September 30, 2010

14.00 – 18.00       Registration

Echocardiography – routine tool for assessment of heart function
Chairpersons: R. Jurkevicius (LT), A. Rudzitis  (LV)

15.00 – 15.20      Assessment of aortic stenosis for patients with low ejection fraction
(A. Rudzitis, LV)

15.20 – 15.40       Mechanisms of mitral valve insufficiency in heart failure (K. Karu, EE)

15.40 – 16.00       Echocardiography in right heart failure (P. Muda, EE)   

16.00 – 16.20       The role of echocardiography in the detection of mechanical dyssynchrony (G. Kamzola, LV)

16.20 – 16.40       Coffee break

16.40 – 17.00       The role of echocardiography in myocardial viability assessment and comparison with other imaging techniques   (J. Celutkiene, LT)

17.00 – 17.20       Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
( J. Vaskelyte/ R. Jurkevicius, LT)

17.20 – 17.40       The importance of left atrium in LV diastolic function (A. Kalinin, LV)

18.00 – 19.15       BIOTRONIK Sattelite Symposium
Chairpersons: A. Erglis (LV), O. Kalejs (LV), G. Kamzola (LV)

18.00 - 18.15        Importance of early detection of rhythm disturbances in reduction of heart failure complications (O. Kalejs, LV)

18.15 - 18.30        Role of Home Monitoring in high risk heart failure patients. Clinical cases: Experience of Latvian Cardiology Centre (K. Jubele, LV)

18:30 - 18:45        Size of myocardial infarction and patient prognosis (G. Kamzola, LV)

18:45 - 19:00        Heart failure patient registry initiative in Latvia (A. Erglis, LV)

19:00 - 19:15        Discussion