SCHEDULE
| DAY 1 (13.03.2010) | ||||
| Time | Focus | Session | Topics | Speakers |
| 9.45am to 10am | Curtain Raiser | Dr.Ramesh Babu | ||
| 10am to 11.05am |
1 - Childhood |
Childhood Initiation of cardiovascular disease |
Childhood obesity : | Dr.Manu Raj |
| a precursor of cardiovascular disease? | ||||
| Fetal programmimg and CV Diseases | Dr.Sunil Thomas Chandy | |||
| 11.05am to 11.30am |
2 - Sports |
Exercise cell biology and cardiovascular health |
Improving outcomes with exercise: | Dr.Bhaktiar Choudhary |
| fitness or risk factors? | ||||
| 11.30am to 11.40 am | TEA BREAK | |||
| 11.40am to 12.30 pm |
3 - Guidelines to Action |
Clinical Practice from guidelines to effective action. | Call for Action - | Dr.Arun Garg |
| Guidelines & Practicing Physicians-A Canadian Experience | ||||
| The Call for Action: putting strategy into practice. | Dr.Srinath Reddy | |||
| 12.30pm to 12.50 pm |
4 - Controversies |
Controversies in cardiovascular disease |
Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: | Dr.Prem Pais |
| who should be on more than aspirin? | ||||
| 12.50pm to 1.40 pm |
5 - Hypertension |
Keeping blood pressure down while ageing: what works? |
Wine? Beer? Some alcohol | Dr.Ramesh Babu |
| Need for dietary salt reduction- Impact on Hypertension | Dr.Arun Chockalingham | |||
| 1.40pm to 2.30 pm | LUNCH | |||
| 2.30pm to 3.20 pm |
6 - Population Vs Individual |
Population approach in coronary prevention: | Dr.Sunil Thomas Chandy | |
| Population versus high - | the method of choice. | |||
| risk approach in cardiovascular prevention | How to shave 10 years off your life: | Dr.R.C.Ahuja | ||
| Have high chol, be hypertensive & smoke | ||||
| 3.20pm to 4.10 pm |
7 - Eating and Drinking |
What every cardiologist wants to know about eating, | Olive oil, berries and chocolate. (Diet and CV Disease) | Dr.Srinath Reddy |
| drinking and being active. | ||||
| Grain, grape or potato. | Dr.Sesikeran | |||
| 4.10pm to 4.30 pm | TEA BREAK | |||
| 4.30pm to 5.20 pm |
8 - Environment |
Changing perils of the physical environment |
Mercury rising: | Dr.Mala Rao |
| global warming, carbon monoxide & cardiovascular health | ||||
| Inflammation and CAD - any role in screening or management | Dr.Nakul Sinha | |||
| 5.20 pm to 6.10 pm |
9 - Women |
Woman's Heart |
Unique aspects of CVD in women | Dr.A.N.Patnaik |
| Hormonal replacement : for whom, when and for how long | Dr.K.D.Modi | |||
| 6.10pm to 7.00 pm |
10 - Diabetes |
Diabetes and the heart : special care |
The combination of coronary artery disease and diabetes - | Dr.Sarat Chandra |
| a therapeutic challenge. | ||||
| Diabetes; aspirin for all or none. | Dr.Mark Huffman | |||
| DAY 2 (14.03.2010) | ||||
| Time | Focus | Session | Topics | Speakers |
| 9.0 am to 9.50am |
11 - Obesity |
XXL is the size of the problem? |
How to define & assess obesity, | Dr.Unnikrishna |
| waist circumference & visceral fat. | ||||
| Weight and waist: risk factor for cardiovascular disease | Dr.Ravi bathina | |||
| 9.50am to 10.10am |
12 - Hypertension |
Keeping blood pressure down while ageing: | Why do Indian children have higher blood pressure? | Dr.Manu Raj |
| what works? | ||||
| 10.10am to 10.30am | 13 - Environment | Changing perils of the physical environment | Smoking bans cut heart attacks by up to a quarter | Dr.Thankappan |
| 10.30am to 10.50am | 14 - Diabetes | Diabetes and the heart : special care | Blood Glucose; how low is good | Dr.Unnikrishna |
| 10.50am to 11.00am | TEA BREAK | |||
| 11 am to 12 noon | HHP LAUNCH | |||
| 12 noon to 12.25pm |
15 - Controversies |
Controversies in cardiovascular disease |
Current blood pressure targets: | Dr.Saran |
| are we at the limits of benefit? | ||||
| 1.25 pm to 12.50 pm | 16 - Obesity | XXL is the size of the problem? | Therapeutic options for obesity in cardiovascular disease. | Dr.Dayasagar |
| 12.50 pm to 1.20 pm | 17 - Vaccines | Vaccines in cardiology/Miscellaneous | CVD and COAD; the unexplored link | Dr.Murali Mohan |
| 1.20 pm to 2.30 pm | LUNCH | |||