercolini (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
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								15:12 | 
                                 
								
                                
								
								South American experience | 
                                
                            
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								Condado Jose 
								(VENEZUELA) | 
                                
                            
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								• | 
                                 
								
								Volga | 
                                 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								
								Symposium | 
                                
                            
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								Fetal cardiology | 
                                
                            
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Granja Miguel (ARGENTINA) 
                                Jara Loreta (CHILE)  | 
                                
							
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								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
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								 14:00 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Interventional cardiology in newborns | 
                                
                            
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								Cheatham John (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
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								 14:22 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Management outcome of congenital AV block | 
                                
                            
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								Paulo 
								Zielinsky (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
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								 14:44
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								Advances in fetal diagnosis, including MRI | 
                                
                            
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								Sahn David (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
                            
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								 15:06 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Aortic valvuloplasty in HLHS | 
                                
                            
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								Marantz Pablo (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
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								• | 
                                 
								 
								Mekong | 
                                 
								 
								Ochre Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Symposium | 
                                
                            
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								Antithrombotic treatment in non-ST-acute coronary syndrome 
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Masotti Mònica (SPAIN) 
                                Barrero Carlos (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
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                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 14:00 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Usefulness of antithrombin agents in non-ST-acute coronary syndrome 
                                 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								José  
								Carlos Nicolau (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
                                
								 14:22 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Contemporary issues in clopidogreltherapy for non-ST segment elevation infarction: New evidence for clinical practice 
                                 | 
                                
                            
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								Coma-Canella I (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 
                                 | 
                                
                            
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								Navarro Estrada Jose (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								
								Nile | 
                                 
								
								Yellow Pavillion 
								 | 
                                 
								
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								
								Symposium | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Are comorbidities a limit to cardiovascular prevention in the elderly? | 
                                
                            
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Abete Pasquale (ITALY) 
                                Giorgi Mariano (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
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								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
                                
								 14:00 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Cardiovascular Prevention in the Elderly 
                                 | 
                                
                            
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								Garcia-Palmieri Mario (PUERTO RICO) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
                                
								 14:22
                                 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Acute coronary syndromes/myocardial infarction at advanced age  
                                 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
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								Zannad Faiez (FRANCE) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
                                
								 14:44
                                 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Polypharmacy in the elderly | 
                                
                            
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								  | 
                                 
								HERNÁNDEZ Edison (VENEZUELA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
                                
								 15:06 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Cardiac rehabilitation and its limits 
                                 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Mauricio 
								Wajngarten (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								
								Tigris | 
                                 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								
								Debate | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Cardiopulmonary resuscitation 
								 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Aufderheide T. P (UNITED STATES) 
                                Ari Timerman (BRAZIL)  | 
                                
							
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                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Statement 1: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
                                
								 14:00 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Cardiocerebral resuscitation: Is ventilation not necessary in cardiac arrest? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Pro: 
                                Kern Karl B (UNITED STATES ) 
                                Contra: 
                                Sergio Timerman (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Statement 2: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
                                
								 14:45
                                 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Metabolic Resuscitation: Hibernation or hypothermia in CPR? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Pro: 
                                Joo Wang Soon (KOREA, REPUBLIC OF) 
                                Contra: 
                                Flavio Dias Marques (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								
								Thames | 
                                 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								
								Joint Session (SP) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								SCAI-SOLACI:  What we know and what we don't know about DES | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Mendiz Carlos (ARGENTINA) 
                                Hijazi Ziyad (UNITED STATES)  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 14:00 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Interventional cardiologist institute | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Parikh Manish (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 14:14 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Worldwide impact of DES and worldwide impact of late sten thrombosis 
                                
                                 | 
                                
                            
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								Cates Christopher (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 14:28 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Is late stent thrombosis a main concern? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Weiner Bonnie (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 14:42 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								What do we know and what we don't know about DES in off label indications | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Berrocal Daniel (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 14:56 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								The 
								future of DES | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Alexandre 
								Antonio Cunha Abizaid (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 15:10 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Panel: D. Echeverri (Columbia) - F. Brito  
                                
								(Brazil)  
                                
								- C. Cates (US) - B. Weiner 
								(US) - Alexandre Abizaid  
                                
								(Brazil) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								  | 
                                 
                                
								- | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								
								Amazon | 
                                 
								
								Yellow Pavillion 
								 | 
                                 
								
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								
								South American Congress of Cardiology | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Cómo optimizar el tratamiento de la insuficiencia cardiaca crónica | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								González Bogado Graciela (PARAGUAY) 
                                Barisani José Luis (ARGENTINA)  | 
                                
							
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								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 14:00 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Tratamiento farmacológico actual. Interrogantes no resueltos | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Gonzalez Miguel (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 14:15 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								¿Cómo adecuar el tratamiento en el paciente con comorbilidades? 
                                
                                 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Fernández Durand Waldo (PERU) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 14:30
                                
                                 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								¿Cómo seleccionar a los candidatos para resincronización ventricular? 
                                
                                 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Reyes Caorsi Walter (URUGUAY) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 14:45
                                
                                 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Estrategias de manejo en el paciente chagásico. ¿Son diferentes? 
                                
                                 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Acquatella Harry (VENEZUELA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 15:00
                                
                                 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Alternativas terapéuticas en la IC refractaria 
                                
                                 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Fernando 
								Bacal (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								
								Seine 
								 | 
                                 
								
								Green Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								
								Clinical Seminar | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Surgical treatment for congestive heart failure | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Ventura Hector (UNITED STATES ) 
                                Weinschelbaum Ernesto (ARGENTINA)  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:00 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Surgical correction of mitral regurgitation in end stage cardiomyopathy | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Enio Buffolo
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:22 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Surgical strategy for non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Suma Hisayoshi (JAPAN) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:44 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Ventricular restoration for ischaemic heart failure | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Noedir 
								Antonio Groppo Stolf (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 17:06 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Left ventricular assist device | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Navia José Luis (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								
								
								Thames | 
                                 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								
								Joint Session (SP) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								WHFS:  The failing heart around the world 
								 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Sheikh Shahryar A (PAKISTAN) 
                                Grancelli Hugo (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:00 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Chagas' disease, or hypertension and IHD: Which are the driving factors of heart failure in Latin America? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Edimar 
								Alcides Bocchi (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:22 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								HIV-related heart failure in Africa | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Mayosi Bongani (SOUTH AFRICA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:44 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Heart failure due to virus infection in Asia | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Matsumori Akira (JAPAN) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 17:06 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								What we have learned from heart failure registries in Europe | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Remme Willem (NETHERLANDS) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								
								Huang He | 
                                 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								
								Symposium | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Delayed enhancement imaging for evaluation of cardiomyopathies | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Wilson 
								Mathias Junior (BRAZIL) 
                                Montserrat Lorenzo (SPAIN) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:00 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Currents status, indications and limitations of MSCT angiography  
                                
                                 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Goldstein Marcelo (BELGIUM) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 
								16:18 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								
								Myocardial perfusion imaging by MSCT: Is it 
								possible to use in clinical practice? 
                                
                                 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Schuijf 
								Joanne D (NETHERLANDS) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 
								16:36 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								MSCT and molecular imaging: New advances | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								DESAI Milind (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:54 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Non-invasive diagnostic of vulnerable plaque: the eternal challenge 
                                
                                 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Garcia Mario (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 17:12 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Relationships between CT, PET, SPECT and MR | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Berman Daniel (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								
								Orinoco | 
                                 
								
								Ochre Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								
								Joint Session (SP) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								ISH:  Hot topics in hypertension: an update | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								Gilson Soares 
								Feitosa (BRAZIL) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:00 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Is time to say good-bye to beta-blockers as first line treatment for primary hypertension? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Lindholm Lars (SWEDEN) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:22 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Ambulatory blood pressure and prediction of risk: do we need the night? 
                                
                                 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Fagard Robert (BELGIUM | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:44 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Heart remodelling in hypertension | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Piskorz Daniel (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 17:06
                                
                                 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Salt sensitive hypertension: genetics pathophysiology and management 
                                
                                 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Sánchez Ramiro (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								
								Euphrates | 
                                 
								
								Ochre Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								
								Symposium 
								 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Management of  asymptomatic valve disease | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								José Antonio 
								Franchini Ramires (BRAZIL) 
                                Lopez Sosa Jorge (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:00 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Aortic regurgitation | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Escobar Edgardo (CHILE) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:22 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Aortic stenosis 
                                
                                 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								BORER Jeffrey (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:44 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Mitral valve prolapse | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Cianciulli Tomás (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 17:06 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Criteria for early intervention in asymptomatic patients | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Bonow Robert (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								
								Volga | 
                                 
								
								Yellow Pavillion 
								 | 
                                 
								
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								
								Symposium | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Interventional cardiology in congenital heart disease | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Zabal Carlos (MEXICO) 
                                Ithuralde Mariano (ARGENTINA)  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:00 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								ASD Closure | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Hijazi Ziyad (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:18 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								VSD Closure new developments | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Le Trong Phi (GERMANY) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:36 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Hybrid procedures | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Cheatham John (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 16:54 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Use of stents | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Carlos 
								Augusto Cardoso Pedra (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
                                
								 
                                
								 17:12
                                
                                 | 
                                 
                                
								 
                                
								Cutting balloon results | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Wilson Neil (UNITED KINGDOM) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								
								Tigris | 
                                 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								
								Symposium | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Resuscitation science and survival | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Sergio 
								Timerman (BRAZIL) 
                                Salvati Ana (ARGENTINA)  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
                                
								 16:00
                                 | 
                                 
								
                                
								International collaboration on resuscitation guidelines | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Joo Wang Soon (KOREA, REPUBLIC OF) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
                                
								 16:22 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Quality CPR | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Manoel 
								Fernandes Canesin (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
                                
								 16:44 | 
                                 
								
                                
								The history of how resuscitation techniques have been developed | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Gelpi Fabián (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
                                
								 17:06 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Public access to defibrillation: Why, when and where? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								- | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								
								Amazon | 
                                 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								
								South American Congress of Cardiology | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Manejo del paciente con síndrome coronario agudo | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								D'Empaire Yanes Gabriel  (VENEZUELA) 
                                Isaza Daniel (COLOMBIA)  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
                                
								 16:00 | 
                                 
								
                                
								SCA sin supra ST: ¿Cómo identificar al paciente de alto riesgo clínico? 
                                 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Quintana Miguel (PARAGUAY) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
                                
								 
								16:15
                                 | 
                                 
								
                                
								
								SCA sin supra ST: Estrategia invasiva 
								¿Sistemática o electiva? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								TAJER Carlos (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
                                
								 16:30 | 
                                 
								
                                
								SCA con supra ST: ¿Cómo lograr la reperfusión óptima? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Benítez Francisco (ECUADOR) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
                                
								 16:45 | 
                                 
								
                                
								Terapia antiplaquetaria combinada post SCA ¿a quién, cómo y durante cuánto tiempo? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								José  
								Carlos Nicolau (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								Tuesday 20th 
								May | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Rhine | 
                                 
								 
								Yellow Pavillion 
								 | 
                                 
								 
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Clinical Seminar | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Management of patients with syncope 
								 | 
                                
							
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Dario Sobral  
								
								(BRAZIL) 
                                Cappato Riccardo (ITALY) | 
                                
							
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                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								 10:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Inappropriate sinus node tachycardia | 
                                
							
                                |  
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								Morillo Carlos A (CANADA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								 10:52 | 
                                 
								 
								Management strategies | 
                                
							
                                |  
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								Rabinovich Rafael (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:14 | 
                                 
								 
								Syncope and falls in the elderly | 
                                
                            
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								Gonzalez Hermosillo Antonio (MEXICO) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Huang He | 
                                 
								 
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Symposium | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								Nuclear cardiology 2008 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Abdelfattah Alia (EGYPT) 
                                Sandrin Angel (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
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                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Molecular imaging | 
                                
                            
                                |  
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								Zaret Barry (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:48 | 
                                 
								 
								Utility of images of the evaluation of vulnerable asymptomatic patients | 
                                
                            
                                |  
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								Beller George (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:06 | 
                                 
								 
								Pharmacological stress: New agents | 
                                
                            
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								Cerqueira Manuel (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:24 | 
                                 
								 
								Complementary techniques: Computed tomography and nuclear medicine 
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								Garcia Ernest (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:42 | 
                                 
								 
								Coronary artery disease: Do women constitute a special group? | 
                                
                            
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								João Vicente Vitola  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Euphrates | 
                                 
								 
								Ochre Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								10:30-12:00 
								 | 
                                 
								 
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								Update on mitral regurgitation | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Marcia de Mello Barbosa  
								
								(BRAZIL) 
                                Nojek Carlos (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
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                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Asymptomatic mitral regurgitation, intervene or wait? 
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								- | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								10:52 | 
                                 
								 
								Mitral valve reconstruction: What have we learned during the past  40 years? 
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								Adams David (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:14 | 
                                 
								 
								Percutaneous repair of mitral regurgitation 
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                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Cohn William E (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:36 | 
                                 
								 
								Three-dimensional echo evaluation of mitral regurgitation | 
                                
                            
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								Mumm Bernhard (GERMANY) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Ganges | 
                                 
								 
								Green Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Clinical Seminar | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Percutaneous heart valve interventions:The end of valvular  open heart surgery? - Part two | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Palacios Alejandro (ARGENTINA) 
                                Heusser Risopatró Felipe (CHILE)  | 
                                
							
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                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Innovation in percutaneous mitral valve repair and replacement | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Condado Jose (VENEZUELA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:52 | 
                                 
								 
								 Percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement: An update | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Wilson Neil (UNITED KINGDOM) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:14 | 
                                 
								 
								Balloon mitral valve dilation for mitral stenosis disease  from low income countries: Has it replaced surgery forever? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Deborah Christina Nercolini  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:36 | 
                                 
								 
								Surgery vs. percutaneous procedures | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Majumder A.A. Shafi (BANGLADESH) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Mekong | 
                                 
								 
								Ochre Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Clinical Seminar 
								 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								Interventional treatment of acute myocardial infarction | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								
								Fabio Sandoli de Brito  
								
								(BRAZIL) 
                                RICCITELLI Miguel (ARGENTINA)  | 
                                
							
                                |  
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                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Strategies to reduce door-to-balloon times | 
                                
                            
                                |  
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								Berrocal Daniel (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:52 | 
                                 
								 
								Adjunctive drug treatment for primary PCI Dudek | 
                                
                            
                                |  
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								Lluberas Ricardo (URUGUAY) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:14 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Multivessel disease management in ST-segment 
								elevation myocardial infarction | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Sharma Satyavan (INDIA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:36 | 
                                 
								 
								Transfer for PCI: Controlled studies and the real world | 
                                
                            
                                |  
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								Radke P (GERMANY) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								
								Pilcomayo | 
                                 
								 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								The class 
								effect dilemma - are all drugs within a class 
								created equal? | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Lerman Jorge (ARGENTINA)  | 
                                
							
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                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								10:30 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Beta blockers | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Corbalan Ramon (CHILE) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								11:00 | 
                                 
								
								Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs | 
                                
                            
                                |  
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								- | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								11:30 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Statins | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								
								Volga | 
                                 
								 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Symposium | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								Percutaneous 
								pulmonary valve replacement  | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								
								Kreutzer Guillermo (ARGENTINA) 
                                Valmir Fernandes Fontes  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
							
                                |  
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								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								10:30 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Opportunity of pulmonary valve replacement  
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                                |  
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								Landzberg Michael (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								10:52 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Point of view of a surgeon | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								- | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								11:14 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Experience with Edwards valve | 
                                
                            
                                |  
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								Hijazi Ziyad (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								11:36 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Results with Bonhoffer valve | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Wilson Neil (UNITED KINGDOM) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Niger | 
                                 
								 
								Green Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Symposium | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								Acute coronary syndrome in diabetes | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Mehta A. B (INDIA) 
                                Pomes Iparraguirre Horacio (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
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								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:30 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Diabetes and acute coronary syndromes: An 
								overview | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								José  Carlos Nicolau  
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:52 | 
                                 
								 
								Management of ACS in diabetics: An European perspective and lessons from the MIDAS registry | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Roffi Marco (SWITZERLAND) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:14 | 
                                 
								 
								Diabetes and ACS in India; Magnitude of the disease burden and optimal pharmacotherapy | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								HIREMATH Shirish (INDIA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:36 | 
                                 
								 
								When perform surgical revascularization in patients with stable coronary artery disease? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								CALIFF Robert (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Tigris | 
                                 
								 
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Symposium | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								Acute heart failure in the emergency department | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Sanz Gines (SPAIN) 
                                Mauro Victor (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
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								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Biochemical diagnosis: How much better than clinical diagnosis? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Martinez-Sanchez Carlos (MEXICO) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:52 | 
                                 
								 
								Echocardiogram in acute heart failure: When to indicate it in the emergency department? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Oberti Pablo (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:14 | 
                                 
								 
								Heart failure units: Rationale for their implementation 
								 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Fuselli Juan José (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:36 | 
                                 
								 
								Nesiritide and levosimedan: Do they have any role in the emergency department? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Fernando Bacal  
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Seine | 
                                 
								 
								Green Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Clinical Seminar | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								BMS and DES restenosis: How do we treat them in 2008? | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Cates Christopher (UNITED STATES ) 
                                Pocovi Antonio (ARGENTINA)  | 
                                
							
                                |  
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								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Critical assessment of the outcomes of in-stent restenosis | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Expedito E. Ribeiro da Silva  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:52 | 
                                 
								 
								High risk lesions for restenosis: Bifurcations, long lesions, small vessels, etc. 
								 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								KING III Spencer (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:14 | 
                                 
								 
								Different paterns and solutions for in-segment/stent restenosis for BMS and DES | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Mendiz Carlos (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:36 | 
                                 
								 
								Are there any new devices for avoiding in-stent restenosis? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Pieroni Mario (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Amazon | 
                                 
								 
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								10:30-12:00 
								 | 
                                 
								 
								South American Congress of Cardiology 
								 | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Conferencias | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								  | 
                                 
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								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Bustamante Javier (BOLIVIA) 
                                ROURA Eduardo (ECUADOR) | 
                                
							
                                |  
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                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:30 | 
                                 
								 
								De los ensayos clínicos a la práctica asistencial | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Cagide Arturo (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:15 | 
                                 
								 
								Avances en el manejo de la enfermedad aórtica | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Noedir Antonio Groppo Stolf  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								
								Volga 
								 | 
                                 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Congenital heart disease in countries with limited resources | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Sciegata Alberto (ARGENTINA) 
                                NEIROTTI Rodolfo (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
							
                                |  
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								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Epidemiology and Cost-effective Practices for Congenital Heart Disease in the Developing World | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Sadiq Masood (PAKISTAN) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:22 | 
                                 
								 
								Reality of Chagas Disease in 2008 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Edmar Atik  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:44 | 
                                 
								 
								Congenital Cardiac Surgery in the Less  Privileged regions of the  world | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Saxena Anita (INDIA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 15:06 | 
                                 
								 
								Congenital Cardiac Survey in Central America | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Barnoya Joaquín (GUATEMALA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								
								Ganges | 
                                 
								 
								Green Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Clinical Seminar | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Complex patients and complex decisions - Part one | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								MARTÍNEZ RÍOS Marco A (MEXICO) 
                                Rubio Miguel (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:00 | 
                                 
								 
								The left main trunk PCI, anatomy related strategies and outcomes | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								- | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:22 | 
                                 
								 
								 Elderly patients PCI: Clinical and anatomical risk factors | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Cates Christopher (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:44 | 
                                 
								 
								Outcomes in sapheneous vein graft?s interventions: DES and BRS with/without distal protection | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Mehran Roxana (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 15:06 | 
                                 
								 
								The patient with very low ejection fraction (<30%) strategies and outcomes in PCI | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Costantino Roberto Frack Costantini  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Pilcomayo | 
                                 
								 
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Cardiovascular drug therapy in women | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Serra César (ARGENTINA) 
                                Lipszyc Pedro (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Treatement during pregnancy and post-partum | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Vazquez-Blanco Manuel (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:22 | 
                                 
								 
								Reperfusion therapy | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								José Antonio Franchini Ramires  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:44 | 
                                 
								 
								Hormone replacement therapy | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Wenger Nanette (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 15:06 | 
                                 
								 
								Primary and secondary recommendations for Aspirin therapy in women | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Smith Sidney (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								
								Amazon | 
                                 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								
								South American Congress of Cardiology | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Tratamiento 
								actual de la enfermedad coronaria crónica | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								Rebaza Patricia (PERU) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Impacto del tratamiento médico en la enfermedad coronaria crónica | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Sanhueza Patricio (CHILE) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:15 | 
                                 
								 
								¿Cuándo y cómo evaluar isquemia y viabilidad miocárdica? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								MASOLI Osvaldo (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:30 | 
                                 
								 
								¿Qué pacientes deben ser revascularizados? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Protasio Lemos da Luz  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:45 | 
                                 
								 
								Seleción de la estrategia de revascularización ¿Cuándo utilizar stent con drogas? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Lluberas Ricardo (URUGUAY) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Missouri | 
                                 
								 
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Adequate management of chronic heart failure | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
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								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Quintana Miguel (PARAGUAY) 
                                Cuesta Silva Manuel (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								 16:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Optimizing diuretic treatment in ambulatory patients | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Massie Barry (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:18 | 
                                 
								 
								Frequent difficulties and mistakes with ACEI and beta blockers therapy | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								López-Sendón José Luis (SPAIN) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:36 | 
                                 
								 
								Careful Manage in patents with high comorbidity | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Gilson Soares Feitosa  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:54 | 
                                 
								 
								Prevention of thromboembolic events | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Ventura Hector (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 17:12 | 
                                 
								 
								How to implement a simple and effective disease programme in heart failure? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Grancelli Hugo (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Pilcomayo | 
                                 
								 
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Joint Session (SP) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Rheumatic Fever/Rheumatic Heart Disease | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Amoah Albert (GHANA) 
                                Aloyzio Cechella Achutti  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
							
                                |  
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								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:00 | 
                                 
								 
								It is still around? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Kaplan Edward L (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:18 | 
                                 
								 
								Primary prevention and the ASAP Program in Africa | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Mayosi Bongani (SOUTH AFRICA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:36 | 
                                 
								 
								Pathogenesis of rheumatic heart disease | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Luiza Guilherme  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:54 | 
                                 
								 
								Rheumatic fever vaccines | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Carapetis Jonathan (AUSTRALIA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 17:12 | 
                                 
								 
								Rheumatic heart disease and its control in the Pacific | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Steer Andrew (AUSTRALIA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Danube | 
                                 
								 
								Green Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Debate | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Coronary bypass surgery: contemporary issues | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Bracco Daniel (ARGENTINA) 
                                Expedito E. Ribeiro da Silva  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Statement 1: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Extra-corporeal circulation in coronary surgery is preferred | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Pro: 
                                Favaloro Roberto (ARGENTINA) 
                                Contra: 
                                Enio Buffolo  
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Statement 
								2: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:45 | 
                                 
								 
								Patients with multiple vessel disease should have surgery | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Pro: 
                                Irarrazabal Manuel (CHILE) 
                                Contra: 
                                Rodriguez Alfredo (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Tigris | 
                                 
								 
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Reperfusion in the elderly: Evidence vs. real life | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Botto Fernando (ARGENTINA) 
                                Nahir M (ISRAEL) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Reperfusion in developed countries | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								BOSCH Xavier (SPAIN) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:22 | 
                                 
								 
								Reperfusion in the rest of the world | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Álvaro Avezum Jr. (BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:44 | 
                                 
								 
								Comorbidity and reperfusion strategies | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								- | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 17:06 | 
                                 
								 
								Cardiac care after myocardial infarction | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Mauricio Wajngarten  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Amazon | 
                                 
								 
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								 
								South American Congress of Cardiology | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Factores de riesgo y aterosclerosis subclínica | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Lado Mario  (URUGUAY) 
                                García Egüez Santiago (ECUADOR) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:00 | 
                                 
								 
								¿Es suficiente el score de Framinghan para establecer el riesgo cardiovascular? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								HERNÁNDEZ Edison (VENEZUELA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:15 | 
                                 
								 
								Aterosclerosis subclínica y riesgo cardiovascular. ¿Cómo evaluarla y como tratarla? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Cambios en el estilo de vida: Beneficios clínicos y fallas en su implimentación | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Chaparro Cristaldo Victoria  (PARAGUAY) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:45 | 
                                 
								 
								¿Cómo detectar y como tratar el metabolismo anormal de la glucosa? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Drago Silva José (PERU) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 17:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Objetivos terapéuticos de los trastornos lipídicos en prevención primaria y secundaria | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								REY Ricardo Horacio (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								Wednesday 21st May | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Rhine | 
                                 
								 
								Yellow Pavillion 
								 | 
                                 
								 
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Atrial fibrillation: From pathogenesis to practice | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Asenjo Rene (CHILE) 
                                Retyk Enrique (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Mechanism of atrial fibrillation: From electrical to structural remodeling | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Brachmann Johannes (GERMANY) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:52 | 
                                 
								 
								Rate versus rhythm control: Still a matter of discussion? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Martino Martinelli Filho  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:14 | 
                                 
								 
								Old and new anti-arrhythmic drugs: Revised concepts | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Pesce Ricardo (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:36 | 
                                 
								 
								Antithrombotic therapy: Revised guidelines | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Oto Ali (TURKEY) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Orinoco | 
                                 
								 
								Ochre Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Debate | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Management of pre-hypertension and metabolic syndrome | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								
								Leonardo de Matos Ribeiro  
								
								(BRAZIL) 
                                Onen Churchill (BOTSWANA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Statement 1: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Pre-hypertension should be treated with anti-hypertensive drugs | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Pro: 
                                Parati Gianfranco (ITALY) 
                                Contra: 
                                Aristizabal Dagnovar COLOMBIA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Statement 
								2: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:15 | 
                                 
								 
								Metabolic syndrome: A collection of risk factors or a true syndrome? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Pro: 
                                LOZADA Alfredo (ARGENTINA) 
                                Contra: 
                                REY Ricardo Horacio (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Nile | 
                                 
								 
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Global risk factors for the development of coronary artery disease and stroke | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								García Egüez Santiago (ECUADOR) 
                                Mário Fernando de Camargo Maranhão  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:30 | 
                                 
								 
								International prevalence, recognition and treatment of CV risk factors in out-patients with atherothrombosis | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Bhatt Deepak (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Risk factors for the development of strokes in multiple populations | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Gonzalez Gilberto (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Risk factors for heart disease globally: An up-date from the Inter-Heart Study | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Yusuf Salim (CANADA) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								
								Huang He | 
                                 
								 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								How to use CT multislice  and magnetic resonance in clinical practice? | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Moon James (UNITED KINGDOM) 
                                Baeza Ricardo (CHILE)  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:30 | 
                                 
								 
								How to implement CT multislice in the emergency department to assess patients with chest pain? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Gurfinkel Enrique (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:52 | 
                                 
								 
								How to estimate cardiovascular risk using coronary CT multislice? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								André Ricardo Vale Rodrigues  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:14 | 
                                 
								 
								Cardiovascular magnetic resonance for assessing myocardial ischaemia and viability | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Avegliano Gustavo (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:36 | 
                                 
								 
								Delayed enhancement imaging for evaluation of cardiomyopathy | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Flamm Scott (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Seine | 
                                 
								 
								Green Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Metabolic syndrome in youth: Is it the beginning of the cardiovascular disease continuum? | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								Waisman Gabriel D (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Bogalusa heart study | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Olsson Anders G (SWEDEN) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:52 | 
                                 
								 
								The Rio de Janeiro study | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Ayrton Pires Brandão  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:14 | 
                                 
								 
								Risk score predictions of atherosclerotic lesions in young people: The PDAY study | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Dones Wistremundo (PUERTO RICO) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:36 | 
                                 
								 
								How early does the cardiovascular disease continuum begin? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Bey Lombana Mario (PANAMA) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Danube | 
                                 
								 
								Green Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								10:30-12:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Cardiology in middle- and low-income countries | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								
								Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas  
								(BRAZIL) 
                                Hassell Trevor (BARBADOS) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Prevention is better than cure | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Nishtar Sania (PAKISTAN) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 10:52 | 
                                 
								 
								The research perspective | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Reddy Srinath (INDIA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:14 | 
                                 
								 
								Models of service delivery | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Spencer Howard (BAHAMAS) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 11:36 | 
                                 
								 
								Economic impact of cardiology services | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Mensah George A (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								
								Danube | 
                                 
								 
								Green Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								To ablate or not to ablate? Controversial issues | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Pozzer Domingo (ARGENTINA) 
                                Ernst Sabine (UNITED KINGDOM) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:00 | 
                                 
								 
								To ablate or not to ablate in asymptomatic WPW | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Cappato Riccardo (ITALY) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:22 | 
                                 
								 
								Should atrial flutter always be ablated? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Gonzalez Rolando (CHILE) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:44 | 
                                 
								 
								To ablate or not to ablate idiopathic ventricular tachycardia | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Mauricio Ibraim Sacanavacca  
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 15:06 | 
                                 
								 
								Atrial tachycardia | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Tanabe Teruhisa (JAPAN) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Mississippi 
								 | 
                                 
								 
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								14:00-15:30 
								 | 
                                 
								 
								Clinical Seminar | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Contemporary factors in cardiology | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Cingolani Horacio F (ARGENTINA) 
                                Mário Fernando de Camargo Maranhão  
								(BRAZIL)  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Up-date in the functions of natriuretic peptides | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								De Bold Adolfo (CANADA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:18 | 
                                 
								 
								Vascular NADPH oxidases as drug targets for novel antioxidant strategies | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Guzik Tj (POLAND) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:36 | 
                                 
								 
								The growing role of inflammatory markers | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								KASKI Juan (UNITED KINGDOM) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:54 | 
                                 
								 
								The cellular pathophysiology of oxidative stress | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Ferrario Carlos (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 15:12 | 
                                 
								 
								Apoptosis in myocardial ischaemia | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Gelpi Ricardo (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								
								Euphrates | 
                                 
								 
								Ochre Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Chagas disease | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								
								Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas  
								
								(BRAZIL) 
                                Bustamante Javier (BOLIVIA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Pathogenesis of chagas disease: Is there now a consensus? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								José Antonio Marin-Neto  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:18 | 
                                 
								 
								Chagas heart disease: Clinical work up at initial presentation and prognosis | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Anis Rassi Jr.  
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:36 | 
                                 
								 
								Echocardiography approach for diagnosis and prognosis | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Migliore Ricardo (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:54 | 
                                 
								 
								Periodic parasitemias in the development of Chagas' cardiomyopathy | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Salomone Oscar (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 15:12 | 
                                 
								 
								Antiparasitic treatments of chagas disease: An update | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Arribada Arturo (CHILE) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								
								Mekong | 
                                 
								 
								
								Ochre Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								
								Scaling-up secondary prevention | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								
								Rivas Estany Eduardo (CUBA) 
                                SOSA LIPRANDI Álvaro (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
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								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:00 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Lessons from prevention programs in Europe | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Wood David (UNITED KINGDOM) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:22 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Secondary prevention in stroke | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								FERNANDES J  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:44 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Field testing of fixed dose combinations | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								- | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								15:06 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Gaps in secondary prevention and access to 
								essential medicines | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Reddy Srinath (INDIA) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								
								Nile | 
                                 
								 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								 
								
								How-to Session | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								
								How to reach and maintain LDL below 70 in very 
								high risk patients | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								
								Francisco Antonio H. Fonseca  
								
								(BRAZIL) 
                                Lorenzatti Alberto (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:00 | 
                                 
								 
								
								With mixed dyslipidemia | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Steiner George (CANADA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:45 | 
                                 
								 
								
								With severe hypercholesterolemia | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								- | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								
								Yangtze  | 
                                 
								 
								
								Ochre Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								
								Stress echocardiography in difficult patients | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								
								Escudero Eduardo (ARGENTINA) 
                                Vazquez Horacio (URUGUAY)  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:00 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Stress echo in patients with LBBB, atrial 
								fibrillation or left ventricular hypertrophy | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Pinto Manuel (CHILE) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:22 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Stress echo after heart transplant | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Wilson Mathias Junior  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:44 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Stress echo for aortic valvulopathy | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Restrepo Gustavo (COLOMBIA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								15:06 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Assessment of coronary flow reserve during 
								stress echo | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Lowenstein Jorge A (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								
								Ganges | 
                                 
								 
								
								Green Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Clinical Seminar | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								
								New Strategies for PCI | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								
								SARMIENTO Ricardo (ARGENTINA) 
                                Martinez Sepulveda Jose Alejandro (CHILE) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:00 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Stents platforms, polymers and gene therapies: 
								Where are we?   | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Palacios Igor (UNITED STATES ) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:22 | 
                                 
								 
								
								New drugs for drug eluting stents | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Alexandre Antonio Cunha Abizaid  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:44 | 
                                 
								 
								
								New approached for bifurcation lesions: One, two 
								or dedicated stents? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Expedito E. Ribeiro da Silva  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								15:06 | 
                                 
								 
								
								New non-stent devices | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Belardi Jorge (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								
								Huang He | 
                                 
								 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								
								Tissue doppler imaging: Present and future | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								
								CACHERO Jorge (ARGENTINA) 
                                Castro Ricardo (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:00 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Strain 2D non-doppler for quantifying regional 
								ventricular function | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Nanda Navin (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:22 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Speckle tracking: A toy or a tool? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Carlos Eduardo Suaide Silva  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:44 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Tissue doppler imaging: A new diagnostic and 
								prognostic tool | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Plana Juan Carlos (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								15:06 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Tissue doppler and strain rate during stress 
								echo | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Bustamante-Labarta Miguel (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								
								Amazon  | 
                                 
								 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								 
								
								South American Congress of Cardiology | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								
								Fibrilación auricular. Lo viejo y lo nuevo | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								
								Dario Sobral  
								
								(BRAZIL) 
                                Cuellar Ronald (BOLIVIA)  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:00 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Activación neurohormonal e inflamación en la FA | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Corbalan Ramon (CHILE) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:15 | 
                                 
								 
								
								¿Cómo diagnosticar y cómo tratar la FA 
								intermitente? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Giniger Alberto (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:30 | 
                                 
								 
								
								¿Cómo optimizar el control del ritmo y la 
								frecuencia? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Galeano Javier (PARAGUAY) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								14:45 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Prevención de la complicación embólica: ¿Cuándo 
								y cómo?  | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Vicuña Mariño René (ECUADOR) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								15:00 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Ablación con radiofrecuencia como terapia de la 
								FA | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Asenjo Rene (CHILE) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								
								Tigris | 
                                 
								 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								
								14:00-15:30 | 
                                 
								 
								South American Congress of Cardiology | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Avances en la insuficiencia cardiaca aguda descompensada | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Oropeza Enrique (BOLIVIA) 
                                Aguirre Fernando (ECUADOR) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Impacto de la descompensación en la evolución de la enfermedad | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Cimbaro Canella Juan (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:15 | 
                                 
								 
								Asistencia respiratoria no invasiva en el manejo inicial | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Navarrete Solon (COLOMBIA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Estrategia actual del manejo farmacológico | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Fabio Vilas-Boas Pinto  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 14:45 | 
                                 
								 
								¿Cómo proteger la función renal? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Fernández Alberto (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								
								Missouri | 
                                 
								 
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Clinical Seminar | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Prognostic factors for heart failure in the betablocker era: Who must be listed for heart transplant | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Amuchastegui Marcos (ARGENTINA) 
                                Marcelo W. Montera  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:00 | 
                                 
								 
								How to predict sudden death? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Bortman Guillermo (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:22 | 
                                 
								 
								Are scores useful in advance heart failure? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Nadine Oliveira Clausell  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:44 | 
                                 
								 
								Biomarkers for risk stratification | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Perna Eduardo (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 17:06 | 
                                 
								 
								State of the art of VO2 max exercise test | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Piña Ileana (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								
								Nile | 
                                 
								 
								
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Nutrition, diet and CVD prevention | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								
								Mário Fernando de Camargo Maranhão  
								
								(BRAZIL) 
                                Somoza Maria Inés (ARGENTINA)  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Risk factors in the developing world | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								- | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:18 | 
                                 
								 
								Healthy life style vs. medications in CVD prevention | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Sharma Satyavan (INDIA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:36 | 
                                 
								 
								Portofolio eating plan and antioxidants | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Karmally Wahida (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:54 | 
                                 
								 
								Red wine: Experimental and clinical basis for its recomendations | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Protasio Lemos da Luz  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Mekong | 
                                 
								 
								Ochre Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Clinical Seminar 
								 | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Hyperglycemia, inflammation and coronary artery disease: New relationships? | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Sala Jose (ARGENTINA) 
                                Corbalan Ramon (CHILE) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 
								16:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Hyperglycemia as a risk factor in AMI: New insights | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								José  Carlos Nicolau  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Do biomarkers change pharmacological interventions in Stable Coronary Artery Disease? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Cagide Arturo (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 17:00 | 
                                 
								 
								The role of lipids in chronic coronary disease | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								- | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Ganges | 
                                 
								 
								Green Pavillion 
								 | 
                                 
								 
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Clinical Seminar | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Complex patients and complex decisions - Part two | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Vozzi C (ARGENTINA) 
                                BALLARINO Miguel (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:00 | 
                                 
								 
								When do gender differences exist in patients undergoing planned PCI? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								KING III Spencer (UNITED STATES) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:22 | 
                                 
								 
								When does a bifurcation lesion require more than one stent? 
								 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Costantino Roberto Frack Costantini  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:44 | 
                                 
								 
								An old concept a new approach. Autoretroperfusion of the coronary sinus in no-option patients 
								 | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Navia Jose (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 17:06 | 
                                 
								
								PCI in the diabetic patient: Outcomes for focal and diffuse disease | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Alexandre Antonio Cunha Abizaid  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Orinoco | 
                                 
								 
								Ochre Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Symposium | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								Hot topics in hypertension 
								 | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								Jalil Jorge (CHILE) 
                                Peliche Fernando (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Home measurement of blood pressure: Does it work? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Parati Gianfranco (ITALY) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:18 | 
                                 
								 
								Obstructive sleep apnea: Where are we? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								
								Luciano Ferreira Drager  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:54 | 
                                 
								 
								Silent white matter lesions, blood pressure variability and cognitive deterioration in elderly hypertensive patients | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Sánchez Ramiro (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 17:12 | 
                                 
								 
								Ambulatory blood pressure for all? | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								Bendersky Mario (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                        	
                                |  
								
								
								• | 
                                 
								 
								Tiber | 
                                 
								 
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								 
								Joint Session (SP) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								 
								SBC:  Coronary Artery Disease 2008 | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Chairs: | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                 
								
								Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas  
								
								(BRAZIL) 
                                Faella Horacio (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
							
                                |  
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                 
								  | 
                                
							
                                |  
								
								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
                                |  
								 
								 16:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Clinical approaches for treatment: drugs vs lifestyle | 
                                
                            
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								Protasio Lemos da Luz  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
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								 16:22 | 
                                 
								 
								The utility of inflammatory markers in the management of the disease | 
                                
                            
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								Gurfinkel Enrique (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
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								 16:44 | 
                                 
								 
								
								Current views in PCI | 
                                
                            
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								Luiz Alberto Piva Mattos  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
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								 17:06 | 
                                 
								 
								The roll of surgical management | 
                                
                            
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								Renato Abdala Karam Kalil  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                        	
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								Amazon | 
                                 
								 
								Yellow Pavillion | 
                                 
								 
								
								16:00-17:30 | 
                                 
								 
								South American Congress of Cardiology | 
                                
							
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								Nuevas fronteras en la hipertensión arterial | 
                                
							
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								Chairs: | 
                                 
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								Anchique Claudia  (COLOMBIA) 
                                SANO Masao (PARAGUAY) | 
                                
							
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								Speakers & presentations: | 
                                
                            
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								 16:00 | 
                                 
								 
								La reducción de la presión arterial ¿es suficiente? | 
                                
                            
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								Medina Felix  (PERU) | 
                                
                            
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								 16:15 | 
                                 
								 
								Hipertensión arterial en el anciano ¿son distintos los objetivos y el tratamiento? | 
                                
                            
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								Manzur Jattin Fernando (COLOMBIA) | 
                                
                            
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								 16:30 | 
                                 
								 
								
								¿Cómo prevenir y tratar el daño de órgano blanco? 
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								Fabregues Guillermo (ARGENTINA) | 
                                
                            
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								 16:45 | 
                                 
								 
								Objetivos terapéuticos en el paciente diabético | 
                                
                            
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								ESPINOSA Jaime (PERU) | 
                                
                            
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								 17:00 | 
                                 
								 
								Manejo de la hipertensión arterial en el paciente con insuficiencia renal | 
                                
                            
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								Hilton Chaves  
								
								(BRAZIL) | 
                                
                            
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								Apresentações em Pôster | 
                                
							
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								Monday 19 May 2008, during the 
								opening times of the exhibition 09.00 to 18.00 | 
                                
                            
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								Peak oxygen uptake is better 
								than Oxygen Uptake Efficiency Slope in 
								quantifying cardiopulmonary functional reserve 
								in patients with Metabolic Syndrome | 
                                
                            
                                 
								A. Casella-Filho, B. C. G. 
								Nascimento, C. B. Casella, I. C. Trombetta, M. 
								U. Rondon, F. Y. Cesena, D. Favaratto, C. E. 
								Negrao, P. L. Daluz, A. C. P. Chagas. 
								Local de exposição: display número 1 | 
                                
                        	
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								Short-term exercise training 
								improves HDL functional characteristics in 
								patients with metabolic syndrome | 
                                
							
                                 
								A. Casella-Filho, V. M. Silva, C. 
								B. Casella, I.C. Trombetta, F. Y. Cesena, B. C. 
								G. Nascimento, C. E. Negrao, R. C. Maranhao, P. 
								L. Daluz, A. C. P. Chagas. 
								Local de exposição: display número 74 | 
                                
							
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								Improvement in endothelial 
								function with short-term exercise training and 
								without specific diet in patients with metabolic 
								syndrome | 
                                
                            
                                 
								A. Casella-Filho, S. R. Coimbra, 
								C. B. Casella, I. C. Trombetta, F. Y Cesena, E. 
								Cerqueira, D. Favarato, C. E. Negrao, P. L. 
								Daluz, A. C. P. Chagas. 
								Local de exposição: display número  | 
                                
                            
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