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ROMANIAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY
WORKING GROUP ON ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
THE 21st NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
INTERNATIONAL FACULTY
HEART FAILURE
May 26-27 2006, Intercontinental Hotel, Bucharest
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
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Friday, May 26th, 2006
8
45
Hall 1
Opening ceremony
Hall 2
900-1030 Lectures 1
Aortic stenosis and left ventricular function
Chairpersons: Eduard Apetrei (Bucharest, RO),
Gian Luigi Nicolosi (Pordenone, IT)
- Ioan M. Coman (Bucharest, RO) –
Echocardiographic assessment of aortic stenosis.
Controversies and pitfalls.
- Gerald Maurer (Vienna, AT) Progression of Aortic Stenosis: Who needs close
follow-up and how
- Carmen Ginghina (Bucharest, RO) –
Low cardiac output aortic stenosis
- Ion I. Bruckner (Bucharest, RO) –
Aortic stenosis – does medical treatment play a role?
- Discussions. Conclusions
900-1030 Round Table 1
Echocardiography in the Emergency Room
Chairpersons: Doina Dimulescu (Bucharest, RO),
Ion Tintoiu (Bucharest, RO)
1030-1100 Coffee break
1030-1100 Coffee break
1100-1230 Lectures 2
Echocardiographic assessment in patients with
acute myocardial infarction
Chairpersons: Gerald Maurer (Vienna, AT),
Maria Dorobantu (Bucharest, RO)
1100-1230 Workshop
Echocardiography and cardiac surgery in
acute heart failure
Chairpersons: Mircea Barsan (Cluj-Napoca, RO),
Gheorghe Cerin (Novara, IT)
Participants: Cristina Ceck (Bucharest, RO)
Dan Iliescu (Iasi, RO)
Nicolae Paun (Bucharest, RO)
Andreea C. Popescu (Bucharest, RO)
Marius Toringhibel (Constanta, RO)
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- Gian Luigi Nicolosi (Pordenone, IT) Heterogeneity of cardiac remodelling after Acute
Myocardial Infarction: clinical and prognostic implications
from the GISSI and PREAMI. Echocardiographic experience.
- Maria Dorobantu, Dana Constantinescu (Bucharest, RO) –
Assessing left ventricular dysfunction by Doppler
echocardiography in acute myocardial infarction: prognostic
implications.
- Micha S. Feinberg (Tel Hashomer, IL) Early risk assessment of patients with acute myocardial
infarction by echocardiography
- Adriana Iliesiu (Bucharest, RO) –
Acute myocardial infarction complications assessment
- Discussions. Conclusions
- Cristina Stanescu (Bucharest, RO) –
Echocardiographic assessment of acute heart failure
in infective endocarditis
- Mircea Barsan (Cluj-Napoca, RO) Cardiac surgery of acute heart failure in infective
endocarditis
- Gheorghe Cerin (Novara, IT) Acute heart failure after acute myocardial infarction.
Perioperative echocardiography in postinfarction
mechanical complications
- Horia Muresian (Milano, IT) –
Cardiac surgery in mechanical complications of
acute myocardial infarction
- Discussions. Conclusions
1230-1300 Focus 1
Three-dimensional echocardiography. New
techniques to approach patients’ screening for cardiac
resynchronization therapy
Satellite session organised by S&T Romania
(Philips)
- Danay Valenzuela Rodriguez (Barcelona, ES)
1230-1300 State of the art 1
Chairperson: Gheorghe Cerin (Novara, IT)
1300-1330 Financial solutions for medical clinics
Lunch panel organized by Medicredit Leasing
1300-1430 Lunch Break
Ehud Schwammenthal (Tel Hashomer, IL) –
Stress echocardiography in clinical decision
making in valvular heart disease
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1330-1400 Focus 2
The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in
heart failure
Satellite session organised by Silva Trading
(Medtronic)
Chairperson: Ioan M. Coman (Bucharest, RO)
- Radu Ciudin (Bucharest, RO) –
Ventricular rhythm disturbances in heart failure
- Robert Alexandru (Bucharest, RO) –
Resynchronization therapy – technical issues
- Ioan M. Coman (Bucharest, RO) - Conclusions
1400-1430
Break
1430-1600 Case reports 1
1430-1600 Lectures 3
Chairpersons: Thierry Gillebert (Ghent, BE),
Heart failure in children
Dragos Vinereanu (Bucharest, RO)
Chairpersons: Alexandru G. Dimitriu (Iasi, RO),
- Mircea Cinteza, Andrei Margulescu (Bucharest, RO) –
Adriana Iliesiu (Bucharest, RO)
Reproducibility in echocardiography
- Micha S. Feinberg (Tel Hashomer, IL) Participants: Paula Avram (Bucharest, RO)
Towards an objective assessment of left ventricular
Reka Balas Borka (Targu Mures, RO)
systolic function by echocardiography.
Alexandru G. Dimitriu (Iasi, RO)
- Gerald Maurer (Vienna, AT) –
Ioana Ghiorghiu (Bucharest, RO)
Myocardial viability – what does it mean, what to do
Alin Nicolescu (Bucharest, RO)
with the information
Cristina Olteanu (Bucharest, RO)
- Cezar Macarie (Bucharest, RO) –
What information should an echocardiographer
provide in patients coming to the echo lab for atrial
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fibrillation?
- Discussions. Conclusions
1600-1615 Coffee break
1600-1615 Coffee break
1615-1645 Focus 3
Integrated assessment of cardiac and arterial
function by ultrasound techniques.
Satellite session organised by Medrom Medical
Systems (Aloka)
Chairperson: Dragos Vinereanu (Bucharest, RO)
- Carmen Gherghinescu (Bucharest, RO) Cardiac function
- Maria Florescu (Bucharest, RO) Arterial function
- Dragos Vinereanu (Bucharest, RO) - Conclusions.
1615-1645
Controversy
Cardioversion of atrial fibrillation requires
transoesophageal echocardiography
Mediator: Catalina Arsenescu-Georgescu (Iasi, RO)
1645-1815 Symposium
Cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure
Chairpersons: Ioan M. Coman (Bucharest, RO),
Micha S. Feinberg (Tel Hashomer, IL)
- Dragos Cozma (Timisoara, RO) –
Role of echocardiography in selecting patients for
resynchronization therapy
- Alan G. Fraser (Cardiff, GB) –
Cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with
narrow QRS complex: role of echocardiography
- Live transmission from “Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu”
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Bucharest
1645-1815 Round Table 2
The place of ultrasonography in the
assessment of the venous system
Chairpersons: Ileana Arsenescu (Bucharest, RO),
Rodica Avram (Timisoara, RO)
Pro: Anca Popa (Bucharest, RO)
Con: Dan Spataru (Bucharest, RO)
Participants: Ileana Arsenescu (Bucharest, RO)
Rodica Avram (Timisoara, RO)
Sorin Baila (Bucharest, RO)
Marian Croitoru (Bucharest, RO)
Roxana Darabont (Bucharest, RO)
Dan Olinic (Cluj-Napoca, RO)
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Bogdan A. Popescu (Bucharest, RO)
Echocardiographic assessment of asynchrony
Participant: Mihaela Mihaila (Bucharest, RO)
- Radu Ciudin (Bucharest, RO) –
Cardiac resynchronization. The electrophysiologist’s view
- Discussions. Conclusions
1815-1830 Coffee break
1830-1930
Symposium
Beta-blockers in heart failure
Satellite symposia organised by Zentiva
Chairperson: Carmen Ginghina (Bucharest, RO)
- Carmen Ginghina (Bucharest, RO) Beta-adrenergic blockade in heart failure –
guidelines recommendations
- Tiberiu Nanea (Bucharest, RO) Beta-blockers – therapeutic strategy in heart failure
- Ruxandra Jurcut (Bucharest, RO) Case report
- Carmen Ginghina (Bucharest, RO) – Conclusions
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Cocktail - offered by the Romanian Working Group
on Echocardiography and ZENTIVA
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Saturday, May 27th, 2006
Hall 1
30
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Hall 2
30
00
Lectures 4
Joint Session of Romanian Working Group
on Echocardiography and European Association of
Echocardiography
Heart failure development. Diagnostic and
prognostic assessment.
Chairpersons: Carmen Ginghina (Bucharest, RO),
Alan G. Fraser (Cardiff, GB)
- Alan G. Fraser (Cardiff, GB) Left ventricular pressure overload and heart failure
development
- Eduard Apetrei (Bucharest, RO) Predictors of outcome in severe, asymptomatic
aortic stenosis
- Thierry Gillebert (Ghent, BE) –
Pathophysiology of increased filling pressures in
clinical practice. Cardiovascular overload, systolic
dysfunction, diastolic dysfunction.
- Bogdan A. Popescu (Bucharest, RO) Assessment of prognosis in heart failure by
echocardiography: old and new.
- Discussions. Conclusions
8 -10
1000-1030 Coffee break
1000-1030 Coffee break
8 -10
Round Table 3
The right ventricle in heart failure
(Ventriculul drept in insuficienta cardiaca)
Chairpersons: Ion I. Bruckner (Bucharest, RO),
Ioana Stoian (Bucharest, RO)
Participants: Adriana Gurghean (Bucharest, RO)
Teodora Hintea (Targu Mures, RO)
Rodica Musetescu (Craiova, RO)
Ioana Stoian (Bucharest, RO)
Lelia Strambu (Cluj-Napoca, RO)
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1030-1200 Lectures 5
Valvular heart disease and heart failure
Chairpersons: Ehud Schwammenthal (Tel Hashomer, IL),
Bogdan A. Popescu (Bucharest, RO)
- Thierry Gillebert (Ghent, BE) Pathophysiology of mitral and aortic regurgitation.
Clinical update on hypertrophy and function. Differences
between mitral regurgitation and aortic regurgitation.
- Doina Dimulescu (Bucharest, RO) Severe valvular lesions in patients with left
ventricular systolic dysfunction
- Ehud Schwammenthal (Tel Hashomer, IL) Ischemic mitral regurgitation: from mechanism to therapy
- Daniela Bedeleanu (Cluj-Napoca, RO) –
Heart failure in patients with prosthetic valves
- Discussions. Conclusions
1030-1200 Lectures 6
Chairpersons: Mircea Cinteza (Bucharest, RO),
Eugenio Picano (Pisa, IT)
- Dragos Vinereanu (Bucharest, RO ) How to diferentiate athlete's heart from
pathological hypertrophy
- Tiberiu Nanea (Bucharest, RO) Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular
diastolic function
- Eugenio Picano (Pisa, IT) Echocardiography in heart failure: new insight on
extravascular lung water and left ventricular contractility
- Adina Ionac (Timisoara, RO) –
Three-dimensional echocardiographic assessment
of nonischemic mitral regurgitation
- Discussions. Conclusions
1200-1215 Coffee break
1200-1215 Coffee break
1215-1230 Award ceremony for poster presentations
1215-1345 Case reports 2
Acute heart failure
Chairpersons: Daniela Bedeleanu (Cluj-Napoca, RO),
Tiberiu Nanea (Bucharest, RO)
1230-1300 Focus 4
Three-dimensional fetal echocardiography
Satellite session organised by Medist - General
Electric
- Doru Herghelegiu (Bucharest, RO)
1300-1330 State of the art 2
Participants: Andrei Carp (Bucharest, RO)
Ruxandra Jurcut (Bucharest, RO)
Mirela Marinescu (Bucharest, RO)
Emanuel Stoica (Bucharest, RO)
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Chairperson: Cezar Macarie (Bucharest, RO)
Eugenio Picano (Pisa, IT) –
Left ventricular contractility in the echo lab
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Adela Serban (Cluj-Napoca, RO)
Alexandrina Tatu-Chitoiu (Bucharest,RO)
Symposium closure
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