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