Focus Sessions

 FOCUS Cardiology Practice Sessions in Room The Hague
  Issues in patient-orientated clinical decision making 

• Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation
• The cardio-renal syndrome
• Hypertension in type 2 diabetes
• Early management of acute chest pain
• Is the electrocardiogram still alive in the evaluation of acute coronary syndromes?
• Clinical scenarios in acute heart failure
• Management of patient with severe stable coronary disease
• The dilated ascending aorta: when and how to intervene?
• Non-obstructive coronary artery disease
• Fit for exercise?  

  FOCUS Imaging Intervention Sessions in Room LONDON 
 Invasive and non-invasive diagnosis and treatment procedures

• Screening of the high risk asymptomatic patient for coronary artery disease - LIVE from Liège
• Asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis - LIVE from Liège
• Strategy of revascularisation in patients with left main/multivessel coronary artery disease - LIVE from Riga
• Invasive imaging in modern cardiovascular therapy
• How to get the best out of my echo machine
• Complications during percutaneous cardiovascular interventions
• High risk patient with aortic stenosis. Recorded from Bichat Hospital, Paris.
• Imaging and arrhythmias
• Highlights from EuroPCR 2010: the great debate - Session objectives here
• Problems in adult congenital heart disease 

FOCUS Sponsor Group - Read more

The ESC would like to thank a select group of industry partners who have supported the ESC Congress 2010 FOCUS Sessions via unrestricted educational grants. The following industry partners have been instrumental in ensuring the delivery of a state of the art, interactive platform essential to the success of the FOCUS sessions:
Abbott Vascular International BVBA
Bayer Schering Pharma AG
Edwards Lifesciences
GE Healthcare
Servier
These companies have in no way affected or contributed to the scientific content of the FOCUS sessions.

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