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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 |
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- 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 |
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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?
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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
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| 11.30 |
Session 6: Update on the ESC guidelines
- Syncope
- CVD prevention
- Lipids
- Endocarditis
- Thrombosis and travel |
| 13.15 |
Cardiovascular Expert Plenaries
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| 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 |
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