Chronic Heart Failure: another energy crisis?

Date: 
Friday, 8 July 2011

Programme

13:15 Introduction
C. Vrints (Antwerp, Belgium)

SESSION I > CHF, a metabolic disease
Panel: B. Shivalkar, J. Bosmans (Antwerp, Belgium)

13:30 Adipokines: At the crossroad of endocrinology and cardiology?
L. Van Gaal (Antwerp, Belgium) - Clinical
14:00 The energetic defi cit in heart failure.
R. Ventura-Clapier (Paris, France) - Basic

14:30 Coff ee break

SESSION II > CHF, beyond the heart
Panel: V. Conraads, B. Paelinck (Antwerp, Belgium)

15:00 Pulmonary hypertension in CHF: is energy going right?
J. Vachiery (Brussels, Belgium) - Clinical
15:30 Chronic heart failure symptoms: Is it the heart or the periphery? The molecular biologist’s view.
V. Adams (Leipzig, Germany) - Basic
16:00 Exercise training in chronic heart failure: mending the heart and the periphery.
V. Conraads (Antwerp, Belgium) - Clinical+Basic

16:30 Coff ee break

17:00 Thesis defence An Van Berendoncks: The role of adiponectin in chronic heart failure: Focus on skeletal muscle metabolism and eff ect of exercise training.

General Information

Date:
Friday, 8 July 2011 - 1 p.m.
Location:
University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, promotiezaal, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Wilrijk, Itinerary: www.ua.ac.be > route > Campus Drie Eiken
Registration:
Registration is free but required. Please register online before 1 July 2011 via http://symposium.uza.be/heartfailure
More information:
Antwerp University Hospital, Cardiology Secretariat
Ms Kathy Van Aken, +32 3 821 35 29
Ms Anneleen De Leeuw, +32 3 821 42 00
Accreditation:
An application for accreditation has been submitted.