Symposium lectures on-line

Most of the lectures of the Symposium were published on-line. You can find the video presentations at the top of each lecture abstract. We hope to complete the whole on-line program in the near feature.

Pictures of Semmelweis Symposium 2008

You can find the pictures of all the three days of Semmelweis Symposium 2008 here.

Lecture of Prof. Sándor Kovács

You can find the whole video-presentation of Prof. Sándor Kovács at "Lectures" on the following page.

Summary

More than 500 participants from 20 countries attended Semmelweis Symposium 2008. You can find a detailed summary of the event here. A summary of press echo in the Hungarian media you can find here.

Poster abstracts

You can find the poster abstracts of Semmelweis Symposium 2008 here.

Scientific Program - printable version

You can download the printable version of the Scientific Program here.

Cardiovascular pharmacogenomics course

According to the program of Semmelweis Symposium, Peter Pokreisz (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) will give a lecture (in Hungarian) on cGMP regulatory mechanisms in cardiology at 18:00 Wednesday, 26 November.

Abstract submission period extended

The deadline for abstract submission was extended until 18 November 2008. More detailes on the Abstract submission form.

On-line registration

Participation in the program of Semmelweis Symposium 2008 is free.
However, completion the on-line registration form is required to attend the Symposium.

Abstract submission for poster presentation

Abstracts for poster presentation are welcome to the Semmelweis Symposium. Deadline for abstract submission  is 15 November. More detailes on the Abstract Submission Form.

PhD course registration

Semmelweis Symposium 2008 was accredited by the School of Doctoral Studies of Semmelweis University. Students attending all the three days of the Symposium will get 2 PhD credits.

OFTEX registration

Semmelweis Symposium 2008 was registred to the OFTEX system. Colleagues attending all the three days of the Symposium will get 20 OFTEX credits. For detailed information look for SE-TK/2008-07/00383 at www.oftex.hu .

Final program

The final program of the Symposium has been completed. For detailes visit to the Scientific Program pages.

Current trends in Cardiology

This year cardiology is in the focus of Semmelweis Symposium. The members of the Heart Center take the opportunity to kindly invite you to this event.

Acute myocardial infarction is still often followed by left ventricle aneurysms despite the aggressive percutaneous intervention techniques. Deterioration in left ventricle geometry will decrease the myocardial fibre shortening, increase diastolic relaxation time, stress on the remaining left ventricle wall, thus the oxygen consumption of the myocardium. The change in oxygen balance will be worsening by the volume overload. Several surgical techniques are known today, such as plication, resection, or the Dor and Jatene techniques. The basic concept of all these techniques is to find the precise edge of the myocardium and the aneurysm, and exclude the akinetic part of the ventricle. However, very often this edge is not detectable, making the surgeon blind. The other problem is the remaining left ventricle volume after operation. A feared problem is a small left ventricle causing low cardiac output postoperatively. 30 patients with ischemic coronary disease and left ventricle aneurysm underwent helical CT scan. Images were acquired on a General Electric UltraSpeed instrument (8 detector rows) powered by GE's Helios software. We created a 3D cardiac model in a systolic position. All operative steps were performed on our model, and the remnant left ventricle volumes were calculated. Surgical incisions of the left ventricle after Dor were done using the calculated parameters given by the computer. With our method we had no early or late mortality (18±6.8 months long-term follow-up) compared to the average 10% mortality of Dor procedure. No low cardiac output syndrome occurred, and all postoperative Echocardiography showed excellent left ventricle geometry. Computer assisted ventricle engineering is a safe and effective method in left ventricle restoration. With our technique we were able to minimize the postoperative complications, achieving a no mortality rate in this high risk patient group.