2nd Conference on Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Death – Cardiovascular Therapy
June 16-18, 2011,
Panum Institute, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
Conference of European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on Cardiovascular
Pharmacology and Drug Therapy
Scientific program
(Note: This is a preliminary program. Not all speakers/chairmen have yet confirmed participation)
Thursday 16. June 2011
Opening of Conference
Haderup Auditorium
13.30-13.40 Welcome to Copenhagen.
President of conference Stig Haunsø, Copenhagen, Denmark.
13.40-13.50 Welcome to the Conference.
Chairman of ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Drug
Therapy Luis Ruilope, Madrid, Spain.
13.50-14.0 Welcome to the Science.
Chairman of conference, Vice-chairman of ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular
Pharmacology and Drug Therapy Keld Kjeldsen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Symposium 1: Influencing sudden cardiac death by pharmacotherapy
- A symposium arranged by European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Cardiovascular
Pharmacology and Drug Therapy
Haderup Auditorium
Chairmen:
Bertram Pitt, Ann Arbor, USA and Keld Kjeldsen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
14.00-14.20 Polypharmacy in patients with heart disease – risk of sudden cardiac death
Faiez Zannad, Nancy, France
14.20-14.40 How to ensure safe polypharmacy?
Joseph Brugada, Barcelona, Spain
14.40-15.00 Anti-aldosterone therapy also to mild heart failure and severe hypertension
Luis Ruilope, Madrid, Spain
15.00-15.20 A new era for digoxin
Mihai Gheorghiade, Chicago, USA
15.20-15.40 Algorithm to protect patients on psychoactive drugs against sudden cardiac death.
Steen Pehrson, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Symposium 2: The sudden cardiac death burden - epidemiology
Hannover Auditorium
Chairmen: Christine Albert, Boston, USA and Mads Melby, Copenhagen, Denmark
14.00-14.20 Sudden cardiac death in women
Christine Albert, Boston, USA
14.20-14.40 Sudden cardiac death in the young
Bo Winkel, Copenhagen, Denmark
14.40-15.0 Sudden death in the general population
Sumeet Chugh, Oregon, USA
15.00-15.20 Sudden death in athletes
Hanne Rasmusen, Copenhagen, Denmark
15.20-15.40 Register study of sudden cardiac death
Mads Melby, Copenhagen, Denmark
Free oral presentations based on accepted abstracts session 1
Mødesal
Chairmen: Morten Olesen, Copenhagen, Denmark and …
14.00-14.15
14.15-14.30
14.30-14.45
14.45-15.00
15.00-15.15
15.15-15.30
15.30-15.45
Posters (15.45-16.30)
Exhibitions (15.45-16.30)
Coffee (15.45-16.30)
Symposium 3: Danish research in the pipeline in patients at risk of cardiac arrest and sudden
death
- A symposium co-arranged by Danish Society of Cardiology
Haderup Auditorium
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Chairmen: Christian Hassager and Stig Haunsø, Copenhagen, Denmark
16.30-16.50 Sudden cardiac death risk from drugs in general use
Gunnar Gislason, Gentofte, Denmark
16.50-17.10 The DANISH trial - Danish ICD study in non-ischemic heart failure
Lars Køber, Copenhagen, Denmark
17.10-17.30 DANPACE - Is dual-chamber pacing superior?
Jens Cosedis Nielsen, Århus, Denmark
17.30-17.50 Atrial fibrillation as predictor for sudden cardiac death in patients with aortic stenosis
Kristian Wachtell, Gentofte, Denmark
17.50-18.10 Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest
Christian Hassager, Copenhagen, Denmark
Symposium 4:
Heritability in sudden cardiac death
Hannover Auditorium
Chairmen:
Carlo Napolitano, Pavia, Italy and Jacob Tfelt-Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark
16.30-16.50 Underlying genetic causes of sudden cardiac death
Jacob Tfelt-Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark
16.50-17.10 Genetic modifiers of LQT/Brugada syndromes
Carlo Napolitano, Pavia, Italy
17.10-17.30 The J-wave syndrome – a unifying diagnosis?
Michel Haïsseguerre, Bordeaux-Pessac, France
17.30-17.50 Genome wide association studies
Arthur Wilde, Amsterdam, Netherlands
17.50-18.10 Genetically based treatment of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
Bjorn Knollmann, Nashville, USA
Workshop 1: What is optimum plasma-potassium?
- A workshop arranged by European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Cardiovascular
Pharmacology and Drug Therapy
Mødesal
Chairmen: Luis Ruilope, Madrid, Spain and Dan Atar, Oslo, Norway
Panellists: Stefan Agewall, Oslo, Norway, Angeles Alonso, Madrid, Spain, Mihai Gheorghiade,
Chicago, USA, Keld Kjeldsen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Kurt Stochitzky, Gras, Austria, Faiez
Zannad, Nancy, France
16.30-16.50 What to learn on potassium from recent trials?
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16.50-17.10
17.10-17.30
17.30-17.50
17.50-18.00
18.00-
Bertram Pitt, Ann Arbor, USA
Update on potassium pharmacology and physiology
Torben Clausen, Århus, Denmark
Mechanisms for potassium associated arrhythmia
Oleg Osadchii, Copenhagen, Denmark
News from potassium-pump studies on atrial fibrillation, hypo- and hyperkalemia
Cao Tran, New York, USA
Discussion and conclusion by panellists, speakers and chairmen
Meeting of the Nucleus of ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular
Pharmacology
(Only for nucleus members)
Mødesal
20.00-
Tivoli Gardens.
Conference dinner at Restaurant Hercegovina (entrance from Tivoli Gardens)
Friday 17. June 2011
Symposium 5: Non-pharmacological prevention of sudden cardiac death
- A symposium co-arranged by European Heart Rhythm Association.
Haderup Auditorium
Chairmen:
Angelo Auricchio, Lugano, Switzerland and Jesper Hastrup Svendsen, Copenhagen,
Denmark.
08.30-08.50 Should all patients with low EF have an ICD?
Massimo Santini, Rome, Italy
08.50-09.10 Cardiac resynchronization therapy: Past, present and future
Angelo Auricchio, Lugano, Switzerland
09.10-09.30 Catheter ablation to prevent ventricular arrhythmia
Michel Haïssaguerre, Bordeaux, France
09.30-09.50 Remote monitoring of ICD-patients: Will early arrhythmia detection reduce the risk of
sudden ventricular arrhythmia?
Helen Høgh Petersen, Copenhagen, Denmark
09.50-10.10 Atrial fibrillation as a risk factor of sudden arrhythmic death
Andreas Goette, Paderborn, Germany
Symposium 6: Recommendations for everyday living after cardiac arrest
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- Allied personal symposium
Hannover Auditorium
Chairmen: Thor Edvardsen, Oslo, Norway and Selina Kikkenborg Berg, Copenhagen, Denmark
08.30-08.50 Driving recommendations after cardiac arrest
Tone Norekval, Bergen, Norway
08.50-09.10 Physical activity – what to recommend?
Luc Vanhees, Leuven, Belgium
09.10-09.30 Physiological reactions – recommendations for professional follow-up
Samuel Sears, Greenville, USA
09.30-09.50 Recommendations for relatives
Ann-Birgitte Vogelsang, Århus, Denmark
09.50-10.10 Recommendations for gender specific care
Susanne Pedersen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Workshop 2: How to reduce the risks in polypharmacy?
- A workshop arranged by European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Cardiovascular
Pharmacology and Drug Therapy
Mødesal
Chairmen: Faiez Zannad, Nancy, France and Luis Ruilope, Madrid, Spain
Panellists: Stefan Agewall, Oslo, Norway, Dan Atar, Oslo, Norway, Keld Kjeldsen, Copenhagen,
Denmark, Basil Lewis, Haifa, Israel, Giuseppe Rosano, Sulmona, Italy, Atul Pathak, Toulouse,
France, Harald Schmidt, Bonn, Germany, Kurt Stoschitzky, Graz, Austria, Sven Wasmann,
Bonn/Montreal, Germany/Canada
08.30-08.50 Are clinical trails reflecting “real life” patients?
Mihai Gheorghiade, Chicago, USA
08.50-09.10 May the personalized polypill improve compliance?
Angeles Alonso, Madrid, Spain
09.10-09.30 Will new anticoagulants and antiplatelets reduce bleeding – Role of genetics?
Steen Husted, Århus, Denmark
09.30-09.50 Can computer programmes ensure rational polypharmacy?
Emilia Villa, Madrid, Spain
09.50-10.10 Discussion and conclusion by panellists, speakers and chairmen
Free oral presentations based on accepted abstracts session 2
Sofastue
Chairmen: Anders Holst, Copenhagen, Denmark and…
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08.30-08.45
08.45-09.00
09.00-09.15
09.15-09.30
09.30-09.45
09.45-10.00
10.00-10.15
10.15-14.30 Meeting of the nucleus of ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacology
(Only for nucleus members)
Mødesal
Posters (10.10-11.00)
Exhibitions (10.10-11.00)
Coffee (10.10-11.00)
Symposium 7: Treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Haderup Auditorium
Chairmen: Pyotr Platonov, Lund, Sweden and Steen Pehrson, Copenhagen, Denmark
11.00-11.20 Automated external defibrillators – where should they be located?
Fredrik Folke, Gentofte, Denmark
11.20-11.40 New ESC guidelines for treatment of cardiac arrest
Morten Rosenqvist, Stockholm, Sweden
11.40-12.0 0 Improving prehospital treatment of cardiac arrest
Freddy Lippert, Copenhagen, Denmark
12.00-12.20 Work-up of patients surviving cardiac arrest.
Henning Bundgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
Symposium 8: ECG parametres in drug evaluation
Hannover Auditorium
Chairmen: Jean-Philip Couderc, Rochester, USA and Egon Toft, Aalborg, Denmark
11.00-11.20 Tales from the T-wave: What have we learned form the congenital LQT-syndrome?
Jørgen Kanters, Copenhagen, Denmark
11.20-11.40 Dynamic evaluation of repolarization variability in drug studies
Nils Edvardsson, Mölndal, Sweden
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11.40-12.00 T-wave morphology as a covariate to QTc in drug safety evaluation
Claus Graff, Aalborg, Denmark
12.00-12.20 Results from the Telemetric and Holter ECG Warehouse
Jean-Philip Couderc, Rochester, USA
Young investigators award session based on accepted abstracts
- A session co-arranged by European Society of Cardiology Council on Basic Cardiovascular
Science
Sofastue
Chairmen: Axel Pries, Berlin, Germany, Karin Sipido, Leuven, Belgium, Carlo Napolitano, Pavia,
Italy, Michael McKenna, Melbourne, Australia, and Niels-Henrik Holstein-Rathlou, Copenhagen,
Denmark
11.00-11.20
11.20-11.40
11.40-12.00
12.00-12.20
Exhibitions (12.20-14.30)
Lunch (12.20-14.00)
Moderated posters (13.30-14.30)
Chairmen: Bo Winkel, Copenhagen, Denmark and...
Abstracts will be published in Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology.
Symposium 9: Handling of relatives to young sudden cardiac death victims
-A symposium co-arranged by Centre for Inherited Cardiac Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen,
Denmark
Haderup Auditorium
Chairmen: Arthur Wilde, Amsterdam, Netherlands and Henning Bundgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
14.30-14.50 Autopsy in young sudden cardiac death victims: An algorithm for the pathologist
Mary Sheppard, London, UK
14.50-15.10 Cardiomyopathies and sudden cardiac death in the young
Carolyn Ho, Boston, USA
15.10-15.30 Molecular autopsy in sudden cardiac death victims
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Laurence Nunn, London, UK
15.30-15.50 Outcome and psychological impact of screening of child relatives
Morten Jensen, Copenhagen, Denmark
15.50-16.10 Work-up of relatives to young sudden cardiac death victims
Arthur Wilde, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Symposium 10: News on mechanisms in cardiac arrest
- A symposium co-arranged by ESC Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences
Hannover Auditorium
Chairmen: Axel Pries, Berlin, Germany and Søren-Peter Olesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
14.30-14.50 Update on molecular mechanisms
Karen Sipido, Leuven, Belgium
14.50-15.10 Modelling LQT syndrome
Morten Grunnet, Copenhagen, Denmark
17.30-17.50 New methods for predicting mutation pathogenicity
Lior Gestein, Haifa, Israel
15.30-15.50 Patch-clamp in cardiomyocytes
Karl-Ludwig Laugwiz, Munich, Germany
15.50-16.10 Whole Exon sequencing
Yalda Jamshidi, London, UK
Free oral presentations based on accepted abstracts session 3
Mødesal
Chairmen: Cao Tran, New York, USA and …
14.30-14.45
14.45-15.00
15.00-15.15
15.15-15.30
15.30-15.45
15.45-16.00
16.00-16.15
Free oral presentations based on accepted abstracts session 4
Sofastue
Chairmen: Bo Winkel, Copenhagen, Denmark
14.30-14.45
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14.45-15.00
15.00-15.15
15.15-15.30
15.30-15.45
15.45-16.00
16.00-16.15
Exhibitions (16.10-16.30)
Coffee (16.10-16.30)
Workshop 3: How to avoid sudden cardiac death in sports?
Mødesal
Chairmen: Michael McKenna, Melbourne, Australia and Michael Kjær, Copenhagen, Denmark
Panellists: Stefan Agewal, Oslo, Norway, Henning Bundgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark, Andreas
Goette, Paderborn, Germany, Samuel Sears, Greenville, USA, Luc Vanhees, Leuven, Belgium,
16.30-16.50 Epidemiology
Eva Prescott, Copenhagen, Denmark
16.50-17.10 ECG in athletes
Mats Borjesson, Corrado, Italy
17.10-17.30 Potassium during exercise
Michael McKenna, Melburne, Australia
17.30-17.50 Should all elite athletes be screened for heart disease?
Jan Kyst Madsen, Gentofte, Copenhagen
17.50-18.00 Discussion and conclusion by panellists, speakers and chairmen
Free oral presentations based on accepted abstracts session 5
Sofastuen
Chairmen: Morten Jensen, Copenhagen, Denmark and…
16.30-16.45
16.45-17.00
17.00-17.15
17.15-17.30
17.30-17.45
17.45-18.00
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Evening free
Saturday 18. June, 2011
Ad hoc workshop 4
Mødesal
Chairmen: To be determined
09.30-09.50
09.50-10.10
10.10-10.30
Break
10.50-11.10
11.10-11.30
11.30-11.50
Free oral presentations based on accepted abstracts session 6
Sofastue
Chairmen: To be determined
09.30-09.45
09.45-10.00
10.00-10.15
10.15-10.30
Break
11.00-11.15
11.15-11.30
11.30-11.45
11.45-12.00
Conference is closed
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