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Congress reports 2007

05/09/2007 00:00:00

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


ArticleAuthorTopicSession
ESC Rene Laennec Lecture on Clinical Cardiology Tendera, Michal (PL)  980-983
New methods to diagnose left ventricular function: non-invasive imaging Sicari, Rosa (Italy) Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear960000
Imaging to guide therapy in heart failure Symposium Perrone-Filardi, Pasquale (Italy) Heart Failure (HF)955000
Stem cells: from bedside to bench again? -Heart failure Leor, Jonathan (Israel) Heart Failure (HF)948-957
Inflammatory mechanisms in atherosclerosis - genetics Tousoulis, Dimitris (Greece) Genetics948000
Therapeutic potential of nitric oxide (NO) - acute coronary syndromes (ACS) Harding, Sian E. (United Kingdom) Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)947000
Lipids, still relevant in 2007-CVD prevention, risk assessment Reiner, Zeljko (Croatia) Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management946000
Gender (dis)advantages in cardiac remodelling-pregnancy, heart disease Doevendans, Pieter (Netherlands) Pregnancy and Heart Disease934000
Molecular pathology of cardiomyopathies, sudden death-arrhythmia Richard, Sylvain (France) Arrhythmias932000
Percutaneous valve therapy,learn from surgeon-Valvular heart disease Maisano, Francesco (Italy) Valvular Heart Diseases930000
Questions in coronary revascularisation-Ischaemic heart disease Torracca, Lucia (Italy) Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)928000
New perspectives in myocarditis, pericarditis-myocardial disease Bilinska, Zofia (Poland) Myocardial Disease924000
New endpoints, endpoint definition in trials-clinical pharmacology Alonso-Pulpon Rivera, Luis (Spain) Clinical pharmacology915000
How to manage athletes with arrhythmias or related symptoms Carre, Francois (France) Arrhythmias903000
Cardiac rhythm devices, Europe and USA-Sudden cardiac death Brugada Terradellas, Josep (Spain) Sudden Cardiac Death and Resuscitation899-902
Matrix metalloproteinases, cardiovascular pathology-myocardial disease Agewall, Stefan (Norway) Myocardial Disease878 - 881
Therapeutic angiogenesis / arteriogenesis - Ischemic heart disease Waltenberger, Johannes (Maastricht, The Netherlands) Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)866 - 869
New insights into atherosclerosis and vascular injury - ESC & EAS Taskinen, Marja-Riitta (Finland)  721000
Young at heart: cardiovascular health-ESC and European Heart Network Ryden, Lars (Sweden) Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management716 000
The effect of ranolazine-arrhythmia - CLINICAL TRIAL UPDATE 2 Scirica, Benjamin Morgan (United States of America) Arrhythmias4507
Bosentan for inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) and post-pulmonary endarterectomy pulmonary hypertension: a subgroup analysis of the randomised, placebo-controlled trial - BENEFiT- CLINICAL TRIAL UPDATE 2 Lang, Irene Marthe (Austria) Thromboembolic Venous Disease4505
COACH-study: results of subgroup analyses-heart failure - CLINICAL TRIAL UPDATE 2 Jaarsma, Tiny (Netherlands)  4503
Anti-oxidant AGI-1067(succinobucol) effect on glycaemic control Ryden, Lars (Sweden) Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)4501-4502
Focus session: Options for end stage heart failure Metra Marco (Brescia, Italy) Heart Failure (HF)357 - 359
The patient with mild heart failure-prevent disease progression-Focus Leclercq, Christophe (Rennes, France) Heart Failure (HF)353 - 355
Results of the predictors of response to CRT (PROSPECT) trial - - HOTLINE 2 Linde, Cecilia (Sweden)  3222
WENBIT trial-Cardiovascular Disease prevention - HOTLINE 2 Ebbing, Marta (Norway) Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management3220
Excess cardiovascular mortality at 5-year, getABI study - HOTLINE 3 Diehm, Curt (Germany) & Poldermans, Don (Netherlands) Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management3215
Survey-arrhythmia rate in so-called high-risk MI patients - HOTLINE 1 Boriani, Giuseppe (Italy) & Breithardt, Guenter (Germany) Arrhythmias318
Clinical reality of coronary prevention - EUROASPIRE - HOTLINE 1 Wood, David A (UK) & Poole-Wilson, Philip Alexander (UK) Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management316
ADVANCE-BP lowering,intensive glucose control-prevention - HOTLINE 1 Mac Mahon, Stephen (Australia)  & Smith, Sydney C (United States of America) Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management312
How to manage co-morbidity, CVD prevention, risk assessment Dahlstrom, Ulf Georg (Sweden) Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management3117-3120
3CPO trial-non-invasive ventilation effect-Heart failure - HOTLINE 1 Newby, David (United Kingdom) Heart Failure (HF)310
Collateral circulation, chronic ischaemic heart disease Zimarino, Marco (Italy) Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)3088-3091
Metabolism, key to understand heart disease-heart failure Neglia, D (Italy) Heart Failure (HF)2992-2995
Emerging novel molecular targets in anti-arrhythmic therapy Cinca, Juan (Barcelona, Spain) Arrhythmias2299-2302
Does physical activity,molecular key to longevity-CVD prevention Kemi, Ole Johan (United Kingdom) Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management2275 - 2278
Exercise training, alterations at the molecular level-Rehabilitation Wisloff, Ulrik (Norway) Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology179000
Optimal pre-PCI 600mg clopidogrel loading: PRAGUE-8 - HOTLINE 2 Widimsky, Petr (Czech Republic) Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)1766
OASIS-5-Worse outcome in women with invasive strategy - HOTLINE 2 & Rosengren, Annika (Sweden) Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)1764
Randomised evaluation of routine transfer for urgent PCI or local management for patients admitted with STEMI to centres without PCI facilities intially treated with reteplase, heparin and abciximab (CARESS in AMI) - HOTLINE 2 Verheugt, Freek (Nijmegen, Netherlands) & ESC Press Office Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)1763
RIO-Reopro, peripheral arterial intervention, outcome - HOTLINE 2 Sievert, Horst (Germany) - Discussant Peripheral Arterial Diseases1758-1759
Challenges in percutaneous revascularisation in the elderly, ACS Lafont, Antoine (France) Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)169000
Atrial fibrillation ablation-new techniques,Meet the experts-arrhythmia Adragao, Pedro Pulido (Portugal) Arrhythmias1624-1627
Safety of Drug-eluting stents-Acute Coronary Syndromes-ACS Lafont, Antoine (France) Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)1616-1619
high-risk atherosclerosis- Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) Erbel, Raimund (Germany) Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)160000
Atherosclerosis is shear stress-Ischaemic Heart Disease Tritto, Isabella (Italy) Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)1568 - 1571
Genetic control of cardiovascular development-State of the art Franco Jaime, Diego (Spain) Genetics148-151
Biomarkers for tailoring of treatment in acute coronary syndromes(ACS) Weber, M. (Germany) Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)147000
Modern therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension Symposium Gibbs, Simon (United Kingdom) Pulmonary Hypertension140000
Challenges in endocarditis Symposium - Infective endocarditis Boudoulas, Harisios (Greece) Infective Endocarditis136000
Aortic Stenosis, Valvular Heart Disease Rahimtoola, Shahbudin (United States of America) Valvular Heart Diseases134000
Importance of exercise training, cardiovascular disease-rehabilitation Bigi, Riccardo (Italy) Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology120 - 123
Left ventricular dysynchrony in cardiac resynchronisation therapy Sitges, Marta (Spain) Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear117000
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy: hot news?-heart failure Paul, Vincent (United Kingdom) Heart Failure (HF)115000
Home-monitoring of devices and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, arrhythmia Kraemer, Lars-Immo (Germany) Arrhythmias111000
Imaging the aorta for decision making - FOCUS Session Erbel, Raimund (Essen, DE) Diseases of the Aorta and Trauma to the Aorta and Heart1101 - 1104
ACUITY:bivalirudin with/without GP IIbIIIa inhibitors - CLINICAL TRIAL UPDATE 1 White, Harvey (Auckland, NZ) Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)1031
ISAR-REACT-1 year outcome, abciximab vs placebo NSTE-ACS - CLINICAL TRIAL UPDATE 1 Seyfarth, Melchior (Germany) 
A. Kastrati, J. Mehilli, F.-J. Neumann, J. ten Berg, O. Bruskina, F. Dotzer, J. Pache, J. Dirschinger, P. B. Berger, A. Schömig
Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)1029
ExTRACT-TIMI 25:Enoxaparin vs UF heparin for STEMI - CLINICAL TRIAL UPDATE 1 Morrow, David (USA) & Wallentin, Lars (Sweden) Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)1027
3 year follow-up after sirolimus-eluting vs BMS in AMI - CLINICAL TRIAL UPDATE 1 Valgimigli, Marco; Ferrara, (Italy) Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)1023
Long term mortality after drug eluting stents in Sweden - one additional year of follow-up - CLINICAL TRIAL UPDATE 1 James, Stefan (Sweden) Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)1021
Prognostic implications left atrial size, function-non-invasive imaging Colonna, Paolo (Bari, Italy) Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear 962
Echocardiographic diagnosis of LV diastolic dysfunction, imaging Van De Veire, Nico (Belgium) Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear 2996
DANAMI2:fibrinolytic therapy vs primary angioplasty,AMI - CLINICAL TRIAL UPDATE 1 Nielsen, Torsten Toftegaard (Denmark) & Steg, Philippe Gabriel Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) 1025
STEEPLE,1 year:Enoxaparin vs UF heparin in elective PCI - CLINICAL TRIAL UPDATE 1 Montalescot, Gilles (France) & Kristensen, Steen Dalby (Denmark) Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)