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DMMC COURSES & WORKSHOPS
ADVANCED CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
16 - 19 Nov 2004; 1400-1700 each day
Venue: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (location),
Albert Lecture Theatre
The course aims to strike a balance between clinical
and research aspects of coronary artery disease. The following themes
are covered: atherosclerosis; risk factors; disease; platelets;
intervention. A basic knowledge is assumed. Interested individuals
are invited to attend the Introductory Coronary Artery Disease course.
Nursing, technical staff, and clinicians from
all Dublin hospitals are welcome to attend this course, either in
full or for
particular sessions of interest.
Course Coordinator: Dr Niamh Moran (Department of
Clinical Pharmacology, RCSI)
Tue 16 Nov 2004; 1400-1700
THEME: ATHEROSCLEROSIS
1400 Measurement of in vivo human atherosclerosis
Dr Alice Stanton
THEME: RISK FACTORS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
1445* Lipid lowering strategies - Statins
Dr Eamon Dolan
1530-1600 Break
1600 Aspirin resistance Dr Dermot Cox
1645-1700 Discussion
Wed 17 Nov 2004; 1400-1700
THEME: DISEASE
1400 Infection and cardiovascular disease
Dr Dermot Cox
1445 Genetics of cardiovascular disease
Dr Denis Shields
1530-1600 Break
1600 Ischemic Heart Disease Dr Angie Browne
1645-1700 Discussion
Thu 18 Nov 2004; 1400-1700
THEME: PLATELETS
1400 The major platelet adhesion molecules
Dr Niamh Moran
1445 GpIb structure and function:
novel antiplatelet therapies Prof Dermot Kenny
1530-1600 Break
1600 Antiplatelet therapies: traditional and novel strategies
Dr Martin Quinn
1645-1700 Discussion
Fri 19 Nov 2004; 1400-1700
THEME: INTERVENTION
1400 Homocysteine as a risk factor in cardiovascular disease
Prof Ian Graham
1445 Angioplasty and interventional
techniques in IHD/Stenting Prof David Foley
1530-1600 Break
1600* A multifactorial approach to risk
factor management in cardiovascular disease Prof Eoin O’Brien
1645-1700 Discussion
*Please note, these two lectures
have been swapped in the schedule due to circumstances outside our
control. We apologise that the division of the course into themes
has suffered slightly as a result.
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