Wednesday, April 9th

16:00 - 17:30. The role of the blockade of the RAAS in the cardiovascular continuum: from Hipertensión to the Heart / ALMIRALL
17:45 - 19:15  Therapeutic strategies in Acute Coronary Síndrome Management / SANOFI – AVENTIS

19:30 Opening Ceremony

20:15 Opening Conference
Chairman: Francisco Fernández Avilés
Translation Research in Ischemic Hearth. Disease:
Contribution of CNIC
Ginés Sanz

21:00 Welcome Cocktail

THURSDAY, 10th April 2008

8:45-10:15h. Round Table on Prevention
Chairman: Miguel Angel Martínez González
Prevention of coronary heart disease through diet & lifestyle
Frank B. Hu
Role of biomarkers in primary and secondary prevention
Donald. M. Lloyd Jones
Cardiovascular prevention from a political perspective: What can be done?
Sidney Smith

10:15-11:00h. Lecture
Chairman:Mercedes Ricote
Novel Mechanism of Artherogenesis
Christopher K. Glass

11:00-11:30h. Coffee Break  

11:30-12:30h. Controversy
Chairman: Alberto San Román
Multigated cardiac CT as a substitute of coronary angiography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease
Pro Vicencio Russo
Con Malcolm Bell

12:30-14:00h. Round Table on STEMI
Chairman:Xavier Bosh
Thrombolytic therapy for STEMI: is it dead?
Aldo P. Maggioni
Improving reperfusion time: Door to Balloon
Harlan M. Krumholz
What will be the future of STEMI management?
Bernard Gersh

14:00-15:30. Lunch   

15:30-16:30. Round Table on Cell therapy
Chairman:Manuel Sabaté
Basic science issues 
Hüseyin Ince
Clinical trials update  
Stefan Janssens

16:30-17:00. Conference
Chairman:Magda Heras
The growing epidemic of CVD in the developing world: Global implications
Bernard Gersh

17:00-17:30 Coffe Break

17:30-18:30 Round Table in Spanish Studies
Chairman: Carlos Macaya
MASCARA:(Manejo de Síndrome Coronario Agudo. Registro Actualizado): Global Results
Ignacio Ferreira
TRIANA: (tratamiento del infarto Agudo de Miocardio en Ancianos) Randomized trial
Héctor Bueno
Comments autor Harlam Krumholz

FRIDAY, 11th April 2008

9:00-10:30h.  Round Table on NSTE-ACS
Chairman:Magda Heras
Role of new antithrombotic agents in the management of acute coronary syndromes 
Lars Wallentin
Early Invasive Strategy for NSTEMI: What do the new ACC/AHA guidelines recommend?
Sidney Smith
NSTE ACS in real life. What have we learnt from clinical registries?  
Eric Peterson

10:30-11:30h. Conference
Chairman:Francisco Calvo
Surgical treatment of ischemic mitral regurgitation.
David Taggart

11:30-12:00h. Coffee Break

12:00-13:00h. Round Table on sudden death  
Chairman: Pedro Luis Sánchez
Role of the ischemia on sudden death: implications for revascularization and ICD trials
Bernard Gersh
Role of ICD and resynchronization in ischemic heart disease  
J.F. Cleland

13:00-14:00h. Round Table on coronary revascularisation
Moderador: José Luis Pomar
Development and challenges of new coronary stent 
Malcolm Bell
Advances in surgical coronary revascularization
David Taggart

14:00 Lunch