Congress reports 2007

Live reports from the ESC Congress by some of Europe's finest cardiologists

This is the 7th edition of the ESC Congress Reports, aimed at providing a snapshot of some of the most important scientific knowledge presented at the Congress.

As with previous editions, in order to provide first-hand, unbiased scientific information, authoritative professionals in cardiology were asked to report on their respective fields of expertise. The ESC is privileged to have some of the finest cardiologists from across Europe and the world acting as reporters for this important project. The reports cover some of the most important symposia and are organised following the chronology of the Congress.

Claudio Ceconi, MD, FESC
Editor-in-Chief
ESC Congress Reports


ArticleAuthorTopic
Imaging the aorta for decision making - FOCUS Session Erbel, Raimund (Essen, DE) Diseases of the Aorta and Trauma to the Aorta and Heart
Home-monitoring of devices and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, arrhythmia Kraemer, Lars-Immo (Germany) Arrhythmias
Atrial fibrillation ablation-new techniques,Meet the experts-arrhythmia Adragao, Pedro Pulido (Portugal) Arrhythmias
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy: hot news?-heart failure Paul, Vincent (United Kingdom) Heart Failure (HF)
Left ventricular dysynchrony in cardiac resynchronisation therapy Sitges, Marta (Spain) Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear
How to manage co-morbidity, CVD prevention, risk assessment Dahlstrom, Ulf Georg (Sweden) Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management
Stem cells: from bedside to bench again? -Heart failure Leor, Jonathan (Israel) Heart Failure (HF)
Aortic Stenosis, Valvular Heart Disease Rahimtoola, Shahbudin (United States of America) Valvular Heart Diseases
Challenges in endocarditis Symposium - Infective endocarditis Boudoulas, Harisios (Greece) Infective Endocarditis
Modern therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension Symposium Gibbs, Simon (United Kingdom) Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Biomarkers for tailoring of treatment in acute coronary syndromes(ACS) Weber, M. (Germany) Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
Genetic control of cardiovascular development-State of the art Franco Jaime, Diego (Spain) Genetics
Collateral circulation, chronic ischaemic heart disease Zimarino, Marco (Italy) Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)
high-risk atherosclerosis- Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) Erbel, Raimund (Germany) Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
Safety of Drug-eluting stents-Acute Coronary Syndromes-ACS Lafont, Antoine (France) Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
Challenges in percutaneous revascularisation in the elderly, ACS Lafont, Antoine (France) Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
Importance of exercise training, cardiovascular disease-rehabilitation Bigi, Riccardo (Italy) Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology
Does physical activity,molecular key to longevity-CVD prevention Kemi, Ole Johan (United Kingdom) Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management
Exercise training, alterations at the molecular level-Rehabilitation Wisloff, Ulrik (Norway) Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology
Emerging novel molecular targets in anti-arrhythmic therapy Cinca, Juan (Barcelona, Spain) Arrhythmias
Prognostic implications left atrial size, function-non-invasive imaging Colonna, Paolo (Bari, Italy) Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear
Metabolism, key to understand heart disease-heart failure Neglia, D (Italy) Heart Failure (HF)
Echocardiographic diagnosis of LV diastolic dysfunction, imaging Van De Veire, Nico (Belgium) Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear
The patient with mild heart failure-prevent disease progression-Focus Leclercq, Christophe (Rennes, France) Heart Failure (HF)
Young at heart: cardiovascular health-ESC and European Heart Network Ryden, Lars (Sweden) Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management
New insights into atherosclerosis and vascular injury - ESC & EAS Taskinen, Marja-Riitta (Finland)  
Cardiac rhythm devices, Europe and USA-Sudden cardiac death Brugada Terradellas, Josep (Spain) Sudden Cardiac Death and Resuscitation
How to manage athletes with arrhythmias or related symptoms Carre, Francois (France) Arrhythmias
New endpoints, endpoint definition in trials-clinical pharmacology Alonso-Pulpon Rivera, Luis (Spain) Clinical pharmacology
Questions in coronary revascularisation-Ischaemic heart disease Torracca, Lucia (Italy) Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)
Percutaneous valve therapy,learn from surgeon-Valvular heart disease Maisano, Francesco (Italy) Valvular Heart Diseases
Molecular pathology of cardiomyopathies, sudden death-arrhythmia Richard, Sylvain (France) Arrhythmias
Matrix metalloproteinases, cardiovascular pathology-myocardial disease Agewall, Stefan (Norway) Myocardial Disease
Gender (dis)advantages in cardiac remodelling-pregnancy, heart disease Doevendans, Pieter (Netherlands) Pregnancy and Heart Disease
New perspectives in myocarditis, pericarditis-myocardial disease Bilinska, Zofia (Poland) Myocardial Disease
Therapeutic angiogenesis / arteriogenesis - Ischemic heart disease Waltenberger, Johannes (Maastricht, The Netherlands) Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)
Atherosclerosis is shear stress-Ischaemic Heart Disease Tritto, Isabella (Italy) Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)
Lipids, still relevant in 2007-CVD prevention, risk assessment Reiner, Zeljko (Croatia) Cardiovascular Disease Prevention -