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EAS 2012

Educational Programme and Symposia 

EBAC-ACCREDITED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES
SATURDAY, May 26, 2012
12.40 – 14.10 Educational Programme (EBAC-Accredited ) T. Miettinen Hall
  EBAC-Accredited Educational Programme, supported by an unrestricted educational grant from AstraZeneca
  STRATEGIES FOR COMPREHENSIVE LIPID MANAGEMENT IN HIGH RISK PATIENTS         Chairs:Alberico Catapano, Italy
Terje Pedersen, Norway
  Welcome
Alberico Catapano Italy
  Further reducing cardiovascular risk – what to target?
Julian Halcox, UK
  Treatment challenges in patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia
Marcello Arca, Italy
  Improving patient management – how implementation of the latest guidelines will help
Lale Tokgözoğlu, Turkey
  Closing
Terje Pedersen, Norway
EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIA
SATURDAY, May 26, 2012
14:10- 15:00 Workshop S.O. Olofsson Hall
  Sponsored by ROTTAPHARM | MADAUS
  NUTRACEUTICALS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN LIFESTYLE THERAPEUTICAL CHANGES AND DRUG THERAPY
Chairs: Enzo Manzato, Italy
Luis Masana, Spain
  Dyslipidemia and other risk factors management in low risk patients
Luis Masana, Spain
  Alternative treatments in risk factors management
Bruno Trimarco, Italy
   
17.00-18.30 Educational Symposium T. Miettinen Hall
  Sponsored by MSD
  CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO MANAGING PATIENTS WITH DYSLIPIDEMIA
Chair: John Chapman, France
  Unmet Medical Need in the Treatment of High Risk Populations
W. Virgil Brown, USA
  Effective treatment options with add-on or combination therapy
Michel Farnier, France
  Comprehensive Lipid Management: A Treatment Paradigm for Optimal Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
Dirk Müller, Germany
   
17.00-18.30 Educational Symposium S.O. Olofsson Hall
  Sponsored by Genzyme 
  SEVERE HETEROZYGOUS FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA AND THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF ANTISENSE TECHNOLOGY
Chair: Alberico Catapano, Italy
Risk factors in severe heterozygous FH
Eric Bruckert, France
Metabolic regulation of apoB-containing lipoproteins  in severe heterozygous FH
Gerald F. Watts, Australia
New treatment options in patients with severe heterozygous FH: applying antisense technology
Christie Ballantyne, USA
Q&A and panel discussion
Alberico Catapano, Italy 
   
Sunday, May 27, 2012
12:40-14:10 Educational Symposium P. Avogaro Hall
  Sponsored by Aegerion
  NEW THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES FOR HOMOZYGOUS FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA
Chairs: Cesare Sirtori Italy
John Chapman, France
  Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Pathophysiology, Genetics and Natural History
Robert Hegele, Canada
  Current and novel treatment options for patients with severe FH
Dirk Blom, South Africa
 

MTP and MTP inhibition: a phase III study in patients with HoFH

Marina Cuchel, USA

   
14:10 – 14:55 Special Lecture S.O. Olofsson Hall
  Sponsored by Sanofi\Regeneron
  PCSK9 – a new target for reducing LDL Cholesterol
Evan Stein, USA
   
15:00 – 15:45 Special Lecture P. Avogaro Hall
  Sponsored by CSL Behring 
  USE OF INFUSED HDL TO TREAT ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
Samuel D. Wright, USA
   
17:00 – 18:30 Educational Symposium T. Miettinen Hall
  Sponsored by KOWA
 

PITAVASTATIN: NEW EFFECTIVE OPTION FOR MANAGING DYSLIPIDAEMIA WITH DIABETES OR HIGH CARDIOVASCULAR RISK                                                                                       Chair: Alberico Catapano, Italy

  Managing dyslipidaemia complicated with diabetes or high cardiovascular risk: how well are we doing?
John Betteridge, UK
  Pitavastatin for the management of dyslipidaemia and atherosclerosis
José-Ramon Gonzalez –Juanatey, Spain
  Pitavastatin: addressing challenges: JAPAN-ACS and CIRCLE studies
Hidenori Arai, Japan
   
17:00 – 17:45 Special Lecture S.O. Olofsson Hall
  Sponsored by MSD
  CETP INHIBITION WITH ANACETRAPIB - IMPACT ON ATHEROGENIC LIPOPROTEINS
Chair: John Chapman, France
  Welcome and Opening Remarks
  The effect of anacetrapib on apoB metabolism
John Millar US
  The effect of anacetrapib on Lipoprotein (a) metabolism
Gissette Reyes-Soffer US
  Round table and Q&A
  Closing remarks