PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Thursday May 10 2012
16:00-17:30 Satellite Symposium 1
17:45-19:15 Satellite Symposium 2
19:30-20:00 Opening Ceremony
20:00-20:45 Opening Conference
Chaimen:
José A. Barrabés
Pablo Avanzas


Harlan Krumholz (New Haven, CT, US)
Modifying risk factors does not always modify risk: how studies are changing our assumptions
Friday May 11 2012
08:30-09:30 Round Table on CAD Pathophysiology and Prevention
Chairmen:
Vicente Bodí
Xavier Bosch

J. Wouter Jukema (Leiden, The Netherlands)
Understanding atherosclerosis disease in the present era

Bernard Gersh (Rochester, MN, US)
Obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease

09:30-11:00 Round Table: Update on NSTE-ACS
Chairmen:
Héctor Bueno
Inmaculada Roldán

Juan Carlos Kaski (London, UK)
What do biomarkers really add to NSTE-ACS diagnosis and management?

Malcolm Bell (Rochester, MN, US)
Invasive strategy in NSTE-ACS patients: for whom (if not for all), when, and how?

Dominick Angiolillo (Jacksonville, FL, US)
How to deal with the multichoice antithrombotic menu in NSTE-ACS?

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Round Table on Acute Cardiac Care
Chairmen:
Javier Jiménez-Candil
Rosa-Maria Lidón

Pascal Vranckx (Hartcentrum, Hasselt, Belgium)
"Mechanical circulatory support in cardiogenic shock: present and future"

Kjetil Sunde (Oslo, Norway)
Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest: indications and practical clues

Bernard Gersh (Rochester, MN, US)
Role of coronary revascularization and ICD in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00 Round Table on Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease
Chairmen:
Francisco Calvo
José M. de la Torre

Peter Grant (Leeds, UK)
Primary prevention and pathophysiology of cardiovascular complications in diabetic patients

Guntram Schernthaner (Vienna, Austria)
Optimizing glycemic control in diabetics with unstable and stable coronary disease

Laura Mauri (Boston, MA, US)
Coronary revascularization in the diabetic patient

16:00-17:30 Presentation and Discussion of three Clinical Cases
Chairman:
Magda Heras
17:45-19:15 Satellite Symposium 3
Saturday May 12 2012
08:30-10:00 Round Table: STEMI management in 2012
Chairmen:
Vicente Bodí
Xavier Bosch

Malcolm Bell (Rochester, MN, US)
Pharmaco-invasive reperfusion strategy: pros, cons, and optimal co-therapy

Harlan Krumholz (New Haven, CT, US)
How are we reperfusing our patients in real life? Lessons from the registries and targets for improvement

Derek Hausenloy (London, UK)

Is it possible to reduce reperfusion injury in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
10:00-11:00 Controversy: Genetic Tests and/or Platelet Function Studies Should Be Routinely Used to Guide Antiplatelet Therapy
Chairmen:
Rosa-Maria Lidón
Inmaculada Roldán

Pro: Dominick Angiolillo (Jacksonville, FL, US)

Con: Marco Cattaneo (Milano, Italy)
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Round Table on Advances in Coronary Revascularization
Chairmen:
José-Luis Pomar
Alberto San Román

Frank Rademakers (Leuven, Belgium)
Role of imaging techniques in tailoring the indication and mode of revascularization

Laura Mauri (Boston, MA, US)
The last innovations in PCI: devices and indications

Robert A. Dion (Genk, Belgium)
Advances in the surgical treatment of coronary artery disease

13:00-13:45 Closing Lecture
Chairman:
Héctor Bueno

Valentín Fuster (New York, USA)
Prince of Asturias Award for technical and scientific research
Ischemic heart disease: what’s coming in 5 years?

13:45 Farewell cocktail