Congress Reports

The American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2006, held in Orlando, USA, provides a platform for hematologists to discuss important issues in this area.Here, our coverage focuses on the clinical challenges and unmet needs in anticoagulant therapy, and disease models and risk factors of thrombosis.For information on other cardiology conferences, please visit our Congress calendar.

The American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2006, held in Chicago, USA, on November 12-15, highlights recent advances in all areas of cardiovascular disease.This year, in addition to covering late-breaking clinical trials and issues in practical management of cardiovascular disease, our coverage will also include areas as diverse as heart disease in women and the cardiovascular effects of natural (and unnatural) disasters in patients.For information on other card

The Joint World Congress on Stroke (JWCS) was held in Cape Town on October 26–29. The program covered a wide variety of topics including the burden of stroke, global management initiatives, acute and chronic treatment of hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke including emerging therapies, risk factors, post-stroke complications, and the latest basic research on potential new treatment approaches. Here, we provide highlights of this meeting, focusing on the newest and most exciting c

The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) held its 42nd Annual Meeting in Copenhagen/Malmö, Denmark, on September 14-17th, 2006. The meeting provided healthcare professionals, researchers and clinicians with a platform to communicate new discoveries in diabetes research, the opportunity to derive new ideas, and the potential to collaborate with each another. Here, we report on areas of importance to our In.Circulation.net readers such as metabolic risk factors

The World Congress of Cardiology (WCC) 2006 took place in Barcelona, Spain, and provided cardiology specialists, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals with information on new developments in all areas of cardiology. This unique meeting combined the annual scientific meetings of the European Society of Cardiology and the World Heart Federation. Here we report on areas of importance to InCirculation.net readers, including late-breaking clinical trial data from ProActive a

The European Federation of Neurological Societies held its 10th annual congress in Glasgow, UK from September 2–6. The teaching courses, symposia, and presentations of new research covered topics ranging from cerebrovascular diseases and epilepsy, to migraine and multiple sclerosis.Here, we provide highlights of the latest advances in ischemic stroke prevention, intracerebral hemorrhage management, and neuroprotectants.

Since the first International Symposium on Atherosclerosis was held over 40 years ago, there have been significant medical and technological advances in this field of medicine. Here we focus on areas most relevant to InCirculation.net readers, such as the impact of exercise and diet, lipid lowering drugs, and clotting mechanisms on the development of atherosclerosis. For information on other cardiology conferences, please visit our Congress calendar.

The Heart Failure 2006 meeting, held in Helsinki, focussed on pressing issues faced by clinicians, health-care professionals, and the pharmaceutical industry. The general aging of the population has lead to increased disease burden of heart failure and co-morbidities, and the heat is on to develop solutions to this ever-growing problem. As Prof. Dirk Brunsaert, president of the Heart Failure Association, stated in his welcome address: “An understanding of the pathophysiology,

According to the ESH President Professor A.M. Heagerty: “With a quarter of the world’s population anticipated to suffer from high blood pressure, the need to come together and discuss how to manage this problem best becomes more urgent.” This year’s European Society of Hypertension meeting thus aimed to tackle all aspects of the clinical hypertension management as well as laboratory-based studies of the pathogenetic mechanisms underlying the disease. For information on other

The 66th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association provided a varied scientific program this year, with several sessions discussing the increased cardiovascular risk of diabetic patients, particularly those who are obese. The conference was attended by a variety of healthcare professionals with an interest in improving healthcare delivery for patients with diabetes. Here we present highlights of some of the sessions.For information on other cardiology conferenc