INFORMATION

Date: 27-29 November 2008

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Email: symposium@kardio.sote.hu
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CONFERENCE NEWS
Symposium lectures on-line
20 February, 2009
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
1 January, 2009
You can find the pictures of all the three days of Semmelweis Symposium 2008 here.
Lecture of Prof. Sándor Kovács
31 December, 2008
You can find the whole video-presentation of Prof. Sándor Kovács at "Lectures" on the following page.
Summary
30 November, 2008
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
27 November, 2008
You can find the poster abstracts of Semmelweis Symposium 2008 here.
Scientific Program - printable version
23 November, 2008
You can download the printable version of the Scientific Program here.
Cardiovascular pharmacogenomics course
22 November, 2008
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
14 November 2008
The deadline for abstract submission was extended until 18 November 2008. More detailes on the Abstract submission form.
On-line registration
4 November. 2008
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
3 November, 2008
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
2 November, 2008
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
2 November, 2008
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
30 October, 2008
The final program of the Symposium has been completed. For detailes visit to the Scientific Program pages.
Current trends in Cardiology
18 August. 2008
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.
Scientific Program | Pictures | Lectures | Posters | Location

MRI in heart failure


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Dr. Attila Tóth finished his studies at the Faculty of General Medicines of the Semmelweis University in 2002. During the University years he was participated in single-cell patch-clamp and fluorimetry measurements at the Department of Physiology. He became a resident in radiology while he was lucky to witness the installationof a new magnet at his current workplace. His primary interest is non-invasive cardiovascular CT and MR diagnostics. His main focus is cardiac MR. He passed the Euro-CMR Exam in 2005 and spent one year in Birmingham/AL conducting cardiac MR exams on dogs and swine. He has MR physics skills and plan to immersein pulse programming using the recently upgraded MR instrument. Besides his medical activities he runs and maintains a secure Linux distribution (Hardened Gentoo) on his server and laptop.

Abstract

Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is a non-invasive modality providing unmatched possibilities to further characterize heart failure without the use of ionizing radiation. During the past decade MR became the gold-standard for determining the cardiac function and volumes. Measures of asynchrony of the wall motion can be also extracted to aid cardiac resynchronization therapy. CMR also provides a unique way to differentiate wide set of pathologic conditions based on the pattern of late enhancement. Ischemic damage, myocarditis in the acute and chronic setting, dilatative CMP and various other diseases have distinct features. Stress and rest cardiac perfusion can highlight areas of microvascular obstruction and ischemic territories. Non-invasive flow measurement is capable of measuring blood flow on an arbitrary vessel of the thorax. Magnetic resonance coronary angiography and venography can depict the vascular structures of the heart. Tagging and spectroscopymust be also mentioned.
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