08:15 am

Objectives of the Symposium
Dr. Bernard VALEIX (France), Dr. Marie-Claude MORICE (France)
Dr. Luiz Alberto MATTOS (Brazil), Dr. Pedro LEMOS (Brazil)

Conference

Chairwoman:
Dr. Marie-Claude MORICE (France)

08:30 am – 09:00 am

Which are the current evidence that support the benefits of drug eluting stents well beyond controlled studies?
Dr. J. Eduardo SOUSA (Brazil)

09:00 am – 09:45 am

Live case # 1

Strategies for revascularization of lesions in bifurcations

Coordinator:
Dr. Alexandre ABIZAID (Brazil)

Panelists:
Dr. Marco PERIN (Brazil)
Dr. José Armando MANGIONE (Brazil)

Operator:
Dr. Jacques BERLAND (France)

Curricular updating

Chairman:
Dr. Jorge Pinto RIBEIRO (Brazil)

09:45 am – 10:00 am

Which is the best strategy, in 2008, to treat lesions in bifurcations?
Dr. Marie-Claude MORICE (France)

10:00 am – 10:15 am

Dedicated stents for bifurcations: a promising future or still a far away dream?
Dr. Bernard CHEVALIER (France)

10:15 am – 10:30 am

Questions and answers

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Coffee break

11:00 am – 11:45 am

Live case # 2

Complex multiartery disease

Coordinator:
Dr. Bernard VALEIX (France)
Panelists:
Dr. Alexandre QUADROS (Brazil)
Dr. Ricardo PONTES DE MIRANDA (Brazil)
Operator:
Dr. Costantino COSTANTINI (Brazil)

Mini-conference

Chairman:
Dr. Esmeralci FERREIRA (Brazil)

11:45 am – 12:00 pm

Late thrombosis of drug eluting stents: what are the conclusions and current advice to elevate late safety?
Dr. Jacques BERLAND (France)

12:00 pm – 12:15 pm

Percutaneous correction of the aortic valve: where are we now and what are the future perspectives?
Dr. Alain CRIBIER (France)

12:15 pm – 12:30 pm

Questions and answers

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

Lunch

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm

Live case # 3

Chronic occlusions

Coordenador:
Dr. Pedro LEMOS (Brazil)
Panelists:
Dr. Marco WAINSTEIN (Brazil)
Dr. Luiz Antonio CARVALHO (Brazil)
Operator:
Dr. Alain CRIBIER (France)

Curricular updating

Chairman:
Dr. Victor MOLES (Argentina)

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm

New interventionist strategies for the approach of chronic occlusion: when to choose the anterograde way, retrograde way or use both?
Dr. Pierre MEYER (France)

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Wires or dedicated devices: learning how to choose the most adequate material and which are the existing options.
Dr. Lino PATRICIO (Portugal)

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm

Questions and answers

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Coffee break

4:00 pm – 4:45 pm

Live case # 4

Multi-vessel disease with moderate dtenosis

Coordinator:
Dr. J. Eduardo SOUSA (Brazil)
Panelists:
Dr. Gilvan DOURADO (Brazil)
Dr. Fábio SANDOLI DE BRITO Júnior (Brazil)
Operator:
Dr. Alexandre ABIZAID (Brazil)

Recommendations and guidelines

Chairman:
Dr. Marcelo QUEIROGA (Brazil)

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm

What is the clinical impact of complete revascularization of the myocardium: should we try to recanalyze all chronic occlusions?
Dr. José Antonio MARIN-NETO (Brazil)

5:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Implant of drug eluting stents after opening an occlusion: which is the recommendation for the choosing of devices, length and late safety issues.
Dr. Philippe COMMEAU (France)

5:15 pm – 5:30 pm

Questions and answers

5:30 pm – 6:15 pm

Live case # 5

Multi-vessel coronary disease in diabetics

Coordinator:
Dr. Rogério SARMENTO-LEITE (Brazil)
Panelists:
Dr. Lino PATRICIO (Portugal)
Dr. Flávio Roberto OLIVEIRA (Brazil)
Operator:
Dr. Cindy GRINES (United States)

Future perspectives: Drug-eluting stents

Chairman:
Dr. Alcides J. ZAGO (Brazil)

6:15 pm – 6:30 pm

Late results and future projections for stents with Zotarolimus and Everolimus.
Dr. Bernard CHEVALIER (France)

6:30 pm – 6:45 pm

Perspectives with the new eluting platforms of Sirolimus, stents with Biolimus, Novolimus and Miolimus.
Dr. Alexandre ABIZAID (Brazil)

6:45 pm – 7:00 pm

Questions and answers

7:00 pm

End of the first day