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Webcasts from the WCC 2006

World Congress of Cardiology 2006 Webcasts Barcelona - 2-6 September

Over 25 scientific sessions from the World Congress of Cardiology 2006 available to view online!

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Hotlines and Clinical Trial Update Sessions

Date	Title	Topic	Chairpersons
06-Sep	Clinical Trial Update I	Other	Chairperson(s) : M Tendera (Katowice, PL), P E Vardas (Heraklion, GR)
03-Sep	Clinical Trial Update II	Other	Chairperson(s) : O A Smiseth (Oslo, NO), T J Gardner (Wilmington, US)
04-Sep	Clinical Trial Update III	Other	Chairperson(s) : V Fuster (New York, US), S C Smith (Chapel Hill, US)
03-Sep	Hot Line I	Other	Chairperson(s) : M Komajda (Paris, FR), R Ferrari (Ferrara, IT)
05-Sep	Hot Line I	Other	Chairperson(s) : K M Fox (London, GB), S G Priori (Pavia, IT)

The ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines Symposia

Date	Title	Topic	Chairpersons
06-Sep	Guidelines for resuscitation: from guidelines to practice Clinical Seminar - The ESC and the European Resuscitation Council	Sudden Cardiac Death and Resuscitation	Chairperson(s) : A Capucci (Piacenza, IT), L L Bossaert (Edegem-Antwerpen, BE)
03-Sep	Implementation of European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the treatment of acute coronary syndrome in Europe.	Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)	Chairperson(s) : A K Gitt (Ludwigshafen, DE), M L Simoons (Rotterdam, NL)
03-Sep	New guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (Part I)	Other	Chairperson(s) : S G Priori (Pavia, IT), A Vahanian (Paris, FR)
05-Sep	New guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (Part II)	Other	Chairperson(s) : A Vahanian (Paris, FR), S G Priori (Pavia, IT)

Euro Heart Survey Programme Symposia

Date	Title	Topic	Chairpersons
05-Sep	Long-term management of atrial fibrillation in clinical practice in Europe. Lessons learned from the Euro Heart Survey programme and the German AFib Network	Atrial Fibrillation	Chairperson(s) : HJGM Crijns (Maastricht, NL), A K Gitt (Ludwigshafen, DE)
04-Sep	Long-term management of patients with acute heart failure. Lessons learned from the Euro Heart Survey programme	Heart Failure (HF)	Chairperson(s) : K Dickstein (Stavanger, NO), M Komajda (Paris, FR)
05-Sep	Management of cardiovascular disease in the elderly population. Lessons learned from the Euro Heart Survey programme	Other	Chairperson(s) : O A Smiseth (Oslo, NO), A K Gitt (Ludwigshafen, DE)
04-Sep	Percutaneous coronary interventions in clinical practice in Europe. Lessons learned from the Euro Heart Survey programme	Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)	Chairperson(s) : F R Eberli (Zurich, CH), A K Gitt (Ludwigshafen, DE)

Clinical Seminar

Date	Title	Topic	Chairpersons
06-Sep	Acute heart failure syndromes: current state and framework for the future	Heart Failure (HF)	Chairperson(s) : D Kremastinos (Athens, GR), M S Nieminen (Helsinki, FI)
04-Sep	An update on new biomarkers in acute coronary syndromes	Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)	Chairperson(s) : A Jaffe (Rochester, US), B Lindahl (Uppsala, SE)
06-Sep	Management of stroke in the elderly Clinical Seminar - The ESC and the European Stroke Conference	Peripheral Arterial Diseases	Chairperson(s) : V Sansoy (Istanbul, TR), P J Touboul (Paris, FR)
03-Sep	Prognostic implications of anaemia, bleeding and transfusion in the setting of acute coronary syndromes	Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)	Chairperson(s) : R J Seabra-Gomes (Carnaxide, PT),M Heras (Barcelona, ES)

Debate session

Date	Title	Topic	Chairpersons
03-Sep	Impact of cath lab availability on outcome of acute coronary syndrome	Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)	Chairperson(s) : M L Simoons (Rotterdam, NL), C P Cannon (Boston, US)

Main session

Date	Title	Topic	Chairpersons
04-Sep	Cardiac regeneration in 2006	Other	Chairperson(s) : M Boehm (Homburg/Saar, DE), J L Jansens (Brussels, BE)
04-Sep	Childhood obesity: a growing international problem	Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management	Chairperson(s) : P M Nilsson (Malmo, SE), S Sans Menendez (Barcelona, ES)
04-Sep	EuroAction	Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management	Chairperson(s) : W J M Scholte Op Reimer (Rotterdam, NL), J Perk (Oskarshamn, SE)
06-Sep	Highlight Session	Other	Chairperson(s) : M Komajda (Paris, FR), M Tendera (Katowice, PL), A Vahanian (Paris, FR), V Fuster (New York, US)

Meet the Experts

Date	Title	Topic	Chairpersons
03-Sep	Acute heart failure	Heart Failure (HF)	Chairperson(s) : A Mebazaa (Paris cedex 10, FR), M S Nieminen (Helsinki, FI)

Special Session

Date	Title	Topic	Chairpersons
03-Sep	Peripheral artery disease for the cardiologist	Peripheral Arterial Diseases	Chairperson(s) : E Escobar (Santiago, CL), A Oto (Ankara, TR)
03-Sep	Redefinition of myocardial infarction: the global myocardial infarction Task Force	Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)	Chairperson(s) : M Tendera (Katowice, PL), R Gibbons (Rochester, US)

Symposium

Date	Title	Topic	Chairpersons
03-Sep	Differential diagnoses of elevated cardiac troponins	Other	Chairperson(s) : H A Katus (Heidelberg, DE), M Galvani (Forli, IT)
05-Sep	Heart failure - dangerous liaisons	Heart Failure (HF)	Chairperson(s) : W Ruzyllo (Warsaw, PL), M Metra (Brescia, IT)
04-Sep	Optimising adjunctive pharmacotherapy in primary percutaneous coronary intervention	Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)	Chairperson(s) : P M Clemmensen (Copenhagen, DK), R Gil (Warsaw, PL)
06-Sep	Syncope and heart disease. Evaluation and management	Syncope	Chairperson(s) : A Moya I Mitjans (Barcelona, ES), R Sutton (London, GB)

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