Congress and Useful Information
About Helsinki
 

PLENARY LECTURES

MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2007
09:00-11:00 HDL AND PREVENTION OF CHD
Chairpersons: Ulrike Beisiegel, Germany
J-C Fruchart, France
 

ABC TRANSPORTERS AND CELLULAR HDL METABOLISM
B. Brewer, USA

 

GENETIC DETERMINANTS OF LOW HDL
P. Pajukanta, USA/ Finland

 

NOVEL APPROACHES TO RAISING HDL
P. Barter, Australia

 

PPARS AND THE HEART: THE GOOD AND THE BAD
D.P. Kelly, USA

   
TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2007
09:00-11:00 ATHEROSCLEROSIS FROM GENES TO BED-SIDE
Chairpersons: B.Angelin, Sweden
C. Ehnholm, Finland
 

NOVEL GENOMIC APPROACHES TO IDENTIFY GENES FOR CVD
L.Groop , Sweden

 

LIPASES IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS
R. Zechner, Austria

 

NUCLEAR RECEPTORS AT THE CROSSROADS OF LIPID METABOLISM AND INFLAMMATION
P. Tontonoz, USA

 

DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF VULNERABLE PLAQUE
P. Serruys, The Netherlands

   
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2007
11:00-13:00 NOVEL APPROACHES TO TREAT VASCULAR DISEASE
Chairpersons:
Y. Stein, Israel
A. Stalenhoef, The Netherlands
  ANGIOGENESIS IN LIFE, DISEASE AND MEDICINE
K. Alitalo, Finland
  STEM CELLS AS TOOLS FOR NEOVASCULARIZATION AND CARDIAC REPAIR
A. Zeiher, Germany
 

TARGETING THE ENDOCANNABINOID- RECEPTOR SYSTEM TO REDUCE CVD RISK
J-P. Despres, Canada

  CAN GENETICS OF HYPERTENSION PROVIDE TOOLS TO IMPROVE TREATMENT MODALITIES?
M.J. Caulfield, UK