1. Arrhythmias
Arrhythmias / Pacing / Resynchronisation
1.01 Mechanisms of arrhythmias
1.02 Genetic aspects of arrhythmias
1.03 Electrocardiography
1.04 Non invasive studies
1.05 Invasive electrophysiological studies
1.06 Atrial fibrillation (AF)
1.07 Supraventricular arrhythmias (excluding AF)
1.08 Ventricular arrhythmias
1.09 Sudden death / resuscitation
1.10 Syncope
1.11 Antiarrhythmic drugs
1.12 Catheter ablation
1.13 Cardioversion / defibrillation
1.14 Antibradycardia pacing
1.15 Automatic implantable cardioverter / defibrillator
1.16 Resynchronisation therapy
2. Heart Failure/LV dysfunction
heart failure / LV dysfunction
2.01 Pathophysiology and diagnosis
2.02 Pharmacologic therapy
2.03 Neurohormones
2.04 Medical aspects of transplantation
2.05 Basic mechanisms
2.06 Cardiac surgery
2.07 Diastolic dysfunction
2.08 Ventricular function/hemodynamics
2.09 Peripheral circulation, metabolism and skeletal muscle
2.10 Prognosis
2.11 Heart failure, other
3. Valvular disease/Pulmonary circulation
valvular disease
3.01 Aortic valve disease
3.02 Mitral valve disease
3.03 Endocarditis
3.04 Surgery and intervention in valve disease
3.05 Valvular heart disease, other
3.06 Rheumatic heart disease
pulmonary circulation
3.07 Acute pulmonary embolism
3.08 Chronic pulmonary hypertension
3.09 Right ventricular function
3.10 Pulmonary circulation, other
Myocardial-Pericardial disease
3.11 Cardiomyopathies
3.12 Myocarditis
3.13 Pericardial disease / Tumours
3.14 Pericardial and myocardial disease, other
3.15 Infectious and parasitic diseases
3.16 Nutritional heart diseases
Congenital heart disease / Pediatric cardiology
3.17 Morphology, pathology and genetics
3.18 Grown-up congenital heart disease and surgery
3.19 Fetal cardiology
3.20 Imaging and intervention
3.21 GUCH and paediatric cardiology others
4. Ischaemia / CAD / ACC
Thrombosis & platelets, microcirculation
4.01 Thrombosis and platelets
4.02 Inflammation and microcirculation
Ischaemia / ACS / infarction
4.03 Ischaemia, experimental studies
4.04 Angina pectoris stable
4.05 Angina pectoris unstable
4.06 Infarction acute phase STEMI
4.07 Infarction acute phase non STEMI
4.08 Post infarction period
4.09 Adjunctive medical therapy
4.10 Antithrombotic agents
4.11 Thrombolysis and mechanical reperfusion
4.12 CAD and comorbidities
Acute cardiac care
4.13 CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
4.14 Acute cardiac care, other
5. Interventions/Peripheral Circulation/Stroke
Coronary circulation
5.01 Physiology, hemodynamics and microcirculation
5.02 Invasive coronary imaging
5.03 Vulnerable plaque
Interventional cardiology
5.04 PCI: pre-clinical studies
5.05 PCI/Stents: devices and technique
5.06 PCI: procedural complications
5.07 PCI: lesion/patient subsets
5.08 PCI: longterm outcome
5.09 Non coronary cardiac interventions
5.10 Restenosis
Peripheral circulation/stroke
5.11 Pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis
5.12 Invasive / medical treatment
5.13 Stroke
Cardiovascular surgery
5.14 CAD surgery
5.15 Valvular heart disease surgery
5.16 Minimal invasive and Robotic Surgery
5.17 Aorta, peripheral arterial and venous surgery
5.18 Heart transplantation and LV assist devices
6. Exercise/Epidemiology/Prevention/Pharma/Nursing
Exercise testing
6.01 Exercise physiology and methodology
6.02 Exercise testing in coronary artery disease
Cardiac rehabilitation and training
6.03 Cardiac rehabilitation, models and methods
6.04 Cardiac training, sports cardiology
Epidemiology & prevention
6.05 Epidemiology / prevention of CAD
6.06 Nutrition
6.07 Lipids
6.08 Tobacco
6.09 Diabetes
6.10 Psycho-social factors
6.11 Childhood obesity
6.12 Metabolic syndrome / Obesity
6.13 Influence of gender
6.14 Environment / Pollution
6.15 Regional / Ethnic differences
6.16 cardiovascular diseases and aging
Cardiovascular nursing
6.17 Acute nursing care
6.18 Chronic nursing care
Educational, legal and socio-economic aspects of cardiology
6.19 Cost-effectiveness
6.20 Policy initiative
7. Hypertension / Myocardial-Pericardial disease / Surgery
Hypertension
7.01 Autonomic nervous system and humoral regulations
7.02 Haemodynamics, heart and hypertension
7.03 Treatment of hypertension
7.04 Ambulatory pressure monitoring
7.05 Hypertension, other
7.06 Hypertension: Regional and ethnic profiles
7.07 Hypertention and diet
Pharmacology and pharmacotherapy
7.08 Drug therapy
7.09 Guidelines and Implementation in low resource settings
7.10 Pharmacogenomics
8. Basic Science
Cardiovascular system (patho)physiology
8.01 Developmental biology
8.02 Cardiovascular anatomy and pathology
8.03 Integrative physiology and control mechanisms
8.04 Stem cells and cell therapy
8.05 Genetics and gene therapy
Cardiac cellular biology
8.06 Metabolism and metabolic syndromes
8.07 Ischemia and protection
8.08 Hypertrophy, cell cycle and apoptosis
8.09 Growth factors, neurohormones and signal transduction-cardiac
8.10 Excitation-contraction coupling and contractile remodeling
8.11 Ion channels and electrophysiology
8.12 Cardiac biology, other
Vascular biology
8.13 Angiogenesis
8.14 Lipids
8.15 Atherosclerosis
8.16 Endothelial function
8.17 Inflammation, growth factors and signal transduction- vascular
8.18 Vascular remodeling
8.19 Vascular biology, other
9. Highlight 2008: Cardiac Imaging / Computers
Nuclear cardiology, CMR & CT
9.01 Scintigraphy (SPECT)
9.02 Positron emission tomography (PET)
9.03 Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR)
9.04 X-ray Computed tomography (CT)
9.05 Imaging, other
Echocardiography / Doppler
9.06 Echo-ventricular function
9.07 Echo-valvular heart disease
9.08 Echo-contrast / tissue characterization
9.09 Stress echo
9.10 Echo/Doppler, other
Computers in cardiology
9.11 ECG and arrhythmia analysis
9.12 Internet and Telemedicine
9.13 Image processing and DICOM
9.14 Computers and databases
(Topic List ESC Congress 2008 - Munich)