Hot Topics in Cardiovascular Diseases

 

Monday 1st - Tuesday 2nd October 2007

The Conference Centre, Kensington Town Hall, London, UK

 
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Co - Chairmen:   Keith Hopcroft (Laindon) and Gareth Beevers (Birmingham)
Programme - Monday 1st October 2007sion period of 10 minutes
09.30 - 10.15   Registration and Coffee  
10.15 - 10.20   Chairman's Welcome  
10.20 - 10.50   How do I know if my patient’s symptoms are cardiac? Professor Steve Jackson (London)
11.00 - 11.30   Diagnosing cardiac failure Dr. Russell Davis (West Bromwich)
11.40 - 12.10   Advances in blood pressure monitoring Professor Andrew Shennan (London)

12.20 - 13.20

  Lunch  

13.20 - 13.50

 

Lifestyle measures in cardiovascular disease prevention:  how and why?

Professor Simon Thom (London)

14.00 - 14.30   Risk and its assessment Professor Christopher Byrne (Southampton)
14.40 - 15.10   Tea  
15.10 - 16.30   Question and Answer session  
16.30   Close of meeting for the day  
       
Programme - Tuesday 2nd October 2007
09.30 - 10.00   Registration and Coffee  
10.00 - 10.30   Acute coronary syndrome:  what happens in hospital? Dr. Prapa Kanagaratnam (London)
10.40 - 11.10   Cholesterol - getting to target Dr. John Reckless (Bath)
11.20 - 11.50   Coffee  
11.50 - 12.10   Hypertension and pregnancy Professor Gareth Beevers (Birmingham)
12.20 - 12.40   The polypill and implications in cardiovascular disease prevention Dr. David Wald (London)
12.50 - 13.50   Lunch  
13.50 - 14.20   What to do about resistant hypertension? Professor Graham MacGregor (London)
14.30 - 16.00   Question and Answer session  
16.00   Close of Meeting  
       
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