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.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Scheuerte was a student of medicine at the University of Bonn and took a degree of MD in 199. He is currently professor of medicine and head of department at the 1st Medical Clinic in Aachen, Germany. After completing his education in internal medicine he joined the Arrhythmia Research Institute at the Health Sciences Center at the University of Oklahoma, under the leadership of Professor R. Lazzara. Relocating to Germany he first completed habilitation and was later elected professor at the University of Aachen. The fields of interest of Professor Schauerte include the cardiac neurophysiology, monitoring and biosensor technology as well as the image-guided cardiac interventions.

Abstract

The intrinsic cardiac nervous system represents a dense network which regulates cardiac contraction, perfusion and electrical activity. Recent studies have opened the opportunity to identify neural structures inside the heart with catheter techniques. Thereby, it could be shown in animals and humans that selective electrical stimulation and ablation of neural fibers innervating the different structures of the heart can be achieved. On a physiologica llevel this has resulted in attempts to slow ventricular conduction during atrial fibrillation by parasympathetic stimulation or to improve outcome during atrial fibrillation ablation. Sympathetic stimulation, in turn was developed to selectively increase left ventricular contractility .Because the accessibility of these structures opens the opportunity to selectively target cardiac neural elements considerable efforts are now spent to characterize the underlying mechanisms of neural regulation on a cellular level. Key neurotrophines and their regulating signaling cascades are now more deeply investigated. In summary, cardiac neurophysiology may add a new perspective to the therapy of heart disease.