Conference

Chairman:
Dr. Luiz Alberto MATTOS (Brazil)

08:30 am – 09:00 am

The current challenge of primary coronary intervention in myocardial infarction: how to spread its benefits more and more to daily clinical practice?
Dr. Cindy L. GRINES (United States)

09:00 am – 09:45 am

Live case # 6

Acute coronary syndromes and total revascularization

Coordinator:
Dr. Marie-Claude MORICE (France)
Panelists:
Dr. Alcides J. ZAGO (Brazil)
Dr. Jamil SAAD (Brazil)
Operator:
Dr. Expedito RIBEIRO (Brazil)

Curricular updating

Acute coronary syndromes without ST segment elevation

Chairman:
Dr. Leopoldo PIEGAS (Brazil)

09:45 am – 10:00 am

New guidelines and recommendations: which are the new concepts and the new recommendations for pharmacological prescription?
Dr. Frans VAN DE WERF (Belgium)

10:00 am – 10:15 am

Which is the best strategy for percutaneous coronary intervention in 2008 for acute coronary syndrome without ST elevation: ultra-quick (<12 hours) or initial clinical stabilization (<48 hours)?
Dr. Gregory PAVLIDES (Greece)

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 # 7

Acute coronary syndrome and multi-vessel coronary heart disease

Coordinator:
Dr. Victor MOLES (Argentina)
Panelists:
Dr. Frans VAN DE WERF (Belgium)
Dr. Expedito RIBEIRO (Brazil)
Operator:
Dr. Marie-Claude MORICE (France)

Mini-conference

Chairman:
Dr. Antonio Carlos CARVALHO (Brazil)

11:45 am – 12:00 pm

1st guidelines for percutaneous coronary intervention of SBHCI & SBC: which are the recommendations and how to implement them in clinical practice?
Dr. Amanda GMR SOUSA (Brazil)

12:00 pm – 12:15 pm

Questions and answers

12:15 pm – 2:15 pm

Lunch

12:15 pm – 2:00 pm

Acute myocardial infarction symposium

Coordinators:
Dr. Álvaro AVEZUM (Brazil)
Dr. Marie-Claude MORICE (France)

12:15 pm – 12:30 pm

The challenge of implementing reperfusion therapy in clinical practice: what is the situation in Brazil?
Dr. Leopoldo PIEGAS (Brazil)

12:30 pm – 12:45 pm

Reperfusion therapy in AMI: real world lessons from SAMU (Emergency Assistance Service) of France.
Dr. Jean-Marc BOULENC (France)

12:45 pm – 1:00 pm

Pharmaco-invasive approach: shall this be the new frontier for reperfusion therapy in AMI?
Dr. Frans VAN DE WERF (Belgium)

1:00 pm – 1:15 pm

From adjunctive pharmacology to the drug-eluting stent and distal protection devices for primary coronary intervention: which are the current guidelines?
Dr. Cindy GRINES (United States)

1:15 pm – 1:30 pm

Questions and answers

Debate: Transfer or submit immediately to fibrinolysis, a dilemma, a controversy…

1:30 pm – 1:45 pm

Yes, thrombolysis will always be the first choice for coronary reperfusion.
Dr. Frans VAN DE WERF (Belgium)

1:45 pm – 2:00 pm

Yes, the transference to primary coronary intervention is always the best strategy.
Dr. Cindy GRINES (United States)

2:00 pm – 2:15 pm

Debaters answers

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm

Live case # 8

Multivascular revascularization in diabetics

Coordinator:
Dr. Gregory PAVLIDES (Greece)
Panelists:
Dr. José Airton ARRUDA (Brazil)
Dr. Gilberto NUNES (Brazil)
Operator:
Pedro LEMOS (Brazil)

Curricular updating

Chairman:
Dr. Wilson Pimentel FILHO (Brazil)

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Pharmacological dedicated stent versus studies of myocardial revascularization surgery in multilateral coronary illness: what are the current perspectives?
Dr. Marc BEDOSSA (France)

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm

Is myocardial revascularization surgery still the first treatment choice for left coronary trunk obstruction?
Dr. Sérgio Almeida OLIVEIRA (Brazil)

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Coffee break

4:00 pm – 4:45 pm

Live case # 9

Coordinator:
Dr. Luiz Alberto MATTOS (Brazil)
Panelists:
Dr. Wilson A. Pimentel FILHO (Brazil)
Dr. Paulo CARAMORI (Brazil)
Operator:
Bernard CHEVALIER (France)

Recommendations and guidelines

Chairwoman:
Dr. Áurea J. CHAVES (Brazil)

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm

The dilemma of the multivascular diabetic: which is the orientation to select the best revascularization procedure?
Dr. Olivier VARENNE (France)

5:00 pm – 5:15 pm

The cardiologist recommendation in multivessel CAD: which is the right moment for surgery, the best candidates for PCI or when should we keep them on clinical treatment?
Dr. Gilson Soares FEITOSA (Brazil)

5:15 pm – 5:30 pm

Questions and answers

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Live case # 10

Left Coronary Trunk Approach

Coordinator:
Dr. Fausto FERES (Brazil)
Panelists:
Dr. Nelson MATOS (Brazil)
Dr. Fernando DEVITO (Brazil)
Operator:
Dr. Rogério SARMENTO-LEITE (Brazil)

6:30 pm

Closing