Congress News - from and about the ESC Congress 2011

Please find here below a selection of news articles from the ESC Congress 2011 in Paris, France, 27-31 August

Missed yesterday's paper? Read, download or print the full version.

Saturday 27 Sunday 28 Monday 29 Tuesday 30 Wednesday 31

	2012
	2011
	2010
Click to change congress year

Access here all the ESC Congress resources including slides, webcasts, congress reports, press releases, videos and more, or search resources by specific congress topics.

Date	Title
31 Aug 2011	ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias
31 Aug 2011	Children provide the key to parents’ cardiovascular health
31 Aug 2011	Is the universal pre-participation screening of young athletes justified?
31 Aug 2011	ESC extends its EurObservational registry project
31 Aug 2011	Growth factors in the treatment of CVD
31 Aug 2011	Highest rates of antihypertensive ‘persistence’ with ARBs
31 Aug 2011	PRODIGY: no benefit from prolonged antiplatelet therapy
31 Aug 2011	Phase II data from RUBY-1 darexaban trial
31 Aug 2011	EXAMINATION: first RCT of new generation DES in STEMI patients: ‘Reassuring’ performance of everolimus-eluting stent
31 Aug 2011	CRISP AMI: Infarct size not reduced by balloon pump counterpulsation
31 Aug 2011	Low rate of stent thrombosis found with everolimus DES
31 Aug 2011	More evidence in favour of chocolate’s protective effects
31 Aug 2011	General Assembly Report 2011
30 Aug 2011	The management of CVD during pregnancy: still questions
30 Aug 2011	It’s WISE to consider microvascular coronary dysfunction in women
30 Aug 2011	Women are still less optimally treated for STEMI
30 Aug 2011	The polypill: now enough data ‘to advocate a full dose polycap in secondary prevention’
30 Aug 2011	TAVI: heading for mainstream and low-risk surgical patients?
30 Aug 2011	The link between pre-eclampsia and long-term CVD
30 Aug 2011	ESC Congress 2011 award winners
30 Aug 2011	Ivabradine’s significant effect on cardiac remodelling in HF
30 Aug 2011	CABG preferred over PCI in triple vessel registry study
30 Aug 2011	Non-inferiority of everolimus stent found in large-scale RESET trial
30 Aug 2011	'Causative' link betwen AF and exercise in men
30 Aug 2011	Remote ICD follow-up proves a safe alternative
30 Aug 2011	Awards to six young investigators from the Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function Working Group
29 Aug 2011	Non-ST segment elevation ACS: an update
29 Aug 2011	Fire without smoke: Use of snus smokeless tobacco linked to lower MI survival rates
29 Aug 2011	Should most atrial fibrillation patients be treated with catheter ablation?
29 Aug 2011	Time to forget the obesity paradox?
29 Aug 2011	High predictive value of anger levels for event recurrence post-MI
29 Aug 2011	Strategies to improve the placement of stents
29 Aug 2011	Apixaban for AF outperforms warfarin in stroke prevention
29 Aug 2011	Underuse of proven secondary prevention drugs a ‘global tragedy’
29 Aug 2011	Colchicine effective for repeat symptom relief in pericarditis
29 Aug 2011	Cream and sugar? Well . . . that depends
29 Aug 2011	Lasting statin effect on all-cause mortality
28 Aug 2011	Three ESC gold medals at opening ceremony
28 Aug 2011	ESC President highlights congress' 'international scope'
28 Aug 2011	New guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of peripheral artery disease emphasise a multidisciplinary approach
28 Aug 2011	Has cardiac magnetic resonance replaced nuclear imaging?
28 Aug 2011	Resuming sex after MI: it's good to talk
28 Aug 2011	How late is too late for revascularisation in STEMI?
28 Aug 2011	Onwards and upwards: new double-digit impact factor for the European Heart Journal
28 Aug 2011	The universal effects of disease prevention
27 Aug 2011	Your Forum for education, research and networking: ESC Congress 2011
27 Aug 2011	Bienvenue à Paris, City of Light
27 Aug 2011	Four new practice guidelines for ESC Congress 2011
27 Aug 2011	Is diet alone sufficient to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease?
27 Aug 2011	Post acute coronary syndrome in primary care
27 Aug 2011	Don't worry, be happy: how positive emotions can help protect the heart
27 Aug 2011	Greater political commitment needed for the wider uptake of primary PCI