General information
aac2008@sicardio.org

Meeting venue
Adriatic Resort & Convention Center St. Bernardin
Grand Hotel Bernardin
hoteli.bernardin@siol.net
http://www.h-bernardin.si/

Information about registration
Cankarjev dom
Congress and Cultural Centre Ljubljana
Ms. Mojca Juvančič
registration@cd-cc.si

Hotel accommodation
Ms. Darja Kovačevič
Grand Hotel Bernardin
booking@h-bernardin.si

  Hall A
9.00-11.00 SESSION 12. CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION
Chairmen: Bojana Žvan (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Pavel Poredoš (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
9.00 Diabetes as a cardiovascular entity
Miran F. Kenda (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
9.15 Central Obesity and Cardiometabolic risk
Marija Pfeifer (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
9.30 Polymeal vs. Polypill
Dan Gaita (Timisoara, Romania)
9.45 Integrated cardiovascular prevention - implications and experiences from the Slovenian model
Zlatko Fras (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
10.00 Cardiovascular diseases in Turkey: Focus on prevention
Cetin Erol (Ankara, Turkey)
10.15 Prevention of stroke
Bojana Žvan (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
10.30 Secondary prevention of peripheral arterial disease
Pavel Poredoš (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
10.45 Discussion
   
11.30-13.30 SESSION 14. ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - EHRA Session 2
Chairmen: Panos Vardas (Heraklion, Greece), Miran F. Kenda (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
11.30 Let patients with atrial fibrillation fibrillate
Konrad Steinbach (Vienna, Austria)
11.45 The transition of paroxysmal to persistent / permanent atrial fibrillation – from pathophysiology to clinical impact
Robert Hatala (Bratislava, Slovakia)
12.00 Non channel drugs for the prevention of atrial fibrillation
Joseph Borbola (Budapest, Hungary)
12.15 Long-Term Follow-Up After Lasso-guided Irrigated Tip Catheter Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Matjaš Šinkovec, Andrej Pernat (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
12.30 Which criteria have to be fulfilled by a hospital to start ablation
Panos Vardas (Heraklion, Greece)
12.45 Acceptance of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation by referring physicians, patients and electrophysiologists
Riccardo Cappato (Milan, Italy)
13.00 Discussion


  Hall B
9.00-11.00 SESSION 13. ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
Chairmen: Igor Kranjec (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Kurt Huber (Vienna, Austria)
9.00 How do we integrate the recent data regarding transfer and facilitation in a STEMI network?
Franz Weidinger (Vienna, Austria)
9.15 Interventional networks for optimal treatment of STEMI
Kurt Huber (Vienna, Austria)
9.30 How to treat a patient with ST elevations and normal CAG?
Petr Widimsky (Prague, Czech Republic)
9.45 STEMI network in Slovenia in the year 2008
Marko Noč (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
10.00 Recent results of primary PCI in Udine
Paolo M. Fioretti, L. Spedicato, G. Bernardi, G. Morocutti, D. Zanuttini (Udine, Italy)
10.15 Primary PCI strategy also for ST depression AMI?
Petr Widimsky (Prague, Czech Republic)
10.30 Discussion
   
11.30-13.30 SESSION 15. CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY 2
Chairmen: Borut Geršak (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Ninoslav Radovanovic (Izola, Slovenia)
11.30 Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
David Mishaly (Tel-Hashomer, Israel)
11.45 Ross procedure in adults (personal experiences and results)
Roberto R. Favaloro (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
12.00 The treatment of diffuse and distal coronary artery disease by endarterectomy (personal experiences)
Ninoslav Radovanović (Izola, Slovenia)
12.15 Cardiac surgery in octogenarians
Borut Geršak (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
12.30 The hybrid suite: expanding the indications from coronary revascularization to thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms
Igor Gregorič (Houston, Texas, USA)
12.45 Procedural Results of Percutaneous Repair of Ruptured Abdominal and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
Zvonimir Krajcer (Houston, TX, USA)
10.30 Discussion


  Hall C
9.00-11.00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS 7 - HEART FAILURE / CARDIOMYOPATHIES
Each oral presentation is scheduled for 8 minutes, followed with 3 minutes of discussion.
Chairmen: Janez Poles (Topolšica, Slovenia), Gianfranco Sinagra (Trieste, Italy)
AHEAD – Acute HEArt failure Database – Preliminary Results of the Main Study
Jindrich Špinar, J Vítovec, J Kettner, A Linhart, J Pařenica, L Dušek, O Hlinomaz, J Belohlávek, H Al-hiti, R Miklík (Brno, Czech Republic)
Does Coronary Angiography Considerably Contribute to Diagnostic Evaluation in Patients with Heart Failure of Unknown Etiology?
Ivan Varga, Branislav Líška, Eva Goncalvesová, Milan Luknár, Viliam Fridrich (Bratislava 37, Slovakia)
Pilot Randomized Study of Estimation of Combined Effect Positive Inotropic Support and Heart Rate Control on Decompensated Heart Failure Patiens: Prognosis and Stabilization Speed
Alexander G Arutyunov (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Alcohol Induced Heart Failure
Petr Zajíček (Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic)
Self-Rated Health and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Jerneja Farkaš1, Lijana Zaletel-kragelj1, Mitja Lainščak2 (Ljubljana, Slovenia1, Golnik, Slovenia2)
How we Tretaed the Patients with Heart Failure in Topolsica Hospital in the 2007
Janez Poles, Nana Arzenšek (Topolsica, Slovenia)
Clinical Impact of Microvolt T Wave Alternans Test (M-TWA) in Risk Stratification of Dilated Cardiomiopathy
Giulio Molon1, Alessandro Costa1, Tiziana De Santo2, Giuseppe Ligorio2, Enrico Barbieri1 (Negrar, Italy1, Sesto S.giovanni, Italy2)
T-wave variability in the risk stratification of patients with dilatative cardiomyopathy
Jerneja Tasič (Slovenia)
The Role of Autologous Intracoronary Stem Cell Transplantation in the Treatment of End-Stage Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Bojan Vrtovec, Matjaz Sever, Luka Lezaic, Dragoslav Domanovic, Gregor Poglajen, Urška Breskvar-kac, Jurij Fettich, Peter Cernelc (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Mutation Analysis of the Myosin Binding Protein C Gene (MYBPC3) in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Timea Toth, Andrea Orosz, Viktoria Nagy, Marta Hogye, Tamas Forster, Miklos Csanady, Robert Sepp (Szeged, Hungary)
   
11.30-13.30 FREE COMMUNICATIONS 8 - CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE / ARRHYTHMIAS
Each oral presentation is scheduled for 8 minutes, followed with 3 minutes of discussion.
Chairmen: Joszef Borbola (Budapest, Hungary), Robert Hatala (Bratislava, Slovak Republic)
Patent Foramen Ovale, Stroke and Migraine
Marjan Zaletel (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Six-Minute Walk Test in Eisenmenger Syndrome
Katja Prokšelj, Luka Klemen (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Characteristics of patients prone to atrial fibrillation after coronary bypass surgery
Jurij Matija Kališnik (Slovenia)
Characteristics of AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT) Treated by Catheter Ablation at Our Institution
Matjaž Šinkovec, Irena Vrecar, Marijan Šustar, Andrej Pernat, Peter Rakovec (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Cardiomyopathy in Patients with Benign Repetitive Monomorphic Ectopy from Right Ventricular Outflow Tract a Potentialy Curative Condition
Damijan Vokac, Viljemka Nedog, Franjo Naji, Vojko Kanic (Maribor, Slovenia)
Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia and Structural Heart Abnormalities in a Young Patient with Homozygous SCN5a Mutation and the “so Called” Brugada Syndrome
Bortolo Martini1, Gianfranco Frigo1, Andrea Nava2 (Thiene, Italy1, Padova, Italy2)
Catheter Ablation is Effective in Drug Refractory VT/VF
László A Gellér, Szabolcs Szilágyi, Endre Zima, Valentina Kutyifa, Marianna Srej, Csilla Mihalik, Gábor Fülöp, Béla Merkely (Budapest, Hungary)
Contribution of Intracardiac Electrogram Transferred by Biotronik Home Monitoring System for Detection of Arrhythmias and ICD Disorders
Jolana Lipoldová, M Novak, I Dvořák, T Vykypěl (Brno, Czech Republic)
 
 
 

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