Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD) - Invasive Imaging - Cardiac Catheterisation and Angiography - Infective Endocarditis - Myocardial Disease

A selection of webcasts from the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2008 in Munich

 Chronic Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD)


Session TitleTitleSpeaker
Courageous' treatment for stable coronary diseaseWhat is the optimal medical therapy?Boden (Buffalo, US)
Courageous' treatment for stable coronary diseaseWho should receive percutaneous intervention?Shelton M (Springfield, US)
Courageous' treatment for stable coronary diseasePersistent angina / ischaemia: what to do?Danchin N (Paris, FR)
Hot Line IThe BEAUTIFUL study: efficacy of ivabradine in reduction of cardiovascular events among patients with stable coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction - Discussant.Smith S (Chapel Hill, US)
Moving from cure to palliationPalliative care in refractory angina.Wright C (London, GB)
Clinical Trial Update IIPrognostic value of resting heart in patients with stable coronary artery disease, from the randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre EUROPA trial. - Discussant.Danchin N (Paris, FR)
Antithrombotic and antiplatelet treatment in coronary artery disease: 2008Chronic coronary artery disease.D L Bhatt (Newton, US)

 Infective Endocarditis


Session TitleTitleSpeaker
Endocarditis: diagnosis, decision making and treatmentRole of imaging techniques.Sitges M (Barcelona, ES)
Endocarditis: diagnosis, decision making and treatmentIndications and timing for surgery.Falk V (Leipzig, DE)

 Myocardial Disease


Session TitleTitleSpeaker
Role of endomyocardial biopsy in the management of cardiovascular diseaseHow to perform endomyocardial biopsy.Kuehl U (Berlin, DE)
Role of endomyocardial biopsy in the management of cardiovascular diseaseProcessing and interpretation of biopsy specimens.Virmani R (Gaithersburg, US)
Role of endomyocardial biopsy in the management of cardiovascular diseasePractical application of endomyocardial biopsy - the patient with acute heart failure of unknown origin.Cooper L (Rochester, US)
Clinical Trial Update IIIRandomized study on the efficacy of immunosuppressive therapy in patients with virus-negative inflammatory cardiomyopathy - Discussant.Keren A (Jerusalem, IL)
The new ESC guidelinesThe role of endomyocardial biopsy in the management of cardiovascular disease (scientific statement AHA/ACC/ESC).U Sechtem (Stuttgart, DE)