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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

08.00-08.50 Registration


08.50-09.00 Welcome and Opening of the Symposium
George Louridas
Emeritus Professor of Cardiology,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece


09.00-11.30 

When to do? Joint Session of the International Society of Adult Congenital Cardiac Disease & the European Society of Cardiology
Chairpersons: Basil (Vasilios) D. Thanopoulos, Athens, Greece
Darryl Shore, London, UK

When to intervene in CoA or Re CoA?
Gary Webb, Philadelphia, USA

When to replace the aorta in bicuspid aortic valve?
Jolien Roos-HesselinkRotterdam, Netherlands

When to replace the Pulmonary Valve?
Michael A. Gatzoulis, London, UK

When to operate on Ebstein anomaly?
Carole Anne Warnes, Mayo Clinic, USA

When to do the TCPC Fontan conversion?
Constantine Mavroudis, Chicago, USA



11.30-12.00 Coffee Break


12.00-12.40 Chairperson: Dennis Cokkinos, Athens, Greece

The shaping of the heart in relation to dynamic function

Philip Kilner, London, UK


12.40-13.40 Light Lunch Break


13.40-15.40 

21st Century Management of Tetralogy of Fallot
Chairpersons: Constantine Mavroudis, Chicago, USA Prodromos Azariades, Athens, Greece

How would I repair the neonate/infant with tetralogy?
Constantine Mavroudis, Chicago, USA

How would I best assess the right heart in tetralogy?
Andrew Redington, Toronto, Canada

How would I zero the risk of sudden cardiac death in tetralogy?
James C. Perry, Minneapolis, USA

How would I replace the pulmonary and/or aortic valve in tetralogy?
Darryl Shore, London, UK

 

15.40-16.10 Tea Break


16.10-17.10 

Difficult Cases
Carole Anne Warnes, Constantine Mavroudis,        James C. Perry, Michael A. Gatzoulis



17.10-18.10

 

Royal Brompton Visiting Professor Lecture
Chairperson: Basil C. Tarlatzis, Thessaloniki, Greece

Everything a cardiologist should know about pregnancy but was too embarrassed to ask
Philip Steer, London, UK

 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008

09.00-11.00 Heart Disease and Pregnancy
Chairpersons: Carole Anne Warnes, Mayo Clinic, USA
Philip Steer, London, UK

Assessing the patient before pregnancy
Sara Thorne, Birmingham, England

State-of-the-art advice on contraception
Philip Steer, London, UK

Prosthetic valves; an ongoing challenge
Carole Anne Warnes, Mayo Clinic, USA

The anaesthetic perspective
Martin Dresner, Leeds, UK

Ischaemic heart disease should not be forgotten (or missed)
Jolien Roos-Hesselink, Rotterdam, Netherlands



11.00-11.30 Coffee Break


11.30-13.00 Difficult Cases
Gary Webb, Darryl Shore, Jolien Roos-Hesselink, Maurice Beghetti


13.00-14.00 Light Lunch Break

14.00-15.40 

Pulmonary Hypertension and Congenital Heart Disease State-of-the-Art Session
Chairpersons: Glennis Haworth, London, UK
Maurice Beghetti
, Geneva, Switzerland

PAH and the post-operative patient with CHD
Andrew Redington, Toronto, Canada

How best to assess the RV and the PAs in PAH?
Maurice Beghetti, Geneva, Switzerland

What is the evidence for oral advanced therapies in PAH?
Sotiria C. Apostolopoulou, Athens, Greece

Is it the heart or the lungs that matter most?
John Wort
, London, UK

15.40-16.10 

Coffee Break



16.10-18.10 Round Table on Heart Failure
Chairpersons: Philip Poole-Wilson, London, UK
Dimitris Kremastinos, Athens, Greece

Heart Failure and Risk Factors for CHD
Konstantinos Dimopoulos, London, UK

Diastolic Heart Failure
Rick A. Nishimura, Mayo Clinic, USA

Medical therapies
Philip Poole-Wilson, London, UK

Devices (Pacing and CRT)
James C. Perry, Minneapolis, USA

Transplantation
Constantine Mavroudis, Chicago, USA


18.10 

Closure of the Symposium                                         Michael A. Gatzoulis, London, UK