„2nd Meeting on Intensive and Invasive Cardiology“
May 14th, 2010
Vilnius University
Universiteto Str. 3, Vilnius, Lithuania
PROGRAM
9:00 Opening ceremony
Irena Degutienė, the Speaker of Seimas
prof. Benediktas Juodka, Rector of Vilnius University
Raimondas Šukys, Minister of Health of Lithuania
Prof. Remigijus Žaliūnas, President of Lithuanian Society of Cardiology
Pranas Šerpytis MD, President of Lithuanian Heart Association
Algis Sasnauskas, Director of National Health Insurance Fund
Chairmen session No 1: Acute Coronary Syndromes
Chairmen: Holger Thiele, Germany; Remigijus Žaliūnas, Lithuania; Pranas Šerpytis, Lithuania; Giedrius Davidavicius, Lithuania
9:30 “GRACE registry related to ACS (how to treat non protected left main, and cardiac rupture in the real life following an ACS)” - prof. Enrique Gurfinkel – Buenos Aires, Argentina
9:50 “Pre-hospital STEMI care” – Marco Tubaro, MD – Rome, Italy
10:10 “Evolution of STEMI Practices in Vancouver” - Krishnan Ramanathan, MD - Vancouver, Canada
10:30 “Left main stenting (presenting our experience in unprotected left main in a peripheral hospital without surgery on site)” - Prof. Yonathan Hasin – Poriya, Israel
10:50 “Current role of GpIIb/IIIa-inhibiitors in STEMI” – Prof. Holger Thiele – Leipzig, Germany
11:10 “New Anti-platelet Therapies” – Krishnan Ramanathan, MD - Vancouver, Canada
Coffee break 11:30 – 11:50
11:50 “PCI of left main: Emerging from a class III to a IIB indication. What is
the current status” – Enno Boudriot, MD – Leipzig, Germany
12:10 “Presence of vulnerable coronary plaques in middle-aged individuals who suffered a brain death” - prof. Enrique Gurfinkel – Buenos Aires, Argentina
12:30 “Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease. Long Term Experience of Latvian Centre of Cardiology” – Prof. Andrejs Erglis – Riga, Latvia
12:50 “A successful experience in territory coverage for AMI treatment: the FAST TRACK program in Slovenia“ – Prof. Marko Noc – Ljubljana, Slovenia
13:10 – 14:10 Lunch
Chairmen session No 2: The Newest diagnostic and treatment methods in Invasive and Intensive Cardiology
Chairmen: Enno Boudriot, Germany; Enrique Gurfinkel; Argentina, Aleksandras Laucevicius, Lithuania
14:10 “Opportunities and challenges of stem cell therapy in cardiology. Development in stem cells and regenerative medicine in Latvia” – Prof. Andrejs Erglis – Riga, Latvia
14:30 “Treatment of cardiogenic shock: State of the art” - Prof. Holger Thiele – Leipzig, Germany
14:50 “Emerging percutaneous techniques for treatment of aortic stenosis – only for high risk patients?” – Enno Boudriot, MD - Leipzig, Germany
15:10 “Percutaneous mitral valve repair. Current techniques and results” - Prof. Holger Thiele – Leipzig, Germany
15:30 “Peripheral interventions by the cardiologist (again our experience in treating those patients with combined disease” - Prof. Yonathan Hasin – Poriya, Israel
Coffee break 15:50 - 16:10
16:10 “Watchman implantation. Do we need anticoagulation anymore?” – prof. Holger Thiele – Leipzig, Germany
16:30 “RT in AMI: Insights from the JETSTENT trial” – David Antoniucci, MD - Florence, Italy"
16:50 “A modern Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: Impella experience, Bleeding and Blood Transfusion” – Krishnan Ramanathan, MD - Vancouver, Canada
17:10 “Atrial Fibrillation Surgery in the Catheter Ablation Era” - prof. Audrius Aidietis - Vilnius, Lithuania
17:30 “ECMO for the treatment of severe respiratory and heart failure following cardiac surgery” – Robertas Samalavičius, MD – Vilnius, Lithuania
17:50 ”Registry of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Lithuania: First steps” – prof. Ramunas Navickas, MD – Kaunas, Lithuania
Location: Belmontas, Rotonda hall:
18:40 “3D ehcocardiography in clinical use”, ''Hands on session'' - Ginta Kamzola, MD - P. Stradina Clinical University center, Cardiology center of Latvia, Riga
