Heart Failure

A selection of webcasts from the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2008 in Munich on the topic of Heart Failure.

 Heart Failure (HF)


Session TitleTitleSpeaker
Heart Failure (HF) with normal ejection fractionDiagnostic strategy.Paulus W J (Amsterdam, NL)
Heart Failure (HF) with normal ejection fractionAny specific treatment?McMurray J J V (Glasgow, GB)
Hot Line ITrial of Intensified (BNP-guided) versus standard (symptom-guided) Medical therapy in Elderly patients with Congestive Heart Failure (HF) TIME-CHF - Discussant.Dickstein K (Stavanger, NO)
Hot Line IEffects of n-3 PUFA in patients with symptomatic chronic Heart Failure (HF): the GISSI-HF results.Tavazzi L (Pavia, IT)
Hot Line IEffects of n-3 PUFA in patients with symptomatic chronic Heart Failure (HF): the GISSI-HF results - Discussant.Komajda M (Paris, FR)
Hot Line IEffects of statins in patients with symptomatic chronic Heart Failure (HF): the GISSI-HF results.Tognoni G (Milan, IT)
Hot Line IEffects of statins in patients with symptomatic chronic Heart Failure (HF): the GISSI-HF results - Discussant.Poole-Wilson P A (London, GB)
Hot Line IThe TRANSCEND Study: a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial evaluating the effects of telmisartan in high risk individuals without Heart Failure (HF) - Discussant.Swedberg K (Goteborg, SE)
Fallacies from clinical trialsHeart Failure (HF).Swedberg K (Goteborg, SE)
Moving from cure to palliationPalliative care in Heart Failure (HF) patients.Jaarsma T (Groningen, NL)
Evolving role of echo in Heart Failure (HF)Evaluating patients with Heart Failure (HF) symptoms.Pinto F J (Lisbon, PT)
Evolving role of echo in Heart Failure (HF)Viability assessment - how to use the data.Pierard L A (Liege, BE)
Evolving role of echo in Heart Failure (HF)Role of contrast - assessing the microvasculature.Senior R (Harrow, GB)
Evolving role of echo in Heart Failure (HF)New approaches to left ventricular function.Vannan M (Columbus, US)
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in Heart Failure (HF)Case 1: value of echocardiography.Pinto F J (Lisbon, PT)
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in Heart Failure (HF)Discussion case 1.Pinto F J (Lisbon, PT), A C Van Rossum (Amsterdam, NL)
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in Heart Failure (HF)Case 2: value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.Van Rossum A C (Amsterdam, NL)
The new ESC guidelinesHeart Failure (HF).Dickstein K (Stavanger, NO)
2008 ESC Heart Failure (HF) guidelines: what's new?Diagnosis.Poole-Wilson P A (London, GB)
2008 ESC Heart Failure (HF) guidelines: what's new?Drug therapy.Boehm M (Homburg/Saar, DE)
2008 ESC Heart Failure (HF) guidelines: what's new?Devices.Priori S G (Pavia, IT)
2008 ESC Heart Failure (HF) guidelines: what's new?Implementation.Dickstein K (Stavanger, NO)
Clinical Trial Update IIResults from the BACH (Biomarkers in ACute Heart Failure (HF)) Trial.Maisel A (San Diego, US)
Clinical Trial Update IIResults from the BACH (Biomarkers in ACute Heart Failure (HF)) Trial - Discussant.McDonagh T A (London, GB)
Clinical Trial Update IIChanges in clinical, neurohormonal, electrolyte, renal, hematological and hepatic profiles during and after hospitalization for acute decompensated Heart Failure (HF): Analysis from the EVEREST trial.Gheorghiade M (Chicago, US)
Clinical Trial Update IIChanges in clinical, neurohormonal, electrolyte, renal, hematological and hepatic profiles during and after hospitalization for acute decompensated Heart Failure (HF): Analysis from the EVEREST trial - Discussant.Tendera M (Katowice, PL)
Clinical Trial Update IIIProgressive reverse remodeling in patients with mild or asymptomatic Heart Failure (HF) with previous symptoms in the REsynchronization reVErses Remodeling in Systolic left vEntricular dysfunction (REVERSE) study.Linde C (Stockholm, SE)
Clinical Trial Update IIIProgressive reverse remodeling in patients with mild or asymptomatic Heart Failure (HF) with previous symptoms in the REsynchronization reVErses Remodeling in Systolic left vEntricular dysfunction (REVERSE) study. - Discussant.Vardas P E (Heraklion, GR)
State of the Art - Novel therapies in Heart Failure (HF)Prediction of survival in patients with cardiogenic shock and multiorgan failure treated with biventricular assist devices and the total artificial heart.Potapov E V (Berlin, DE)
State of the Art - Novel therapies in Heart Failure (HF)Twelve month follow-up of improvement of human infarcted heart muscle by intracoronary autologous mononuclear bone marrow cells in chronic coronary artery disease after myocardial infarction (IACT).Koestering M (Duesseldorf, DE)
State of the Art - Novel therapies in Heart Failure (HF)Effects of testosterone supplementation in elderly female patients with chronic Heart Failure (HF).Caminiti G (Rome, IT)
State of the Art - Novel therapies in Heart Failure (HF)Independent and additive influence of carvedilol and ivabradine on long-term prognosis in patients with severe chronic Heart Failure (HF) of ischemic origin.Tumasyan L R (Yerevan, AM)
State of the Art - Novel therapies in Heart Failure (HF)State of the Art - Building on the success of Heart Failure (HF) therapies.Pfeffer M (Boston, US)
Hot Line ITrial of Intensified (BNP-guided) versus standard (symptom-guided) Medical therapy in Elderly patients with Congestive Heart Failure TIME-CHF.H P Brunner-La Rocca (Basel, CH)