Si inaugura oggi pomeriggio, alle 16, nella sala Magna del Complesso Monumentale “Chiaramonte Steri”, il Congresso Internazionale di Cardiologia che proseguirà fino a sabato 21 gennaio 2017.
L’iniziativa prevista nell’ambito delle manifestazioni “#Unipa 2017, Palermo Città Universitaria” è stata organizzata dal Dipartimento di Scienze per la promozione della salute (PROSAMI), Scuola di malattie cardiovascolari della Scuola di Medicina dell’Università di Palermo presieduta dal prof. Salvatore Novo, Direttore della Divisione di Cardiologia, del Policlinico Universitario "Paolo Giaccone" di Palermo.
Programma:
Giovedì 19 gennaio 2017
ore 16.00 - Welcome address Salvatore Novo
ore 16.15 - Greetings from the Authorities Pro-Rector Fabio Mazzola, General Manager University Hospital “Paolo Giaccone” Renato Li Donni, Dean of the School of Medicine Francesco Vitale
ore 17.00 - Opening Lectures CHAIRPERSON: S. Novo (PALERMO, ITALY) • The history of Chiaramonte “Steri” Building Giovanna Fiume • LOX-1, oxidant stress, mtDNA damage, autophagy, and immune response in atherosclerosis F. Romeo (Rome, Italy) • Clinical use of multimodality imaging in the assessment of dilated cardiomyopathy F. J. Pinto (Lisboa, Portugal)
ore 19.30 Welcome cocktail
Venerdì 20 gennaio 2017
ore 8.30 - SESSION I New insights in Cardiomyopathies CHAIRPERSONS: A. Di Lenarda (TRIESTE, ITALY), M. Midiri (Palermo, Italy), P. Marino (Novara, Italy) • Genetic screening in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients: clinical implications" C. Calore (Padua, Italy) • The diagnostic approach to the infiltrative cardiomyopathies P. Elliott (London, UK) • Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy  D. Magrì (Rome, Italy) • High Spatial Resolution Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy M. Midiri (Palermo, Italy) 10.30|11.30  Lectures The system of high education in Italy and the role of the University of Palermo in the 210° anniversary of its foundation Fabrizio Micari, Rector Magnificus University Of Palermo Translation Research in Cardiology E. Shlyakhto (St. Petersburg, Russia)
ore 11.30 - Coffee break
ore 11.45 - SESSION II Advances in Heart Failure Chairpersons: F. Arrigo (Messina, Italy), P. Elliott (London, UK), P. Perrone Filardi (Naples, Italy) • From Left Ventricular Hypertrophy to Dysfunction and Failure  P. G. Camici (Milan, Italy) • Diagnostic and prognostic role of galectin-3 in Cardiovascular Disease M. Ciaccio (Palermo, Italy), L. Agnello (Palermo, Italy)
• Heart failure and sleep disorders G. Parati (Milan, Italy) • The European Guidelines 2016 on Acute and Chronic Heart Failure M. Metra (Brescia, Italy) 13.00|15.00 Light lunch
ore 15.00 - SESSION III Atrial fibrillation: know how Chairpersons: M. Di Biase (Foggia, Italy), L. Padeletti (Milan, Italy), A. Pinto (Palermo, Italy) • Atrial fibrillation with wide QRS complexes: ventricular origin, aberrant conduction or preexcitation? G. Oreto (Messina, Italy)  • Oral anticoagulant therapy: when, which?  R. De Caterina (Chieti, Italy) • Cardioversion or Ablation of atrial fibrillation: state-of-the-art and future perspectives A. Capucci (Ancona, Italy) • ESC Guidelines 2016 on Atrial Fibrillation S. Carerj (Messina, Italy)
ore 17.00 - Coffee break
ore 17.15 - SESSION IV The added value of strain in echocardiography  Chairpersons: J. U. Voigt (Leuven, Belgium), F. Fedele (Rome, Italy), M. Penco (l’Aquila, Italy)  Lecture: Inter-vendor variability of strain measurements and the joint efforts of EACVI, ASE and Industry to standardize strain imaging J. U. Voigt (Leuven, Belgium) • Cardiomyiopathies C. de Gregorio (Messina, Italy) • Valvulopathies E. Agricola (Milan, Italy) • Ventricular arrhythmias K. Hermann Haugaa (Oslo, Norway)
ore 20.00 Dinner
Sabato 21 gennaio 2017
ore 08.30 - SESSION V Diagnosis of cardiac toxicity due to antineoplastic drugs Chairpersons: G. Mercuro (Cagliari, Italy), J. C. Plana (Houston, Tx, USA), A. Russo (Palermo, Italy)  • Biomarkers G. Novo (Palermo, Italy)  • Vascular damage C. Zito (Messina, Italy)  • Multimodality Imaging approach M. Galderisi (Naples, Italy)   • European Position Paper on Cardio-Oncology C. G. Tocchetti (Naples, Italy)
ore 10.30 - Coffee break
ore 10.45 - SESSION VI Cardiometabolic risk and Cardio-vascular events CHAIRPERSONS: R. Bugiardini (Bologna, Italy), G. Licata (Palermo, Italy), E. Manzato (Padua, Italy) • European Guidelines on Cardiovascular Prevention 2016 S. Novo (Palermo, Italy) • Familial hypercholesterolemia: gaining decades of life by optimizing detection and treatment E. Manzato (Padua, Italy)  • Cardiometabolic Risks, Obesity and Hypertension C. Borghi (Bologna, Italy) • Unfavorable inflammatory profile in adults at risk of type 2 diabetes identified by hemoglobin A1c levels according to the American Diabetes Association criteria F. Perticone  (Catanzaro, Italy)
ore 12.45 - Closing remarks S. Novo
ore 13.00 - Light lunch.