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ESC Congress 2008

Looking back at Munich ESC Congress 2008 Webcasts, Slides and Congress Reports

EAPCI contributed to numerous sessions to the ESC Congress 2008 held in Munich. A list of pre-selected sessions relevant to Interventional Cardiologists was prepared by the EAPCI Board, circulated to EAPCI Board members beforehand and available here.

Access the webcasts, slides and congress reports of the recommended sessions for interventional cardiologists


Association Track

Hot Line II

Hot Line and Clinical Trial Update Sessions are the most important new clinical trial resuls relevant to clinical parctice.

  • SYNTAX - Access slides, webcasts and congress report here

  • LEADERS - Access slides, webcasts and congress report here

  • DECREASE III - Results of the trial - Access the webcast here

  • DECREASE III - Discussant - Access webcast here

 Main Sessions


These are sessions in which renowned experts present state of the art reviews on clinical cardiology, basic and clinical cardiovascular research, and epidemiology, with a perspective for today’s clinical practice.

Safety of drug-eluting stents: 2 years after Barcelona
  • Access the webcasts and the congress report here
     
  • Access two slides from Carlo Di Mario who clarified the indications for use of DES here
Percutaneous aortic valve implantation: a consensus between cardiologists and surgeons
  • Scope of the problem and imaging - Access the slides here
  • Access the webcasts and the congress report here

Clinical relevance of myocardial necrosis during PCI

  • Access the congress report here

In vivo imaging for cardiac regeneration

  • Access the congress report here

Imaging valve disease in 2008

  • Access the congress report here

STEMI pre-hospital management 

  • Access the slides here     
            

  State of the Art Sessions

  • New insights into the safety of drug eluting stents - Access the slides here

Opinions/hypothesis expressed in the presentations are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), a Registered Branch of the ESC.

EAPCI is offering this service as a Congress report but it is not responsible for the scientific content of the presentations.