Congress News - from and about the ESC Congress 2012

A selection of news articles from the ESC Congress 2012 in Munich, Germany, 25-29 August

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Date	Title
29 Aug 2012	New prevention guidelines deliver emphatic message
29 Aug 2012	Update on AFib includes novel oral anticoagulants
29 Aug 2012	AMI registry studies show dramatic decline in stroke and mortality rates
29 Aug 2012	Tackling treatment inequalities in Europe
29 Aug 2012	Focus on the eye: changes in retinal circulation may predict risk of CVD
29 Aug 2012	General Assembly: a new ESC President
29 Aug 2012	Debate: Can cardiac magnetic resonance imaging replace nuclear imaging?
29 Aug 2012	Faces in the crowd
29 Aug 2012	Fractional flow reserve-guided PCI outperforms medical therapy alone in stable CAD
29 Aug 2012	Aspirin found redundant in PCI trial
29 Aug 2012	How Japan’s 2011 earthquake spiked incidence of CVD
29 Aug 2012	Study confirms diagnostic accuracy of combined CT angiography and perfusion
29 Aug 2012	First year results from ESC’s pilot registry for atrial fibrillation ablation
28 Aug 2012	New 2012 AMI-STEMI guidelines emphasise importance of pre-hospital logistics of care
28 Aug 2012	More on obesity and sleep quality as CVD risk factors
28 Aug 2012	Energy drinks go down well in Italian study
28 Aug 2012	Renal denervation’s huge progress in just five years
28 Aug 2012	The many causes of AF are the key to therapy
28 Aug 2012	OK to eat, drink and be merry?
28 Aug 2012	Scientific excellence rewarded at ESC Congress 2012
28 Aug 2012	Younger women identified as targets for STEMI prevention after French registry study
28 Aug 2012	Shock result in balloon pulsation study
28 Aug 2012	Stent thrombosis rates low in large DES trial
28 Aug 2012	Insulin glargine has only ‘modest’ effect on CIMT
28 Aug 2012	TAVI accounts for almost 25% of German aortic valve registry
27 Aug 2012	What’s new in the 2012 heart failure guidelines
27 Aug 2012	Induced pluripotent stem cells still more a promise than reality in repair medicine
27 Aug 2012	Female gender reassessed as a risk factor in AF
27 Aug 2012	ECG is ‘cost effective’ in screening young athletes for cardiac problems
27 Aug 2012	Getting to grips with lead extraction
27 Aug 2012	The past and future of TAVI in one congress session
27 Aug 2012	The case for statins in a wider population
27 Aug 2012	Neutral results from first prasugrel-clopidogrel test in medically managed ACS
27 Aug 2012	Encouraging results from phase II trial in HF with preserved ejection fraction
27 Aug 2012	Spironolactone improves filling pressure in diastolic HF
27 Aug 2012	FFR calculated from computed tomography ‘exciting’ prospect
27 Aug 2012	Prospects dim for aliskiren in type 2 diabetics
27 Aug 2012	Heart-healthy living related to gross domestic product
26 Aug 2012	Medical education remains ESC’s ‘top priority’, as new programme is announced
26 Aug 2012	Three new ESC gold medals awarded
26 Aug 2012	TAVI included in new 2012 ESC/EACTS guidelines on management of valve disease
26 Aug 2012	New approaches to treating heart failure: From genes, to spinal stimulation and a parachute
26 Aug 2012	Nanotechnology: when small is beautiful
26 Aug 2012	How to manage a worldwide patient population of 1.5 billion hypertensives
26 Aug 2012	Congress unveils third universal definition of MI
26 Aug 2012	Laying a basis for interventional cardiology
26 Aug 2012	Non-smokers derive big benefit from smoking bans
26 Aug 2012	ESC Congress 2012 award winners
25 Aug 2012	A festival of cardiology at a diamond jubilee congress
25 Aug 2012	An insider’s guide to Munich
25 Aug 2012	Five new practice guidelines are lined up for presentation at ESC Congress 2012
25 Aug 2012	Linking blood flow and cardioprotection
25 Aug 2012	EHJ continues its record gains in impact factor
25 Aug 2012	Tele-health ‘feasible’ for primary care
25 Aug 2012	Debate: Is six months dual antiplatelet therapy sufficient after DES placement?
25 Aug 2012	Young cardiologists now take the stage