Roberto Ferrari, who officially assumed his functions as new ESC President 2008-2010 during the ESC General Assembly - hereby replacing Kim Fox who has held this position for the past 2 years - has said that he hopes to bring the ESC even closer to its grass roots membership...
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ESC Congress 2008 - Congress Reports, news, results and more
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Myocardial Regeneration by Intracoronary Infusion of Selected Population of Stem Cells in Acute Myocardial Infarction (REGENT) Randomized Multicenter Trial - by Michal Tendera & Helmut Drexler
Hot Line III results: the FIRE Trial - by Dan Atar & Michael Marber FX06, a naturally occurring peptide derived from human fibrin, has been shown to reduce myocardial infarct size in animal models by mitigating reperfusion injury...
Clinical Trial Update III: REVERSE study by Cecilia Linde & Panagiotis VardasisCardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) has been found to improve morbidity and mortality and reverse the remodeling of the left ventricle in patients with NYHA functional class III-IV...
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News from the Congress
Universal definition of Myocardial InfarctionThese changes in the definition of myocardial infarction will have a substantial impact on clinical practice, clinical research and epidemiological data...
Gene mutations in families with familial pulmonary arterial hypertensionGene mutations seem to occur in the majority of families with familial pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)...
Cardiovascular safety of non-cardiovascular drugsPhysicians treating other body systems should be more aware of the cardiovascular effects of the drugs they prescribe
Brave new world of anticoagulationNovel anticoagulants - which are administered orally and have no requirement for coagulation monitoring - signal a brave new world of therapeutic strategies for atrial fibrillation (AF) and other cardiac disorders...
Thank you to all the presenters, attendees, exhibitors and organisers who have made this Congress possible! See you in Barcelona...
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