3rd World Conference of International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences (IACS)
June 18-19, 2009,
Panum Institute, Blegdamsvej 9B, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
Auditorium: Haderup
Scientific Program
Thursday June 18, 2009:
Opening of conference.
12.20-12.30 Welcome to 3rd World Conference of International Academy of Cardiovascular
Sciences, Executive Director of IACS, Naranjan Dhalla, Winnipeg, Canada.
Symposium 5:
Stem cells in cardiovascular diseases.
- A symposium co-organized with IACS - Japan Section.
Chairmen: T. Toyo-Oka, Tokyo, Japan and H. Baba, Essen, Germany.
12.30-12.50
involved?
Reverse remodeling after mechanical left ventricular unloading. Are stem cells
H. Baba, Essen, Germany.
12.50-13.10 Potential role of vascular wall-resident progenitors in cardiovascular diseases.
S. Erguen, Essen, Germany.
13.10-13.30 Current status and future prospect of regeneration of the heart in Japan.
K. Fukuda, Tokyo, Japan.
13.30-13.50 Role of stem cell on telomere biology in cardiovascular disease.
N. Makino, Beppu, Japan.
13.50-14.10
Which skeletal myoblasts and how should they be transplanted for the efficient
engraftment and cardiac tissue repair?
T. Toyo-Oka, Tokyo Japan.
14.10-14.30 The mesenchymal stromal cell for cardiac regeneration.
J. Kastrup, Copenhagen, Denmark.
14.30-15.50 Young Investigators Award Lectures based on submitted abstracts.
- A symposium co-organised with European Society of Cardiology Council on Basic
Cardiovascular Science. Hannover Auditorium.
Chairmen:
Keld Kjeldsen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Naranjan Dhalla, Winnipeg, Canada, Panos
Vardas, Heraklion, Greece, Helge Rasmussen, Sydney, Australia, Paolo Dinardo, Rome, Italy.
Posters.
Exhibitions.
Coffee.
Symposium 6:
Cardiovascular health, cardiovascular disease and sudden cardiac death.
- A symposium co-organized with IACS - North America Section.
Chairmen: D.B. McNamara, New Orleans, USA and S. Schaffer, Mobile, USA.
16.00-16.20 Cellular and molecular mechanisms of sudden cardiac death.
A. Vegh, Budapest, Hungary.
16.20-16.40 Role of ion channels in sudden cardiac death.
S. Zhang, Kingston, Canada.
16.40-17.00 Oxidized catecholamines in sudden cardiac death.
N. Dhalla, Winnipeg, Canada.
17.00-17.20 Dysregulation of cardiac genes affects electrical activity
B. Tuana, Ottawa, Canada.
17.20-17.40
Legumes and “heart-healthy” foods.
P. Zahradka, Winnipeg, Canada.
17.40-18.00 Brain mechanisms contributing to progressive heart failure.
F. Leenen, Ottawa, Canada.
18.00Announcement of International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences Awards.
N. Dhalla
20.00
Tivoli Gardens
Friday 19. June, 2009:
Symposium 7:
Cardiovascular health and disease.
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A symposium co-organized with IACS - Europe Section and IACS - India Section
Chairmen: B. Ostadal, Prague, Czech Republic, G. Pierce, Winnipeg, Canada and C.C. Kartha,
Trivandrum, India
08.00-08.20
How Clamydia Pneumonia is involved in atherosclerotic heart disease.
G. Pierce, Winnipeg, Canada.
08.20-08.40
Signaling events during cardioprotection and myocardial hypertrophy.
M.A.Q. Siddiqui, Brooklyn, USA.
08.40-09.00
The role of Ski in cardiac myofibroblast function.
I. Dixon, Winnipeg, Canada.
09.00-09.20
Transfection with endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) improves functions
of circulating endothelial progenitor cells from patients with coronary artery disease.
C.C. Kartha, Trivandrum, India.
09.20-09.40
Mechanisms of tissue damage and potential novel treatment targets of diabetic
cardiomyopathy.
S. Chakrabarti, London, Canada.
09.40-10.10 Break.
10.10-10.30
Prenatal exposure to maternal undernutrition induces cardiac dysfunction in
postnatal life.
P.S. Tappia, Winnipeg, Canada.
10.30-10.50 Cardioprotective mechanisms of chronic continuous and intermittent hypoxia.
F. Kolar, Prague, Czech Republic.
10.50-11.10 Hypoxia and the immature heart.
B. Ostadal, Prague, Czech Republic.
11.10-11.30
Mitochondrial K(ATP) opening confers protection against lethal injury and
ischemic arrhythmias via PI3K/Akt-dependent and independent mechanisms.
T. Ravingerova, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
11.30-13.00
Moderated posters.
Chairmen: Kurt Stoschitzky, Vienna, Austria, Steen Pehrson, Copenhagen, Denmark, Grant Pierce,
Winnipeg, Canada and Michael McKenna, Melbourne, Australia.
Exhibitions.
Lunch.
Symposium 8:
Cardiovascular health and disease (continued).
- A symposium co-organized with St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre, Winnipeg, Canada, IACS
– Europe Section and IACS – North America Section
Chairmen: P.K. Singal, Winnipeg, Canada, T. Mussivand, Ottawa, Canada and A. N. Maulik,
Framington, USA, B. Turan, Ankara Turkey.
13.00-13.20 Transcriptional control of cardiac fibrosis.
M. Czubryt, Winnipeg, Canada.
13.20-13.40
Regulation of vascular cell death and growth by the homeobox genes Meox1-2.
J. Wigle, Winnipeg, Canada.
13.40-14.00 Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in heart failure.
P.K. Singal, Winnipeg, Canada.
14.00-14.20 Treatment of congestive heart failure by induced fever.
T. Mussivand, Ottawa, Canada.
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Diabetes-induced altered function and regulation of cardiac
ryanoidine receptors.
B. Turan, Ankara, Turkey.
14.40-15.00 Afterload pressure: a major determinant in infarct size.
S. Schaffer, Mobile, USA.
15.00-15.30
Break.
15.30-15.50 Role of rho-kinase in vascular disease.
D.B. McNamara, New Orleans, USA.
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Molecular regulation of the intrinsic death pathway.
I. Kirshenbaum, Winnipeg, Canada.
16.10-16.30 Structural remodeling and energy metabolism in cardiac cells.
E. Seppet, Tartu, Estonia.
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Redox regulation of stem cells in injured heart.
D. Das, Farmington, USA.
16.50-17.10
Pleiotropic effects of statin on hypercholestermic heart: From molecular
mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities.
N. Maulik, Farmington, USA.
17.10-17.30 Cardiac repair and regeneration in the injured myocardium.
D. Singla, Orlando, USA.
17.30-17.50
Role of calreticulin in the regulation of cardiovascular function - lessons from
transgenic mice.
N. Mesaeli, Winnipeg, Canada.
Conference is closed.
SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH - CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPY
June 18-19, 2009,
Panum Institute, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
Auditorium: Hannover
Meeting of European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on Cardiovascular
Pharmacology and Drug Therapy
Scientific program
Thursday June 18, 2009:
Opening of Conference
12.00-12.15 Welcome to Copenhagen. President of conference, Stig Haunsø, Copenhagen,
Denmark.
12.05-12.10 Welcome to the Meeting of ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacology
and Drug Therapy. Chairman of conference, Past Chairman of ESC Working Group on
Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Drug Therapy Dan Atar, Oslo, Norway.
12.10-12.15 Welcome to the scientific program. Chairman of conference, treasurer of ESC
Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Drug Therapy, Keld Kjeldsen, Copenhagen,
Denmark.
Symposium 1:
Sudden cardiac death prevention: beyond the defibrillator.
- A symposium co-organized with European Heart Rhythm Association.
Chairmen: Panos Vardas, Heraklion, Greece and Jesper Hastrup Svendsen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
12.15-12.35 The sudden cardiac death epidemic: European and world perspectives, role of
guidelines.
Panos Vardas, Heraklion, Greece.
12.35-12.55 Teaching the medical profession to identify and treat patients at risk.
Carina Blomstrom-Lundqvist, Uppsala, Sweden.
12.55-13.15 Role of devices and anti arrhythmic drugs in patients at risk of sudden death.
Giuseppe Boriani, Bologna, Italy.
13.15-13.35 Channelopathies: Tailored medicine based on the underlying disease.
Eric Sculze-Bahr, Munster, Germany.
13.35-13.55 Mechanisms of hypokalemia induced ventricular arrhythmogenicity.
Oleg Osadchii, Copenhagen, Denmark.
14.30-15.50 Young Investigators Award Lectures based on submitted abstracts.
- A symposium co-organized by European Society of Cardiology Council on Basic
Cardiovascular Science
Chairmen:
Keld Kjeldsen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Naranjan Dhalla, Winnipeg, Canada, Panos
Vardas, Heraklion, Greece, Helge Rasmussen, Sydney, Australia, Paolo Dinardo, Rome,
Italy.
Posters.
Exhibitions.
Coffee.
Symposium 2:
Induction and prevention of sudden cardiac death by pharmacotherapy.
- A symposium by European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Cardiovascular
Pharmacology and Drug Therapy.
Chairmen: Faiez Zannad, Dommartin-Les-Toul, France and Dan Atar, Oslo, Norway.
16.00-16.20 Heart failure drugs and sudden cardiac death.
Faiez Zannad, Dommartin-Les-Toul, France.
16.20-16.40 The QT-interval and safety of drugs.
Jørgen Kanters, Copenhagen, Denmark.
16.40-17.00 Anti-inflammatory drugs and sudden cardiac death.
Frank Ruschizka, Zurich, Switzerland.
17.00-17.20 Hormonal and pharmacological modification of potassium homeostasis.
Torben Clausen, Aarhus, Denmark.
17.20-17.40 Sudden death in athletes.
Hanne Rasmusen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
17.40-18.00 Potassium handling during exercise.
Michael McKenna, Melbourne, Australia.
18.00
Announcement of winners of Young Investigators Award.
20.00
Tivoli Gardens.
Friday 19. June, 2009:
Symposium 3:
Hypertrophy and sudden cardiac death.
Chairmen: Perry Elliott, London, UK and Henning Bundgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
- A symposium co-organized by Rigshospitalets Centre for Inherited Cardiac Diseases.
09.30-09.50 Risk stratification and role of genetics.
Perry Elliott, London, UK.
09.50-10.10 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in childhood.
Ingegerd Ostman-Schmidt, Gothenburg, Sweden.
10.10-10.30 Hypertrophy and failure - the crucial role of the Na-pump.
Helge Rasmussen, Sydney, Australia.
10.30-10.50 Regression of hypertrophy and sudden cardiac death risk.
Kristian Wachtell, Copenhagen, Denmark.
10.50-11.10 Prevention of myocardial damage in hypertrophy by omega 3 fatty acids.
Paolo Dinardo, Rome, Italy.
11.10-11.30 Strategy for clinical evaluation and screening of sudden cardiac death relatives.
Henning Bundgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
11.30-13.00
Moderated posters.
Chairmen: Groupe 1: Kurt Stoschitzky, Vienna, Steen Pehrson, Copenhagen, Denmark, Grant
Pierce, Winnipeg, Canada and Michael McKenna, Melbourne, Australia.
Exhibitions.
Lunch.
Symposium 4:
Sudden cardiac death in clinical practice.
- A symposium co-organized by Danish Society of Cardiology
Chairmen: Stig Haunsø, Copenhagen, Denmark and Hans Erik Bøtker, Aarhus, Denmark
13.00-13.20 Sudden cardiac death in ischemic heart disease.
Kristian Thygesen, Aarhus, Denmark.
13.20-13.40 Sudden cardiac death in heart failure.
Lars Køber, Copenhagen, Denmark.
13.40-14.00 The prognostic importance of the ST-segment.
Egon Toft, Ålborg, Denmark
14.00-14.20 Resuscitation after cardiac arrest - general management of survivors.
Kjetil Sunde, Oslo, Norway.
14.20-14.40 Implantable devices - Achieve maximum safety at implant.
Mark Kroll, St. Paul, US.
14.40-15.00 Inappropriate therapy in patients with defibrillators.
Joerg Schwab, Bonn, Germany
Conference is closed.