11 AnnuAl
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Program
Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica
september 19–20, 2013
OSLO, NOR�Y
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Thursday September 19, 2013
08:00–08:30
Registration
Session A:
Opening session
Chairs: Ole Sejersted and Otto Smiseth, OUH and UoO
08:30–08:45
Bjørn Erikstein, Chief Executive Officer, OUH
Opening remarks
08:45–9:30
Louis J. Ignarro, Nobel Laureate, University of California Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Road to Stockholm – a Nobel Mission
09:30–09:45
Break
Session B:
Moderated poster sessions (09:45–11:30)
I: Biomarkers and cardiac disease
Moderators: Erik Øie, Diakonhjemmet Hospital and Stein Ørn, Stavanger University Hospital
II: Cellular signaling: myocardial hypertrophy and ischemia
Moderators: Kirsti Ytrehus, University of Tromsø and Kåre-Olav Stensløkken, UoO
III: Cardiac function during heart failure and exercise training
Moderators: Øivind Rognmo, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Ole-Jakob
How, University of Tromsø
IV: Cellular signaling: myocardial function and arrhythmias
Moderators: Jan-Bjørn Osnes, UoO and Terje Larsen, University of Tromsø
V: Diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for cardiac disease
Moderators: Eva Gerdts, University of Bergen and Arnljot Tveit, Vestre Viken Hospital
VI: Inflammatory mediators and heart disease
Moderators: Ingebjørg Seljeflot, UoO, OUH and Leif Erik Vinge, OUH
11:30–12:30
Lunch
Session C:
Diagnostics of cardiac disease
Chairs: Helge Røsjø, AUH and Ivar Sjaastad, OUH, UoO
12:30–13:10
Manuel Mayr, King's College London, UK
Systems biology: the way forward for identifying new biomarkers
13:10–13:50
John Gorcsan III, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Advances in echocardiography to improve patient outcomes in cardiac
resynchronization therapy
13:50–14:20
Break
Session D:
Diagnostics and pathophysiology of diastolic dysfunction
Chairs: Thor Edvardsen and Håvard Attramadal, OUH, UoO
14:20–15:00
Luigi P. Badano, University of Padua, Italy
Quantitative assessment of mitral and tricuspid valve geometry and function by 3D echo
15:00–15:40
James Thomas, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH, USA
Pathophysiological determinants of diastolic dysfunction
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Friday September 20, 2013
Session E:
Mechanisms of myocardial diastolic dysfunction
Chairs: Theis Tønnessen OUH, UoO and Mathis K. Stokke, Lovisenberg Diakonale Hospital
08:15–08:55
Javier Díez, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
The quality of myocardial collagen matrix in human heart failure
08:55–09:35
Wolfgang Linke, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
The cardiac titin springs in healthy and failing hearts
09:35–10:05
Break
Session F:
Cardiac and arterial inflammation
Chairs: Arne Yndestad, OUH and Torbjørn Omland, AUH, UoO
10:05–10:45
Kinya Otsu, King's College London, UK
Translation of hemodynamic stress into sterile inflammation in the heart
10:45–11:25
Ahmed A. Tawakol, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Multi-modal imaging of arterial inflammation
11:30–12:30
Lunch
Session G:
Acute heart failure
Chairs: Finn Olav Levy, UoO and Lars Gullestad, OUH, UoO
12:30–13:10
Truls Myrmel, University of Tromsø, Norway
What is special in acute heart failure?
13:10–13:50
Geir Øystein Andersen, OUH, Norway
Effects of levosimendan in heart failure following acute myocardial infarction
13:50–14:20
Break
Session H:
Cardioprotection and treatment of chronic heart failure
Chairs: Otto Smiseth, OUH, UoO and William Louch, OUH
14:20–15:00
Geneviève A. Derumeaux, University of Lyon, France
Cardioprotection assessment: a new target for noninvasive imaging
15:00–15:40
Cesare M. Terracciano, Imperial College, London, UK
Mechanical unloading with ventricular assist devices for the treatment of heart failure
15:40–16:00
Presentation of poster prize winners
AUH: Akershus University Hospital
OUH: Oslo University Hospital
UoO: University of Oslo