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Oct 29, 2012 10:55 EDT
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Editorial series
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Editorial series
3 COMMENTS - Sep 4, 2012 12:00 EDT
Mayo Clinic
5 COMMENTS - Aug 27, 2012 04:10 EDT

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Acute Coronary Syndromes
1 COMMENT - Aug 29, 2012 13:15 EDT
Imaging
Updated with video
Aug 28, 2012 13:30 EDT
Acute Coronary Syndromes
3 COMMENTS - Aug 28, 2012 12:50 EDT
Thrombosis
2 COMMENTS - Aug 28, 2012 12:30 EDT
Hypertension
Aug 28, 2012 11:45 EDT
Heart failure
Aug 28, 2012 09:15 EDT
Interventional/Surgery
1 COMMENT - Aug 27, 2012 13:30 EDT
Interventional/Surgery
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Aug 27, 2012 12:30 EDT
Heart failure
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Aug 27, 2012 09:45 EDT
Acute Coronary Syndromes
3 COMMENTS - Aug 27, 2012 02:00 EDT
Acute Coronary Syndromes
Updated with video
2 COMMENTS - Aug 27, 2012 02:00 EDT
Interventional/Surgery
Aug 26, 2012 11:45 EDT
Acute Coronary Syndromes
Aug 26, 2012 11:15 EDT
Brain/Kidney/Peripheral
2 COMMENTS - Aug 26, 2012 07:30 EDT
Acute Coronary Syndromes
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3 COMMENTS - Aug 26, 2012 02:00 EDT

Academic collaboration

Late-breaking clinical trial schedule

Hot line I: Late-breaking trials on prevention of heart failure
Sunday, August 26, 2012, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Hot Line, Webcast
Munich—Central Village
Chairperson: Gordon Tomaselli (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD), Michel Komajda (Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France)


shim shim PURE: Patterns of risk factor prevalence for CVD globally by urbanization, gender, and economic status of countries and individuals: The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiologic (PURE) study of 153 996 people from 628 communities in 17 countries
Sunday, August 26 11:00 AM
Salim Yusuf (McMaster University, Hamilton, ON)
Discussion 11:10 AM (David A Wood, Imperial College London, UK)

shim   DeFACTO: Determination of Fractional Flow Reserve by Anatomic Computed Tomographic Angiography
Sunday, August 26 11:15 AM
James Min (Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA)
Discussion 11:25 AM (Jean-Pierre Bassand, University Hospital Jean-Minjoz, Besançon, France)

shim   ALTITUDE: Aliskiren Trial in Type 2 Diabetes Using Cardiorenal End Points
Sunday, August 26 11:30 AM
Hans-Henrik Parving (Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Discussion 11:40 AM (Adriaan Voors, University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands)

shim   TRILOGY-ACS: Prasugrel versus clopidogrel for patients with unstable angina/NSTEMI who are medically managed without revascularization
Sunday, August 26 11:45 AM
Matthew T Roe (Duke University, Durham, NC)
Discussion 11:55 AM (Raffaele De Caterina, Gabriele d'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy)

shim   PARAMOUNT: Efficacy and safety of LCZ696, a first-in-class angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor, in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction: Primary results from the PARAMOUNT study
Sunday, August 26 12:00 noon
Scott Solomon (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA)
Discussion 12:10 PM (Piotr Ponikowski, Medical University, Clinical Military Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland)

shim   Aldo-DHF: Aldosterone Receptor Blockade in Diastolic Heart Failure
Sunday, August 26 12:15 PM
Burkert Pieske (Medical University of Graz, Austria)
Discussion 12:25 PM (John GF Cleland, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, UK)

Hot line II: Late-breaking trials on interventions
August 27, 2012, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Hot Line, Webcast
Munich—Central Village
Chairperson: Michael Böhm (Saarland University Hospital, Homburg/Saar, Germany), Fausto Pinto (Lisbon University, Portugal)


shim   IABP-SHOCK II: Randomized comparison of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation versus optimal medical therapy in addition to early revascularization in acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock
Monday, August 27 11:00 AM
Holger Thiele (University of Leipzig, Germany)
Discussion 11:10 AM (Uta C Hoppe, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria)

shim   PROTECT: Primary Results from PROTECT: the Patient Related Outcomes with Endeavor versus Cypher Stenting Trial
Monday, August 27 11:15 AM
Dr William Wijns (Cardiovascular Center Aalst, Belgium)
Discussion 11:25 AM Stephan Windecker (University of Bern, Switzerland)

shim   GARY: German Aortic Valve Registry—in-hospital outcome
Monday, August 27 11:30 AM
Christian W Hamm (Kerckhoff Heart and Thorax Center, Bad Nauheim, Germany)
Discussion 11:40 AM (Olaf Wendler, King's College Hospital, London, UK)

shim   ACCESS-EUROPE—An observational study of the MitraClip system in Europe
Monday, August 27 11:45 AM
Wolfgang Schillinger (Universitätsklinik Göttingen, Germany)
Discussion 11:55 AM Simon Ray (South Manchester University Hospitals, UK)

shim   FAST-MI program: Decrease in early mortality in STEMI is related to changing patient profile and behavior, as well as improved organization of care: Data from 4 French nationwide surveys over 15 years.
Monday, August 27 12:00 noon
Nicolas Danchin (Hospital European Georges Pompidou, Paris, France)
Discussion 12:10 PM (Filippo Crea, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy)

shim   GRACE: Effects of insulin glargine and of polyunsaturated fatty acids on carotid intima media thickness in high-risk diabetes
Monday, August 27 12:15 PM
Eva Lonn (McMaster University, Hamilton, ON)
Discussion 12:25 PM (John E Deanfield, University College London, UK)

Hot line III: Late-breaking trials on arrhythmias and CAD
August 28, 2012, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Hot Line, Webcast
Munich—Central Village
Chairperson: David Holmes (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN), Keith Fox (Edinburgh Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Scotland)


shim shim PRAGUE-12: Randomized open multicenter study comparing cardiac surgery with maze versus cardiac surgery without maze in patients with coronary and/or valvular heart disease and with atrial fibrillation
Tuesday, August 28 11:00 AM
Petr Widimsky (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
Discussion 11:10 AM (Dr Richard Cappato, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy)

shim   WOEST: First randomised trial that compares two different regimens with and without aspirin in patients on oral anticoagulant therapy (OAC) undergoing coronary stent placement (PCI)
Tuesday, August 28 11:15 AM
Willem Dewilde (TweeSteden Hospital, the Netherlands)
Discussion 11:25 AM (Marco Valgimigli, University of Ferrara, Italy)

shim   AFib Ablation Pilot: ESC-EURObservational Research Programme: 1-year follow-up of the atrial fibrillation ablation conducted by the European Heart Rhythm Association
Tuesday, August 28 11:30 AM
Elena Arbelo (University of Barcelona, Spain)
Discussion 11:40 AM (Christophe Leclercq, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Rennes, France)

shim   The Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster and Cardiovascular Diseases
Tuesday, August 28 11:45 AM
Hiroaki Shimokawa (Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan)
Discussion 11:55 AM (Gerhard Steinbeck, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany)

shim   CORE320: Diagnostic Performance of Combined Noninvasive Coronary Angiography and Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Using 320-row Detector Computed Tomography: The CORE320 Multicenter, Multinational Study
Tuesday, August 28 12:00 noon
João Lima (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD)
Discussion 12:10 PM (Gerald Maurer, Medical University of Vienna, Austria)

shim   FAME II: Fractional Flow Reserve-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention plus Optimal Medical Treatment versus Optimal Medical Treatment Alone in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease
Tuesday, August 28 12:15 PM
Bernard De Bruyne (OLV Clinic, Aalst, Belgium)
Discussion 12:25 PM (Frans Van de Werf, University of Leuven, Belgium)