EuroPRevent 2009
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EuroPRevent 2009

06 May 2009 - 09 May 2009 , Stockholm - Sweden

EuroPRevent is the main scientific meeting place in Europe for all who are engaged in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and stroke. Scientists, physicians and other health workers as well as leading politicians from all over Europe will gather and discuss the latest scientific developments and determine the future course of prevention.

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 Selected presentations from the congress


Presentation TitleSession TitleSpeaker
Improving outcome in symptomatic heart failure: Cardiac resynchronisation therapy versus training - CRT: first line treatment.Burning issues in cardiac rehabilitationWillems R. (Leuven, BE)
Improving outcome in symptomatic heart failure: Cardiac resynchronisation therapy versus training - CRT: only if training fails.Burning issues in cardiac rehabilitationPiepoli M.F. (Piacenza, IT)
ECG monitoring is mandatory during exercise training in cardiac rehabilitation - PRO.Burning issues in cardiac rehabilitationRauch B. (Freiburg Breisgau, DE)
ECG monitoring is mandatory during exercise training in cardiac rehabilitation - CONTRA.Burning issues in cardiac rehabilitationAdamopoulos S. (Athens, GR)
Five cases for discussion.Cases in sports cardiologyPapadakis M. (London, GB)
The party's over: increasing cardiovascular mortality after two decades of good news.Changing the burden of cardiovascular diseaseCapewell S. (Liverpool, GB)
160 years of increasing life expectancy. Will it ever end?Changing the burden of cardiovascular diseaseKeil U. (Muenster, DE)
Sexual activity: another sport to prevent cardiovascular morbidity? CONVINCED.Debate in sports cardiologyAraujo C.G.S. (Rio de Janeiro, BR)
Mechanistic basic science: molecules or man - Cells and animals are what counts.Genetics will improve preventionAdams V. (Leipzig, DE)
Heart rate in CAD: risk marker or risk factor?It's not risk factors stupid, its society!Hjalmarson A. (Gothenburg, SE)
Will the Charter reach its objectives?Living a heart-healthy life: the European Heart Health Charter revisitedPuska P. (Helsinki, FI)
Physical activity, the main tool of public health.Living a heart-healthy life: the European Heart Health Charter revisitedSaltin B. (Copenhagen, DK)
Update on the European Heart Health Charter.Living a heart-healthy life: the European Heart Health Charter revisitedAndersen K. & Ryden L. (Stockholm, SE)
Stem cells.New challenges and future targets in cardiovascular medicineLinke A.H.P. (Leipzig, DE)
HDL functions - beyond reverse cholesterol transport.Novel frontiers in cardiovascular preventionLandmesser U. (Zurich, CH)
Will high risk strategy increase social inequalities?Organising services for individuals at high riskPisinger C. (Glostrup, DK)
What are the potential health benefits from salt reduction. An overview.Salt reduction in societyOvesen L. (Bagsvaerd, DK)
The experience from Switzerland and Portugal.Salt reduction in societyMarques-Vidal P. (Lausanne, CH)
Combined strength and endurance exercise training in CAD: lessons from molecular insights towards clinical application in cardiac rehabilitation.Strength and endurance exercise training: from molecules to models.Hansen DRMJ (Lanaken, BE)
Cars, fumes and cardiovascular disease.The perils of the physical environmentTwickler M. (Amsterdam, NL)
Acute inflammatory episodes and the triggering of acute vascular events.The perils of the physical environmentSmeeth L. (London, GB)
Cardiac findings in overtrained athletes.Cardiac fatigue in overtraining syndrome:
Myth or Reality?
Urhausen A. (Luxembourg, LU)
Sports-induced cardiac enzyme and BNP rises: causes and significance.Cardiac fatigue in overtraining syndrome:
Myth or Reality?
Scharhag J. (Potsdam, DE)
Cardiac autonomic system disorders in overtraining syndrome.Cardiac fatigue in overtraining syndrome:
Myth or Reality?
Carre F. (Rennes, FR)

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