This symposium is organized by Impulse Dynamics, Inc.

Monday, July 10, 2000 - 18:45 - 22:10 hours
Hyatt Regency Vancouver
Hall A (Regency Ballroom)
Vancouver, B.C.,

ELECTRICAL MODULATION OF CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY  IN  HEART FAILURE: THE IMPULSE DYNAMICS™ SIGNAL

Program Chairpersons:

Sidney Goldstein, MD
Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Division Head Emeritus of Cardiovascular Medicine
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, Michigan, USA

Hani N. Sabbah, Phd
Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Director of Cardiovascular Research,
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, Michigan, USA

REGISTRATION AND RECEPTION

TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE IN 2000: AN OVERVIEW
Sidney Goldstein, MD
Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Division Head Emeritus of Cardiovascular Medicine
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, Michigan, USA

TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE: THE PACING APPROACH
Andrea Natale, MD
Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratories
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Professor of Medicine - Ohio State University
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

MODULATION OF VENTRICULAR CONTRACTILITY WITH THE IMPULSE DYNAMICS™ SIGNAL: THEORY & MECHANISM
Daniel Burkhoff, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Physiology Laboratory
Department of Medicine
Heart Failure Center
Columbia University
New York, New York, USA

CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY MODULATION: EFFECTS ON GLOBAL CARDIAC FUNCTION
David J. Callans, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Cardiology
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

APPLICATION OF THE IMPULSE DYNAMICS™ SIGNAL IN-VIVO: PRE-CLINICAL STUDIES IN ANIMALS WITH HEART FAILURE
Hani N. Sabbah, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Director of Cardiovascular Research
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, Michigan, USA

INITIAL HUMAN SAFETY STUDIES WITH THE IMPULSE DYNAMICS™ CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY MODULATION SIGNAL
Carlo Pappone, MD
Professor, Department of Arrhythmology
San Raphael Hospital
Milan, Italy

PANEL DISCUSSION:
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