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Contemporary Concepts in Cardiology Symposium
 
November 13, 2010

The University of Chicago
Gleacher Center

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Moderator

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Stephen L. Archer, M.D
University of Chicago, IL, USA

 Moderator

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George D. Dangas, M.D., Ph.D
Mount Sinai School of Medicine,
New York, NY, USA

Welcoming remarks

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Panos Vardas, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Crete, Greece

President-elect of the European Society of Cardiology
Talk

Session I

Emerging Clinical & Translational concepts in Cardiology

 

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Christie M. Ballantyne, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
"Treatment targets for Hyperlipidemia & Inflammation"
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George L. Bakris, M.D.
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
"Kidney Disease, Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk"

Slides
 

 

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Evangelos D. Michelakis, M.D.
University of Albert, Canada
"The metabolic basis of Pulmonary Artery Hypertension and Cancer"
Slides

Session II

Molecular Cardiology: From Bench to the Bedside

 

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Litsa Kranias, Ph.D.
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
"Calcium cycling circuits in cardiac function and disease"

 

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Walter J. Koch, Ph.D.
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
"GRK2 inhibition as a Treatment for Heart Failure. Moving from bench to bedside"
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Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
"Mechanisms of repair following myocardial injury"
Slides

Report on the National Herald