The International Academy of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions 2024 - 24th World Congress on Heart Disease covers topics such as:
- DIAGNOSTIC METHODS
- Transesophageal echocardiography
- Biochemical markers of acute ischemia
- Echocardiography, three-dimensional reconstruction
- Pharmacologic stress testing - echocardiography
- PET - new insights into myocardial metabolism
- Nuclear cardiology - new techniques to assess cardiac perfusion, function and viability
- CT and coronary calcification
- Applications of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
- Intravascular ultrasound imaging
- Percutaneous coronary angioscopy
- Intracoronary flow, doppler measurements
- MOLECULAR CARDIOLOGY, BASIC RESEARCH
- Oxidative stress and anti-oxidant therapy
- Apoptosis in vascular and cardiac remodeling
- Genetic studies in cardiomyopathy
- Genetic determinants of coronary heart disease
- The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis
- Gene transfer and therapy
- Immunological principles in coronary artery disease
- Extracellular matrix and atherosclerosis
- Neointimal hyperplasia and vascular injury
- Growth control and cytokines in vascular cells
- Pharmacologic modulation of vascular-endothelial function
- HEART FAILURE
- Nitric oxide and nitric oxide synthase in heart failure
- Neurohumoral, immunologic and cytokine aspects of heart failure
- Natriuretic peptides, endothelin: role in heart failure
- Myocyte and receptor abnormalities in heart failure
- Dilated cardiomyopathy: various etiologies
- Inflammatory mediators and heart failure
- Left ventricular hypertrophy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic cardiomyopathy
- Pathophysiologic and prognostic insights in valvular heart disease
- Role of the pericardium, pericarditis and restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Predictors and markers of heart failure outcome
- Pulmonary circulation aspects, pulmonary hypertension
- Renal aspects - diuretics
- Exercise physiology in heart failure
- ACE inhibitors and Angiotensin-ll receptor blockers
- Digoxin and other new inotropic agents in heart failure
- Calcium channel blockers and promoters in heart failure
- Beta-blockers and beta-adrenergic receptors in heart failure
- Cardiac pacing strategies in heart failure
- CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
- Mechanisms involved in myocardial stunning, hibernation and ischemic preconditioning
- The plaque and acute coronary syndromes
- Angioplasty therapy for acute myocardial infarction
- Acute myocardial infarction: thrombolysis and reperfusion
- Antithrombotic and antiplatelet adjunctive therapy for PTCA
- Stents: new devices/optimal application/multiple stents
- Restenosis - use of ionizing radiation
- Blockade of tissue proliferation after coronary interventions
- Left ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction
- Nitrates, beta blockers, calcium entry blockers and ACE inhibition for myocardial ischemia/infarction
- Secondary prevention, risk stratification
- Assessment of prognosis, post acute myocardial infarction
- Can the progress of atherosclerosis be halted?
- Cardiac rehabilitation as secondary prevention: is it worth the effort?
- Hypertension, new therapeutic approaches
- Modification of lipoproteins and coronary disease
- Mental stress: its effect on cardiovascular health
- Diabetes mellitus, obesity, insulin and atherosclerosis
- Hormone therapy in postmenopausal women: does it alter coronary risk?
- Primary prevention of coronary artery disease in the healthy adult
- Prevention in children
- CARDIAC SURGERY
- Angioplasty or surgery for multivessel coronary artery disease
- Advances in congenital heart disease
- Therapeutic and physiologic issues surrounding heart valve surgery
- New approaches to surgical revascularization: Minimally invasive surgery, TMLR
- Surgery for LV dysfunction
- Mechanical support left ventricular assist devices
- Cardiac transplantation
- ARRHYTHMIAS
- Atrial flutter/fibrillation - electrophysiologic concepts and clinical aspects
- Arrhythmias and antiarrhythmic drug therapy
- Heart rate variability and prognostic implications
- Management of cardiac arrhythmias pediatric population
- Sudden death
- QT prolongation/dispersion: pathophysiology and prognostic implications
- Advances in internal defibrillation and implantable antiarrhythmic devices
- Electrophysiologic techniques of mapping and radiofrequency ablation
- Cardiac Pacing
- MISCELLANEOUS
- Computers in cardiology
- Practice guidelines, cost containment
The International Academy of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions 2024 - 24th World Congress on Heart Disease might be held in Boston, United States in Jul 2024.