A selection of live sessions from the Cardiologists of Tomorrow
Monday 29th August
10:10 - 10:50: How to perform and understand statistical analysis in cardiovascular science
Chairpersons: A A Voors (Groningen, NL), R C Vidal Perez (Santiago De Compostela, ES)
- 10:10 - How to perform and understand statistical analysis: what a clinical cardiologist should know?
SA Murphy (Boston, US)
- 10:30 - Common questions from a clinical cardiologist
R C Vidal Perez (Santiago De Compostela, ES)
14:00-15:30: Convergence of generations in myocardial infarction management: from 'old' therapies to 'new' technologies
Chairpersons: R Ferrari (Ferrara, IT) R Fontes Carvalho (Porto, PT)
- 14:00- 'Old Therapies': how was myocardial infarction management in 1970?
G Breithardt (Munster, DE)
- 14:22- Future strategies for early identification and prevention of cardiovascular disease.
S Yusuf (Hamilton, CA)
- 14:45 - Future therapies for myocardial infarction in 2050: cells, genetics and pharmacogenomics.
V Fuster (New York, US)
- 15:07 - Future interventional therapies and new devices for myocardial infarction in 2050.
F Van de Werf (Leuven, BE)
16:30 - 18:00: Career development session: how to interpret the results of clinical trials
Chairpersons: J J V McMurray (Glasgow, GB) L Chrzanowski (Lodz, PL)
- 16:30 - How to unmask the fallacies of clinical trials
S E Nissen (Cleveland, US)
- 16:52 - How to select the correct population: from clinical trials to the "real world"
J G F Cleland (Kingston Upon Hull, GB)
- 17:15 - How to interpret statistical analysis from clinical trials: limitations and pitfalls.
S J Pocock (London, GB)
- 17:37 - How the regulatory authorities interpret clinical trials: the European Medicines Agency (EMA) perspective.
G Calvo Rojas (Barcelona, ES)
Wednesday 31 August - 11:00-13:00
Highlight session
Chairpersons: M Bohm (Homburg/Saar, DE), M Komajda (Paris, FR), K A A Fox (Edinburgh, GB)
11:00 - ESC Congress 2011 Awards.
M Bohm (Homburg/Saar, DE)
11:10 - Basic Science.
A R Pries (Berlin, DE)
11:21 - Hypertension.
R Schmieder (Erlangen, DE)
11:32 - Imaging.
J L Zamorano Gomez (Madrid, ES)
11:43 - Arrhythmias.
H Heidbuchel (Leuven, BE)
11:54 - Acute coronary syndromes.
J L Lopez-Sendon (Madrid, ES)
12:05 - Interventional cardiology.
K Huber (Vienna, AT)
12:16 - Valvular heart disease and pulmonary circulation.
A Torbicki (Warsaw, PL)
12:27 - Heart failure and cardiomyopathies.
S D Anker (Berlin, DE)
12:38 - Preventive cardiology.
D A Wood (London, GB)