Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management

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

 Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management


Session TitleTitleSpeaker
Fallacies from clinical trialsHypertension.Ruilope L M (Madrid, ES)
Fallacies from clinical trialsDyslipidemia.Barter P J (Sydney, AU)
Preventive cardiology in primary care - EUROASPIRE IIIDesign of EUROASPIRE III in primary care.Wood D A (London, GB)
Preventive cardiology in primary care - EUROASPIRE IIIRisk factor and therapeutic results.Keil U (Muenster, DE)
Obese children - a growing target for life style interventionVascular dysfunction in obese children.Erbs S (Leipzig, DE)
Obese children - a growing target for life style interventionNutrition - impact of interventional programmes.Riccardi G (Naples, IT)
How to improve blood pressure control?Scope of the problem.Jones D W (Jackson, US)
How to improve blood pressure control?Better antihypertensive drugs?Kjeldsen S E (Oslo, NO)
How to improve blood pressure control?The polypill?Clement D L (Gent, BE)
Hot Line IICoronary Artery Revascularisation in Diabetes. The CARDia trial.Kapur A (London, GB)
Hot Line IICoronary Artery Revascularisation in Diabetes. The CARDia trial - Discussant.Fuster V (New York, US)
Rheumatic heart disease impact in developing worldCardiovascular disease - a worldwide perspective.Sheikh S A (Lahore, PK)
Rheumatic heart disease impact in developing worldWhat is the social and economic dimension of the problem?Mayosi B M (Cape Town, ZA)
Rheumatic heart disease impact in developing worldIs prophylaxis reasonably achievable and is it a priority?Halees Z Al (Riyadh, SA)
Targeting abdominal obesity and the metabolic syndrome to optimally manage global cardiovascular disease risk: exploring opportunities for preventionAssessing the metabolic syndrome: does it matter in the evaluation of global cardiovascular disease risk?Haffner S M (San Antonio, US)
Targeting abdominal obesity and the metabolic syndrome to optimally manage global cardiovascular disease risk: exploring opportunities for preventionAbdominal obesity, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease risk: the interventional cardiologist's perspective.Steg P G (Paris Cedex 18, FR)
Targeting abdominal obesity and the metabolic syndrome to optimally manage global cardiovascular disease risk: exploring opportunities for preventionTreating hypertension in the metabolic syndrome: is there a preferred drug?Ruilope L M (Madrid, ES)
Clinical Trial Update IIRisks of cardiovascular events and effects of routine blood pressure lowering among patients with type 2 diabetes and atrial fibrillation - results of the ADVANCE study.Patel A (Sydney, AU)
Clinical Trial Update IIRisks of cardiovascular events and effects of routine blood pressure lowering among patients with type 2 diabetes and atrial fibrillation - results of the ADVANCE study. - Discussant.Le Heuzey J-Y (Paris, FR)
Clinical Trial Update IISynergistic effect of perindopril and calcium channel blockers in prevention of cardiac events and death in coronary artery disease patients - analysis from the EUROPA study.Bertrand M E (Lambersart, FR)
Clinical Trial Update IISynergistic effect of perindopril and calcium channel blockers in prevention of cardiac events and death in coronary artery disease patients - analysis from the EUROPA study - Discussant.Sever P S (London, GB)
Clinical Trial Update IIIBlood Pressure Analyses from 25595 patients (from 25620 randomised) during the ONTARGET Trial: Reflections on Current Guidelines - Discussant.Ruschitzka F T (Zurich, CH)
Clinical Trial Update IIIThe Euro CardioVascular Healthcare Index 2008. - Discussant.Breithardt G (Munster, DE)
Clinical Trial Update IIIEUROASPIRE III: Lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic menagement in people at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease from 12 European regions.Wood D A (London, GB)
Clinical Trial Update IIIEUROASPIRE III: Lifestyle, risk factor and therapeutic menagement in people at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease from 12 European regions. - Discussant.Ryden L (Stockholm, SE)
Highlight SessionHypertension and risk factors.Schunkert H (Lubeck, DE)
Highlight SessionPrevention.Perk J (Oskarshamn, SE)
When and where is surgery worthwhile and cost-effective?Rheumatic heart disease impact in developing worldAntunes MJ (Coimbra, PT)