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MOLECULAR CARDIOLOGY,
BASIC RESEARCH
- Apoptosis in vascular
and cardiac remodeling
- Oxidative stress and
anti-oxidant therapy
- Genetic determinants of
coronary heart disease
- Genetic studies in
cardiomyopathy
- Gene transfer and
therapy
- The pathogenesis of
atherosclerosis
- Extracellular matrix
and atherosclerosis
- Immunological
principles in coronary artery disease
- Growth control and
cytokines in vascular cells
- Neointimal hyperplasia
and vascular injury
- Pharmacologic
modulation of vascular-endothelial function
DIAGNOSTIC METHODS
- Biochemical markers of
acute ischemia
- Advances in atrial
ventricular sequential pacing
- Transesophageal
echocardiography
- Pharmacologic stress
testing - echocardiography
- Echocardiography,
three-dimensional reconstruction
- Nuclear cardiology -
new techniques to assess cardiac perfusion, function and viability
- PET - new insights into
myocardial metabolism
- Applications of cardiac
magnetic resonance imaging
- CT and coronary
calcification
- Percutaneous coronary
angioscopy
- Intravascular
ultrasound imaging
- Intracoronary flow,
doppler measurements
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
- The plaque and acute
coronary syndromes
- Mechanisms involved in
myocardial stunning, hibernation and ischemic preconditioning
- Acute myocardial
infarction: thrombolysis and reperfusion
- Angioplasty therapy for
acute myocardial infarction
- Stents: new
devices/optimal application/multiple stents
- Antithrombotic and
antiplatelet adjunctive therapy for PTCA
- Blockade of tissue
proliferation after coronary interventions
- Restenosis - use of
ionizing radiation
- Nitrates, beta
blockers, calcium entry blockers and ACE inhibition for myocardial ischemia/infarction
- Left ventricular
remodeling after myocardial infarction
- Assessment of
prognosis, post acute myocardial infarction
- Secondary prevention,
risk stratification
- Cardiac rehabilitation
as secondary prevention: is it worth the effort?
- Can the progress of
atherosclerosis be halted?
- Modification of
lipoproteins and coronary disease
- Hypertension, new
therapeutic approaches
- Diabetes mellitus,
obesity, insulin and atherosclerosis
- Mental stress: its
effect on cardiovascular health
- Primary prevention of
coronary artery disease in the healthy adult
- Hormone therapy in
postmenopausal women: does it alter coronary risk?
- Prevention in children
HEART FAILURE
- Neurohumoral,
immunologic and cytokine aspects of heart failure
- Nitric oxide and nitric
oxide synthase in heart failure
- Myocyte and receptor
abnormalities in heart failure
- Natriuretic peptides,
endothelin: role in heart failure
- Inflammatory mediators
and heart failure
- Dilated cardiomyopathy:
various etiologies
- Ischemic cardiomyopathy
- Left ventricular
hypertrophy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Role of the
pericardium, pericarditis and restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Pathophysiologic and
prognostic insights in valvular heart disease
- Pulmonary circulation
aspects, pulmonary hypertension
- Predictors and markers
of heart failure outcome
- Exercise physiology in
heart failure
- Renal aspects -
diuretics
- Digoxin and other new
inotropic agents in heart failure
- ACE inhibitors and
Angiotensin-ll receptor blockers
- Beta-blockers and beta-adrenergic
receptors in heart failure
- Calcium channel
blockers and promoters in heart failure
ARRHYTHMIAS
- Arrhythmias and
antiarrhythmic drug therapy
- Atrial
flutter/fibrillation - electrophysiologic concepts and clinical aspects
- Management of cardiac
arrhythmias pediatric population
- Heart rate variability
and prognostic implications
- QT
prolongation/dispersion: pathophysiology and prognostic implications
- Sudden death
- Electrophysiologic
techniques of mapping and radiofrequency ablation
- Advances in internal
defibrillation and implantable antiarrhythmic devices
- Cardiac Pacing
CARDIAC SURGERY
- Advances in congenital
heart disease
- Angioplasty or surgery
for multivessel coronary artery disease
- New approaches to
surgical revascularization: Minimally invasive surgery, TMLR
- Therapeutic and
physiologic issues surrounding heart v˘alve surgery
- Mechanical support left
ventricular assist devices
- Surgery for LV dysfunction
- Cardiac transplantation
MISCELLANEOUS
- Practice guidelines,
cost containment
- Computers in cardiology
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