Industry Supported Educational Sessions

Heart Failure Congress 2010

Cooperation between clinicians, researchers and the pharmaceutical and technical industries has significantly contributed to a better understanding and management of patients with cardiovascular diseases.

Delegates are cordially invited to attend the Satellite Symposia and Mini-Satellite Symposia as part of the Heart Failure 2010 Congress scientific programme as outlined below.

SATELLITE SYMPOSIA

SUNDAY 30 MAY 2010   12:45 - 14:00

Emerging treatment opportunities in the management of heart failure:
exploring novel strategies to optimize outcomes
Satellite Symposium organised by Novartis Pharma AG in room Frankfurt

Managing heart failure by slowing heart rate with ivabradine
Satellite Symposium organised by Servier in room Hamburg

Device therapy for heart failure: current and new indications
Satellite Symposium organised by Medtronic in room Munich

Die erweiterte Nutzung kardialer Marker von der Akutversorgung bis in die Arztpraxis
Satellite Symposium organised by Alere International in room Stuttgart

SUNDAY 30 MAY 2010   18:15 - 19:45

Remote disease management in the heart failure patient
Satellite Symposium organised by St Jude Medical in room Frankfurt

MONDAY 31 MAY 2010   12:45 - 14:00

Helping patients with chronic heart failure: time to think again?
Satellite Symposium organised by Vifor Pharma in room Berlin

Changing heart failure risk assessment
Satellite Symposium organised by GE Healthcare in room Frankfurt

The dynamic clinical utility of biomarkers across the spectrum of cardiovascular diseases
Satellite Symposium organised by Alere International in room Stuttgart

MONDAY 31 MAY 2010   18:15 - 19:45

Biomarkers as an aid in cardio-pulmonary acute diseases
Satellite Symposium organised by B.R.A.H.M.S in room Frankfurt

MINI-SATELLITE SYMPOSIA

SUNDAY 30 MAY 2010   12:45 - 13:30

New hope, new life. The era of mechanical circulatory support is upon us
Mini-Satellite Symposium organised by Thoratec Europe Ltd in room Hannover

Biomarkers: optimizing treatment guidance in heart failure
Mini-Satellite Symposium organised by Pfizer, Ltd in room Leipzig

SUNDAY 30 MAY 2010   18:15 - 19:00

MADIT-CRT: Impact on clinical practice
Mini-Satellite Symposium organised by Boston Scientific in room Leipzig

MONDAY 31 MAY 2010   12:45 - 13:30

Which patients should be considered for cardiac resynchronization therapy?
Mini-Satellite Symposium organised by BIOTRONIK in room Hannover

Galectin-3: a novel biomarker of fibrosis in heart failure
Mini-Satellite Symposium organised by BG Medicine, Inc. in room Leipzig

MONDAY 31 MAY 2010   18:15 - 19:00

Actual and predicted survival with continuous flow mechanical circulatory support.
Mini-Satellite Symposium organised by HeartWare, Inc in room Leipzig