7th World Congress on Heart Failure - Mechanisms and Management: Scientific Committees

FOUNDER & CONGRESS CHAIRMAN
Asher Kimchi, USA
SECTION CHAIRMEN
Pawan K. Singal, Canada BASIC RESEARCH Jeffrey S. Borer, USA VALVULAR HEART DISEASE Mihai Gheorghiade, USA CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Michael E. Cain, USA ARRHYTHMIAS John A. Elefteriades, USA CARDIAC SURGERY Uri Elkayam, USA CLINICAL TRIALS
SCIENTIFIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Uri Elkayam, USA (Chairman) Ettore Ambrosioni, Italy Ezra A. Amsterdam, USA Nestor J. Angomachalelis, Greece John B. Barlow, South Africa Daniel S. Berman, USA Robert O. Bonow, USA Jeffrey S. Borer, USA Eugene Braunwald, USA John C. Burnett, Jr., USA Christian Cabrol, France Michael E. Cain, USA Leszek Ceremuzynski, Poland Kanu Chatterjee, USA James H. Chesebro, USA Dennis V. Cokkinos, Greece Wilson S. Colucci, USA Sergio Dalla-Volta, Italy Prakash C. Deedwania, USA Anthony N. DeMaria, USA Timothy A. Denton, USA Victor J. Dzau, USA John A. Elefteriades, USA Michael D. Ezekowitz, USA Gregg C. Fonarow, USA James S. Forrester, USA William H. Gaasch, USA Peter Ganz, USA William Ganz, USA Robert N. A. Gasser, Austria Herbert J. Geschwind, France Mihai Gheorghiade, USA Sidney Goldstein, USA Mervyn S. Gotsman, Israel Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., USA Hans Martin Hoffmeister, Germany Christian Holubarsch, Germany Jeffrey M. Isner, USA Bodh I. Jugdutt, Canada Nevin M. Katz, USA Sanjay Kaul, USA Peter R. Kowey, USA Jeffrey M. Leiden, USA	Martin B. Leon, USA Amir Lerman, USA Philip R. Liebson, USA Frank Litvack, USA Thomas F. Luscher, Switzerland Bernhard Maisch, Germany Mario F.C. Maranhao, Brazil Barry M. Massie, USA Robert A. O'Rourke, USA John O. Parker, Canada C. Thomas Peter, USA Bertram Pitt, USA Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola, USA Ariel J. Reyes, Uruguay Robert Roberts, USA William C. Roberts, USA Eric A. Rose, USA Clive Rosendorff, USA John Ross, Jr., USA Stanley A. Rubin, USA Hani N. Sabbah, USA Ricardo J. Seabra-Gomes, Portugal Prediman K. Shah, USA Marc A. Silver, USA Americo Simonini, USA Pawan K. Singal, Canada Bramah N. Singh, USA Sidney C. Smith, Jr., USA Michael J. Sole, Canada Edmund H. Sonnenblick, USA Shlomo Stern, Israel Harold J.C. Swan, USA A. Jamil Tajik, USA Udho Thadani, USA Ronald J.A. Trent, Australia Alfredo Trento, USA Dan Tzivoni, Israel Gideon Uretzky, Israel Nanette K. Wenger, USA James T. Willerson, USA Barry L. Zaret, USA Robert Zelis, USA
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
Osama Abdel-Aziz, Egypt William T. Abraham, USA Kirkwood F. Adams, Jr., USA Dan Admon, Israel Enrico Agabiti-Rosei, Italy Denis Agostini, France Etienne Aliot, France Joseph S. Alpert, USA Martin A. Alpert, USA Eckhard U. Alt, Germany Inder S. Ananad, USA Manuel De Jesus Antunes, Portugal Charles Antzelevitch, USA Piero Anversa, USA Paul W. Armstrong, Canada Najam A. Awan, USA Christie M. Ballantyne, USA Manuel Ballester, Spain Solomon Behar, Israel Rafael Beyar, Israel Leonard C. Blieden, Israel Paul E. Bloch-Thomsen, Denmark Peter C. Block, USA Roberto Bolli, USA Claudio Borghi, Italy Harisios Boudoulas, USA Ayrton Pires Brandao, Brazil Daniel Burkhoff, USA Antonio M. Calafiore, Italy Avraham Caspi, Israel Roman Cerbak, Czech Republic Bojan Cercek, USA Mario Cerqueira-Gomes, Portugal Yzhar Charuzi, USA Valeri S. Chekanov, USA John S. Child, USA Pierre Chouraqui, Israel J. Campbell Cowan, UK Mark A. Creager, USA Bjorn Dahlof, Sweden Daniel David, Israel Ivan K. De Scheerder, Belgium John Dernellis, Greece Naranjan S. Dhalla, Canada Raphael Diaz, Argentina Robert DiBianco, USA Daniel Diver, USA Gerald Dorros, USA Jean Luc Dubois-Rande, France Elazar R. Edelman, USA Leon Eijsman, The Ne therlands Shpend Elezi, Germany Michael L. Epstein, USA Raimund Erbel, Germany Erland Erdmann, Germany Michael D. Ezekowitz, USA Lameh Fananapazir, USA Jeronimo Farre, Spain Giora Z. Feuerstein, USA Michael A. Fifer, USA Tim A. Fischel, USA Peter J. Fitzgerald, USA Daniel Flammang, France Gisa Fleckenstein-Grun, Germany Marcus Flesch, USA Ferenc Follath, Switzerland Gregory P. Fontana, USA Mary Moore Free, USA Anthony P. Furnary, USA Junbo Ge, Germany A.H. Gershlick, UK A.C. Gittenberger-De-Groo, The Netherlands Uri Goldbourt, Israel Gunter Gorge, Germany Richard A. Grimm, USA Steven R. Gundry, USA Siegfried Hagl, Germany Donald Hall, Germany Christian W. Hamm, Germany John R. Hampton, UK Peter Hanrath, Germany Joshua M. Hare, USA Gerd Hasenfuss, German Joerg Hausleiter, USA Zuo-Xiang He, China Denise Hermann, USA Otto M. Hess, Switzerland Roland Hetzer, Germany Bernd Heublein, Germany Gerd Heusch, Germany Richard R. Heuser, USA Michael B. Higginbotham, USA Thomas H. Hintze, USA Robert E. Hobbs, USA Masatsugu Hori, Japan Albert L. Hyman, USA Joanna Ingwall, USA David Iosseliani, Russia Thomas A. Ischinger, Germany Jose Jalife, USA Robert B. Jennings, USA Maryl R. Johnson, USA Werner Jung, Germany F.J.G.H. Hanjoerg Just, Germany Lukas Kappenberger, Switzerland Karl R. Karsch, Germany Matyas Keltai, Hungary Morton J. Kern, USA Steven S. Khan, USA Yasuki Kihara, Japan Nodar N. Kipshidze, Georgia Lorrie A. Kirshenbaum, Canada Yehezkiel Kishon, Israel Volker Klauss, Germany Neal S. Kleiman, USA Walter J. Koch, USA Jerzy Korewicki, Poland Howard S. Kruth, USA Horst J. Kuhn, Germany Henri E. Kulbertus, Belgium Antonio L'Abbate, Italy Antione Lafonte, France Avijit Lahiri, UK Nasser Lakkis, USA Roberto M. Lang, USA Shlomo Laniado, Israel Alexandra Lansky, USA Victor Legrand, Belgium Eran Leitersdorf, Israel Jonathan Leor, Israel Amir Lerman, USA Herbert J. Levine, USA Robert A. Levine, USA Theodore B. Levine, USA Samuel Levy, France William C. Little, USA Peter P. Liu, Canada Daniel Loisance, France Chaim Lotan, Israel	Fernando Luccese, Brazil Berndt Luderitz, Germany Per Lund-Johansen, Norway Carlos Macaya, Spain Michael J. Mack, USA Aldo P. Maggioni, Italy John J. Mahmarian, USA Raj R. Makkar, USA Giuseppe Mancia, Italy Warren J. Manning, USA Eduardo Marban, USA Vyacheslav Y. Mareev, Russia James R. Margolis, USA Paolo Marino, Italy Barry J. Maron, USA Gerald R. Marx, USA Mario Marzilli, Italy Paolo Marzullo, Italy Dean T. Mason, USA Gerald Maurer, Austria Patrick M. McCarthy, USA Jawahar L. Mehta, USA Bruno M. Meiser, Germany George A. Mensah, USA Jose L. Merino, Spain Dan M. Meyer, USA Israel Mirsky, USA Rainer G.H. Moosdorf, Germany James P. Morgan, USA Jeffrey W. Moses, USA Harald Mudra, Germany Thomas Muenzel, Germany Navin C. Nanda, Germany Patrick Nataf, France Petros Nihoyannopoulo, UK Daniel R. Nul, Argentina Celia M. Oakley, UK Eliot H. Ohlstein, USA Jan-Erik Otterstad, Norway Richard Pacher, Austria Igor Palacios, USA Carlo Palombo, Italy Kailash N. Pandey, USA Natesa G. Pandian, USA J.G. Papp, Hungary Richard C. Pasternak, USA Kaushik P. Patel, USA William Piccione, Jr., USA L. Pierard, Beligum Burkert Pieske, Germany Fausto J. Pinto, Portugal Christos Pitsavos, Greece Gerald M. Pohost, USA Babeth Rabinowitz, Israel Eldad Rechavia, Israel Bruno Reichart, Germany Joseph G. Reves, USA David Richmond, Australia Paolo Rizzon, Italy Joe L. Rod, USA Todd K. Rosengart, USA Robert D. Ross, USA Marcos A. Rossi, Brazil Arie Roth, Israel Israel Rubinstein, USA David J. Sahn, USA Sanjeev Saksena, USA Mitchell Saltzberg, USA Massimo Santini, Italy Saul Schaefer, USA Hartzell V. Schaff, USA Richard A. Schatz, USA Heinrich R. Schelbert, USA Zwi, Schlesinger, Israel Tommy Schonfeld, Israel Henning Schroeder, Germany Helmut Schuhlen, Germany Heinz P. Schultheiss, Germany Ketty Schwartz, France Ralph Shabetai, USA Leonard M. Shapiro, UK D. Norman Sharpe, New Zealand Michael Shechter, Israel Avraham Shotan, Israel Robert J. Siegel, USA Paul Simon, Austria Rudiger W.R. Simon, Germany Frank W. Smart, USA Nicholas G. Smedira, USA William M. Smith, USA Burton E. Sobel, USA David H. Spodick, USA Martin G. St. John Sutton, USA Brigitte Stanek, Austria Randall C. Starling, USA Yehezkiel Stein, Israel Konrad K. Steinbach, Austria William G. Stevenson, USA Bodo-Eckhard Strauer, Germany Valavanur A. Subramanian, USA George C. Sutton, UK Luigi Tavazzi, Italy Ulrich Tebbe, Germany Erik Thaulow, Norway Gaetano Thiene, Italy Gianni Tognoni, Italy Pavlos K. Toutouzas, Greece Barry F. Uretsky, USA Ernst E. van der Wall, The Netherlands Marc Vanderheyden, Belgium Paul M. Vanhoutte, France J.L. Vanoverschelde, Belgium Douglas E. Vaughan, USA Mario S. Verani, USA Isidro Vilacosta, Spain Cees A. Visser, The Netherlands Hugh Watkins, UK Judah Weinberger, USA William S. Weintraub, USA A. Teddy Weiss, Israel Harvey D. White, New Zealand E. Douglas Wigle, Canada John R. Wilson, USA Christian Wolpert, Germany Magdi H. Yacoub, UK Hirofumi Yasue, Japan Seppo Yla-Herttuala, Finland James B. Young, USA Doron Zahger, Israel Alberto Zanchetti, Italy Piero Zardini, Italy Michael R. Zile, USA Irving H. Zucker, USA
SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACT REVIEW COMMITTEE
Osama Abdel-Aziz, Egypt William T. Abraham, USA Kirkwood F. Adams, Jr., USA Denis Agostini, France Martin A. Alpert, USA Ettore Ambrosioni, Italy Nestor J. Angomachalelis, Greece Charles Antzelevitch, USA Peter C. Block, USA Claudio Borghi, Italy Harisios Boudoulas, USA Michael E. Cain, USA Bojan Cercek, USA Leszek Ceremuzynski, Poland Mario Cerqueira-Gomes, Portugal Yzhar Charuzi, USA Kanu Chatterjee, USA Valeri S. Chekanov, USA Dennis V. Cokkinos, Greece Sergio Dalla-Volta, Italy Ivan K. De Scheerder, Belgium Timothy A. Denton, USA Jean Luc Dubois-Rande, France Elazar R. Edelman, USA Leon Eijsman, The Ne therlands John A. Elefteriades, USA Uri Elkayam, USA Michael L. Epstein, USA Raimund Erbel, Germany Erland Erdmann, Germany Michael D. Ezekowitz, USA Giora Z. Feuerstein, USA Michael A. Fifer, USA Daniel Flammang, France Marcus Flesch, USA Gregg C. Fonarow, USA James S. Forrester, USA Anthony P. Furnary, USA William H. Gaasch, USA William Ganz, USA Robert N. A. Gasser, Austria Junbo Ge, Germany Herbert J. Geschwind, France Mihai Gheorghiade, USA Uri Goldbourt, Israel Sidney Goldstein, USA Mervyn S. Gotsman, Israel Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., USA Siegfried Hagl, Germany Donald Hall, Germany John R. Hampton, UK Gerd Hasenfuss, Germany Denise Hermann, USA Roland Hetzer, Germany Bernd Heublein, Germany Gerd Heusch, Germany Michael B. Higginbotham, USA Robert E. Hobbs, USA Hans Martin Hoffmeister, Germany Masatsugu Hori, Japan Albert L. Hyman, USA David Iosseliani, Russia Maryl R. Johnson, USA Bodh I. Jugdutt, Canada Saibal Kar, USA Nevin M. Katz, USA Morton J. Kern, USA Steven S. Khan, USA Yasuki Kihara, Japan Asher Kimchi, USA Nicholas N. Kipshidze, USA Nodar N. Kipshidze, Georgia Lorrie A. Kirshenbaum, Canada Volker Klauss, Germany Walter J. Koch, USA Peter R. Kowey, USA Howard S. Kruth, USA Horst J. Kuhn, Germany Antonio L'Abbate, Italy Avijit Lahiri, UK Roberto M. Lang, USA Alexandra Lansky, USA	Victor Legrand, Belgium Jonathan Leor, Israel Theodore B. Levine, USA Philip R. Liebson, USA Frank Litvack, USA Peter P. Liu, Canada Fernando Luccese, Brazil Berndt Luderitz, Germany Raj R. Makkar, USA Giuseppe Mancia, Italy Paolo Marzullo, Italy Patrick M. McCarthy, USA Jawahar L. Mehta, USA Bruno M. Meiser, Germany Dan M. Meyer, USA Jeffrey W. Moses, USA Harald Mudra, Germany Thomas Muenzel, Germany Navin C. Nanda, Germany Robert A. O'Rourke, USA Jan-Erik Otterstad, Norway Richard Pacher, Austria Carlo Palombo, Italy Kailash N. Pandey, USA John O. Parker, Canada Kaushik P. Patel, USA C. Thomas Peter, USA William Piccione, Jr., USA L. Pierard, Beligum Burkert Pieske, Germany Christos Pitsavos, Greece Bertram Pitt, USA Eldad Rechavia, Israel Bruno Reichart, Germany Ariel J. Reyes, Uruguay Robert Roberts, USA Clive Rosendorff, USA Todd K. Rosengart, USA Robert D. Ross, USA Arie Roth, Israel Stanley A. Rubin, USA Israel Rubinstein, USA Hani N. Sabbah, USA David J. Sahn, USA Mitchell T. Saltzberg, USA Saul Schaefer, USA Hartzell V. Schaff, USA Henning Schroeder, Germany Ketty Schwartz, France Ricardo J. Seabra-Gomes, Portugal Ralph Shabetai, USA D. Norman Sharpe, New Zealand Michael Shechter, Israel Marc A. Silver, USA Americo Simonini, USA Pawan K. Singal, Canada Bramah N. Singh, USA Frank W. Smart, USA Michael J. Sole, Canada David H. Spodick, USA Martin G. St. John Sutton, USA Brigitte Stanek, Austria Shlomo Stern, Israel Luigi Tavazzi, Italy Udho Thadani, USA Pavlos K. Toutouzas, Greece Ronald J.A. Trent, Australia Alfredo Trento, USA Barry F. Uretsky, USA Marc Vanderheyden, Belgium Cees A. Visser, The Netherlands William S. Weintraub, USA A. Teddy Weiss, Israel Nanette K. Wenger, USA Harvey D. White, New Zealand Christian Wolpert, Germany James B. Young, USA Barry L. Zaret, USA Robert Zelis, USA Irving H. Zucker, USA