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Tuesday,
July 31, 2007
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TUESDAY, JULY
31, 2007 |
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08:30 - 11:15 |
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HALL
A |
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PL17
Plenary
Session
NEW
HORIZONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE
Chairpersons: R.E. Hobbs, Cleveland, OH, USA
J.N. Nanas, Athens, Greece |
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8:30 |
THE ROLE OF HEART FAILURE CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND OUTCOMES (Invited
Lecture)
A. Ducharme,
Montreal Heart Institute,
Montreal,
Quebec,
Canada |
542 |
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8:45 |
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN RENAL FAILURE: WHAT´S NEW?
(Invited Lecture)
R.R. Wenzel,
Clinic of Internal Medicine Cardiology & Nephrology – Cardiovascular
Research, Austria |
543 |
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9:00 |
AQUARETIC AGENTS IN HEART FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
R.E. Hobbs,
Cleveland
Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
544 |
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9:15 |
INOTROPES IN ADVANCED HEART FAILURE. A MINORITY OPINION (Invited Lecture)
J.N. Nanas,
University of
Athens
Medical School, Athens, Greece |
545 |
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9:30 |
THE (PRO)RENIN RECEPTOR: A NEW ADDITION TO THE RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM?
(Invited Lecture)
A.H.J. Danser,
Erasmus Medical Center,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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546 |
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9:45 |
CHANGING PARADIGMS OF CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS (Invited Lecture)
H.K. Reddy,
R.C. Komatireddy, D.J. Voelker, G. Bhatt,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA |
547 |
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10:00 |
THE IMPACT OF BETA BLOCKERS ON CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA IN CHRONIC HEART
FAILURE (Invited Lecture)
A. Tamura,
Oita
University, Yufu, Japan |
548 |
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10:15 |
METABOLIC THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE
(Invited Lecture)
G. Rosano,
IRCCS San Raffaele Roma, Italy |
549 |
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10:30 |
THE ROLE OF TGF-BETA SIGNALING IN HEALING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTS –
MECHANISTIC CONCEPTS AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS (Invited Lecture)
N.G. Frangogiannis,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA |
550 |
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10:45 |
METABOLIC MODULATION IN HEART FAILURE: HOPE OR HYPE? (Invited Lecture)
W.H. Tang,
Cleveland
Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA |
551 |
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11:00 |
LONG-TERM TRIMETAZIDINE TREATMENT REDUCES MORTALITY AND IMPROVES CLINICAL
STATUS OF PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC DILATED
CARDIOMYOPATHY
P. Di Napoli,
P. Di Giovanni, M.A. Gaeta, G. D'Apolito, S. De Iorio, A. Barsotti,
Dept. of Cardiology, Casa di Cura Villa Pini d’Abruzzo,
Chieti, Italy |
552 |
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11:15 |
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION |
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TUESDAY, JULY
31, 2007 |
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08:30 - 11:15 |
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HALL
B |
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PL18 Plenary Session
CARDIOPROTECTIVE MECHANISMS IN MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA
Chairpersons: W. Laskey, Albuquerque, NM, USA
C. Szabo, Seattle, WA, USA |
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8:30 |
PEPTIDE-INDUCED CARDIOPROTECTION - INSIGHTS INTO NOVEL MECHANISMS
(Invited Lecture)
C.L. Wainwright, S.K. Walsh, K.A. Kane, The
Robert
Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
553 |
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8:45 |
ROLE OF PROTEIN KINASE C IN REPERFUSION ARRHYTHMIAS (Invited Lecture)
M. Boutjdir,
VA
NY Harbor Healthcare System,
SUNY
Downstate Medical Center and NYU School of Medicine, NY, USA |
554 |
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9:00 |
ISCHEMIC PRE-AND POST-CONDITIONING: CLINICALLY RELEVANT OR NOT? (Invited
Lecture)
W. Laskey,
University
of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA |
555 |
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9:15 |
CYTOPROTECTIVE AND CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE (Invited
Lecture)
C. Szabo,
Ikaria Inc,
Seattle,
WA, USA |
556 |
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9:30 |
LIMITING MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY: PRECONDITIONING,
POSTCONDITIONING AND BEYOND (Invited Lecture)
K. Przyklenk,
UMass
Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA |
557 |
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9:45 |
TEMPORARY CORONARY OCCLUSION DURING OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS
GRAFTING WITH THE NEW POLOXAMER P047 DOES NOT CAUSE ENDOTHELIAL
DYSFUNCTION IN EPICARDIAL CORONARY ARTERIES (Invited Lecture)
O. Bouchot, M.C. Aubin, M. Carrier, W.E. Cohn, L.P. Perrault,
Montreal Heart Institute,
Montreal,
QC, Canada |
558 |
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10:00 |
INSULIN-TRIGGERED CELL SURVIVAL SIGNALING AND ITS PROTECTION AGAINST
MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA /REPERFUSION INJURY (Invited Lecture)
H.C. Wang, F. Gao,
Xijing
Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China |
559 |
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10:15 |
DNAZYMES IN THE TREATMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (Invited Lecture)
H.C. Lowe,
L.M. Khachigian,
Concord Repatriation General
Hospital, NSW, Centre for Vascular Research, NSW, Australia |
560 |
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10:30 |
CARDIOPROTECTIVE ACTIONS OF ADIPONECTIN (Invited Lecture)
N. Ouchi,
Boston
University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA |
561 |
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10:45 |
THE NO-REFLOW PHENOMENON: DIAGNOSIS AND
TREATMENT (Invited Lecture)
L. Galiuto,
Catholic
University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy |
562 |
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11:00 |
MITOCHONDRIAL ATP-SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL OPENING ATTENUATES POSTISCHEMIC MYOCARDIAL HYPEROXYGENATION
S.
Zhou, B. Liu, X. Zhu, J.L. Zweier, G. He,
The
Ohio
State University, Columbus, OH, USA |
563 |
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11:15 |
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION |
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TUESDAY, JULY
31, 2007 |
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08:30 - 11:00 |
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HALL
D |
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S64
Session
NEW DIAGNOSTIC METHODS AND IMAGING TECHNIQUES
Chairpersons: Y. Charuzi, Los Angeles, CA, USA
L. Czer, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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8:30 |
ACCURACY OF IN VIVO CORONARY PLAQUE MORPHOLOGY
ASSESSMENT: A VALIDATION STUDY OF IN VIVO
VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY COMPARED WITH IN VITRO
HISTOPATHOLOGY
K. Nasu,
E. Tsuchikane, O. Katoh, M. Terashima, T. Suzuki,
Toyohashi Heart Center, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan |
564 |
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8:45 |
DELAYED ENHANCEMENT MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND END-DIASTOLIC WALL THICKNESS IN THE PREDICTION OF
RECOVERY OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AFTER
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
R. Krittayaphong,
T. Boonyasirinant, P. Saiviroonporn, S. Nakyen,
P.
Thanapiboonpol, C. Kangkagate, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University,
Bangkok, Thailand |
565 |
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9:00 |
NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE USING CARDIOGONIOMETRY PERFORMED AT REST
M. Schupbach,
B. Emese, P. Loretan, E. Sanz, B. Meier,
University
Hospital, Bern, Switzerland, Cardiogoniometry Research
Laboratory, Zaziwil, Switzerland, Tiefenau Hospital, Bern,
Switzerland, Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital, Paris, France |
566 |
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9:15 |
A NEW METHOD FOR THE NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF
PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE
H.J. Semler,
J. McNames, S. Semler,
Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, Oregon |
567 |
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9:30 |
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS
A.M. Hutter Jr,
W.B. Abernathy, J.K. Choo,
Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Mass. USA |
568 |
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9:45 |
INCIDENCE OF SIGNIFICANT CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE WITH
ZERO CALCIUM SCORES IN A DIVERSE PATIENT
POPULATION WITH A CLINICAL SUSPICION OF ISCHEMIC HEART
DISEASE: INCREMENTAL VALUE OF 64-SLICE CT CORONARY
ANGIOGRAPHY OVER CALCIUM SCAN
T.K. Jarreau,
S. Khoobiar, A. Novic, R. Shoenfeld, M. Cohen, C. Chen,
Newark
Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, USA |
569 |
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10:00 |
MULTISLICE COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY FOR
EVALUATION OF CORONARY ARTERY LESION
MORPHOLOGY AND RELATION TO CLINICAL PRESENTATION
G.J.
Friedrich,
S. Abbrederis, W. Koelli, F. Weidinger, H. Alber, J. Doerler, A.
Suessenbacher, W. Grander, O. Pachinger,
G.M. Feuchtner,
Innsbruck
Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria |
570 |
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10:15 |
IS M-MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY A RELIABLE METHOD FOR V-V
OPTIMIZATION DURING CARDIAC
RESYNCHRONIZATION
THERAPY?
H. Acosta,
V.R. Pothula, D.
Adams, A.D.
Waggoner,
Trinity
Medical
Center Rock Island IL, USA |
571 |
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10:30 |
FRAGMENTED QRS IN BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK ON A 12-LEAD
ECG PREDICTS MYOCARDIAL SCAR
H.S. Suradi,
W. Maskoun, M.A. Michael, H. El Masry, M.K. Das,
Krannert Institute of Cardiology,
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA |
572 |
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10:45 |
SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (STE) - VARIABILITY
AND REPRODUCIBILITY STUDY
K. Abozguia,
G. Nallur Shivu, T.T. Phan,
I. Ahmed,
R.P. Steeds, M.P.
Frenneaux,
University
of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK |
573 |
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11:00 |
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT POSTERS & EXHIBITION |
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TUESDAY, JULY
31, 2007 |
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11:15-14:00 |
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HALL
A |
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PL19
Plenary Session
DEVICES AND SURGICAL THERAPIES FOR HEART FAILURE
Chairpersons: M.R. Johnson, Madison, WI, USA
C. Knosalla,
Berlin, Germany |
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11:15 |
BAROREFLEX ACTIVATION THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE (Invited
Lecture)
H. Sabbah,
Henry Ford Health System,
Detroit,
MI, USA |
575 |
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11:30 |
SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR END-STAGE HEART FAILURE
(Invited
Lecture)
R. Hetzer,
C. Knosalla, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin,
Germany |
576 |
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12:00 |
HEART RETRANSPLANTATION: IS IT A VIABLE OPTION AND IF SO, WHEN? (Invited
Lecture)
M.R. Johnson,
K.D. Aaronson, C.E. Canter, J.K. Kirklin, D.M. Mancini,
M.R. Mehra, B. Radovancevic, D.O. Taylor, S.A. Webber,
University
of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA |
578 |
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12:15 |
PEDIATRIC MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT: NEW DEVICES AND LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS (Invited Lecture)
B.W. Duncan,
Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA |
579 |
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12:30 |
DONOR CARDIAC ALLOGRAFTS WITH MILD OR MODERATE LVH CAN BE SAFELY USED FOR
TRANSPLANTATION
L.
Czer,
S. Goland, R. Siegel, J. Mirocha, M. De Robertis, J. Lee, B.
Coleman, A. Trento, Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic
Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA |
671 |
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12:45 |
MANAGEMENT AND EVALUATION OF HEART FAILURE AFTER CARDIAC
RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY (Invited Lecture)
J.M. Aranda, Jr., University of Florida College of Medicine,
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA |
580 |
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13:00 |
ICD THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR
CARDIOMYOPATHY (Invited Lecture)
F. Duru,
University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland |
581 |
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13:15 |
PATIENT SELECTION FOR LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE IMPLANTATION AN
ENDLESSLY MOVING TARGET (Invited Lecture)
Y. Naka,
Columbia
University, New York, NY, USA |
582 |
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13:30 |
PERCUTANEOUS LEFT VENTRICULAR SUPPORT (Invited Lecture)
J.P.S. Henriques, K.D. Sjauw,
Academic Medical
Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
583 |
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13:45 |
CARDIAC RESINCHRONIZATION THERAPY IN PATIENTS WHO DO NOT CONFORM TO THE
OFFICIAL GUIDELINES (Invited Lecture)
I.E. Ovsyshcher,
Ben
Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel |
584 |
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TUESDAY, JULY
31, 2007 |
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11:15-13:45 |
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HALL
B |
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PL20 Plenary Session
ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE: EPIDEMIOLOGY, RISK ASSESSMENT AND NEW TREATMENT
STRATEGIES
Chairpersons: L.C. Becker, Baltimore, MD, USA
U.
Thadani,
Oklahoma City, OK, USA |
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11:15 |
TREATMENT OF STABLE ANGINA: WHAT WORKS AND WHAT IS NEW
(Invited Lecture)
U. Thadani,
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City,
OK USA, Consultant Cardiologist, OU Medical Center and VA
Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK USA |
585 |
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11:30 |
ASPIRIN RESISTANCE: FACT OR FALLACY? (Invited Lecture)
L.C. Becker,
N. Faraday, J.E. Herrera-Galeano, L.R. Yanek, M.D. Fallin,
T. Moy, A.F. Wilson, P.F. Bray, D.M. Becker,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore |
586 |
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11:45 |
SECONDARY
PREVENTION OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN (Invited Lecture)
V. Bittner,
University
of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA |
587 |
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12:00 |
HEART DISEASE IN
AFRICA: IS THERE AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRANSITION
(Invited Lecture)
P.J. Commerford,
University
of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa |
588 |
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12:15 |
PERSONALIZED PROGNOSIS FOR DECISION MAKING: ACTUALIZING THE
FRAMINGHAM DREAM IN THE
21ST CENTURY (Invited Lecture)
E.H. Blackstone,
Cleveland
Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA |
589 |
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12:30 |
WHY DO MEN HAVE MORE HEART DISEASE THAN WOMEN? (Invited Lecture)
K.S. Channer,
Royal
Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, S Yorkshire, UK |
590 |
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12:45 |
DEVICE MANAGEMENT OF REFRACTORY
ANGINA: EFFECTIVE THERAPY OR WASTE OF TIME? (Invited Lecture)
G.W.
Barsness,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA |
591 |
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13:00 |
EVIDENCE-BASED ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES FOR CVD (Invited
Lecture)
M. Paul-Labrador,
Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
592 |
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13:15 |
EFFECTIVENESS OF CARDIAC DRUGS IN WOMEN (Invited Lecture)
L. Pilote,
McGill
University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
594 |
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13:30 |
BIOMARKERS IN UNSTABLE
SYNDROMES
D. Tousoulis,
Athens
University Medical School, Athens, Greece |
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