Preliminary Programme EPCCS Annual Meeting

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  Thursday, September 23
08.30 Registration & exhibition 
10.00 EPCCS 2010: Opening session 
10.10 Pre-Conference Sponsored Satellite Symposium 
11.15 Sesion 1: Hypertension and Stroke Masterclass 
12.45 Novel management strategies in CVD
  - How to prevent stroke in atrial fibrillation: when should I refer and how should I treat
- Venous thromboembolsim and pulmonary embolism: the forgotten high risk disease
- What do GP's need to know about devices in heart failure and arrhytmias?
 14.30 Session 2: Heart Failure Masterclass
- What's new in diagnosis: is there a clear diagnostic pathway?
- Co-morbidities in heart failure and improving concorance with treatments
  Session 3: CV disease Prevention Master Class
- Should we treat lifetime risk in CVD prevention?
- Debate: Do cardiac biomarkers or tests add value to CVD risk prediction?

 
  Friday, September 24
9.00 Session 4: Diabetes Master Class
Joint session with Primary Care Diabetes Europe
- What should glycemic and blood pressure targets be?
- What role do newer agents have in diabetes in the community?
- Renal disease: How to monitor renal function and offer reno-protection
11.00 Session 5: Freestanding abstracts from EPCCS members
11.30 Session 6: Update on the ESC guidelines
- Syncope
- CVD prevention
- Lipids
- Endocarditis 
- Thrombosis and travel
13.15 Cardiovascular Expert Plenaries
13.45 Session 7: Workshops
- 1. How to read an ECG after one hour workshop
- 2. How to assess vascular risk and use CV risk calculators
- 3. How to measure ankle-brachial index
- 4. Clinical case studies decision analysis
16.15 Closing session and EPCCS 2011