Congress 2009
4th International Congress of the SSPH
Winners of the poster price (tie vote):
- Estimated prevalence, diagnosis and management of pulmonary hypertension in Swiss ICUs: results from the PHICUSS1 (Pulmonary hypertension in the ICU - Swiss survey 1) study
U. Wenger, A. Azzola, A. Pagnamenta, H. U Rothen, G. Domenighetti, M. Maggiorini, Zurich, Lugano, Mendrisio, Bern, Locarno
- Evaluation of pulmonary arterial pressure in lung transplant candidates: transthoracic echocardiography versus right heart catheterization
J. Mazza Stalder, F. Lador, P. M. Soccal, J.-D. Aubert, Lausanne-Geneva Lung Transplantation Centre, Switzerland
Presentations:
Session 1: Epidemiology
- History of PAH classifications: R. Naeije
- Update on diagnosis and risk factors of PAH: A. Peacock
- The new PAH classification: M. Beghetti
Session 2: Emerging diseases associated with PAH
- Chronic tromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: I. Lang
- PAH associated with liver disease: L. Nicod
- PAH associated with respiratory disorders: R. Naeije
- PAH associated with hematologic disorders: G. Domenighetti
- PAH and left heart disease: I. Lang
Session 3: Parallel workshops
- PAH: Aetiological classisfication and pitfalls 2009: A. Peacock
- PAH: Treatment strategies 2009: N. Galié
Session 4: Old compounds, new guidelines and new pathways in the treatment of PAH
- Old pathways, new compounds and early treatments: M. Hoeper
- New pathways for PH therapy: M. Humbert
- Endpoints in the therapy of PAH: A. Torbicki
- New treatment guidelines: N. Galié