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Program Description
Detailed Program Information:
Final Detailed Program
Please note that abstracts are published in the Feb. 1 online issue of the AHA journal Circulation.
Conference Sponsors
The conference is jointly sponsored by the American Heart Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American College of Cardiology Foundation, the World Heart Federation, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
Program Description
This two-and-a-half day program will present plenary and concurrent oral and poster sessions that will explore the reasons for the disturbing trends that most impact the progression of cardiovascular diseases, provide state-of-the art aspects of the behavioral, pharmacological, and public policy approaches to the prevention, treatment and management of these diseases. We will also discuss the policy perspectives that have international application.
Who Should Attend:
The conference is designed to benefit physicians, nutritionists, public health practitioners, basic scientists, epidemiologists, exercise physiologists, psychologists, resuscitation scientists, nurses, emergency medical technicians, pharmacists, not-for profit organizations focused on women’s health, and policy analysts.
The sponsors gratefully acknowledge the educational grants that support the conference by:
Bayer HealthCare LLC
Pfizer, Inc.
Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
AHA Pharmaceutical Roundtable
Guidant Corporation
Archer Daniels Midland Company
The Public Health Agency of Canada
The sponsors gratefully acknowledge the educational grants that support the conference by the following scientific councils of the American Heart Association:
High Blood Pressure Research Council
Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention Council
Stroke Council
Clinical Cardiology Council
Epidemiology and Prevention Council
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology Council
Cardiopulmonary, Perioperative, and Critical Care Council
Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia Council
The conference program has also been endorsed by these scientific councils of the American Heart Association:
Cardiovascular Disease in the Young Council
Cardiovascular Nursing Council
Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease Council
Questions:
E-mail: scientificconferences@heart.org
Phone: (888) 242-2453 or (214) 570-5935
