SUNDAY, JUNE 24

HALL A

14:00 – 16:00

SPECIAL PRE-MEETING SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM ON ANTIPROLIFERATIVE DRUG ELUTING STENTS

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 – 19:00

SPECIAL PRE-MEETING SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM ON ANTIPROLIFERATIVE DRUG ELUTING STENTS cont'd

19:30 – 20:30

Welcome Reception

MONDAY, JUNE 25

HALL A

HALL B

HALL C

HALL D

HALL E

08:30 – 09:00

Opening Session

09:00 – 10:30

Plenary Session I
CLINICAL PRACTICE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MILLENIUM

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break, Poster & Exhibition Visit

11:00 – 12:30

Featured Session I
PHYSIOLOGY IN THE LAB AND IMAGING

11:00 – 12:30

Featured Session II
ADJUNCTIVE MEDICAL THERAPY

11:00 – 12:30

Featured Session III
BRACHYTHERAPY

11:00 – 12:30

Featured Session IV
MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

12:30 – 14:00 Luncheon Sessions, Poster & Exhibition Visit

12:45 – 14:00

Luncheon Session I
STROKE INTERVENTION

12:45 – 14:00

Luncheon Session II
SYPMOSIUM ON IIb IIIa ANTAGONISTS

Sponsored by ELI LILLY AND COMPANY

12:45 – 14:00

Luncheon Session III
COMPLICATIONS DURING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTIONS – UNVEILED!

12:45 – 14:00
Luncheon Session IV
FRONTIERS IN ANGIOGENESIS INDUCTION

14:00 – 16:00

DIGITAL VIDEO DEMONSTRATION (DVD) Session I

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break, Poster & Exhibition Visit

16:30 – 18:00

DIGITAL VIDEO DEMONSTRATION (DVD) Session II

TUESDAY, JUNE 26

HALL A

HALL B

HALL C

HALL D

HALL E

08:30 – 10:30

Plenary Session II
RESTENOSIS – DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENTS

08:30 – 10:40

SPECIAL COURSE FOR CATH LAB TECHNICIANS

Sponsored by ACIST EUROPE B.V.

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break, Poster & Exhibition Visit

10:40 – 11:00 Coffee Break, Poster & Exhibition Visit

11:00 – 12:30

Features Session I
VASCULAR BIOLOGY FOR THE INTERVENTIONALIST

11:00 – 12:30

Featured Session II
NEW MODALITIES IN VASCULAR IMAGING

11:00 – 12:30

Featured Session III
NEW DEVICES

11:00 – 12:30

Featured Session IV
GENERAL INTERVENTIONAL SOLUTIONS

11:00 – 12:30

SPECIAL COURSE FOR CATH LAB TECHNICIANS cont’d

Sponsored by ACIST EUROPE B.V.

12:30 – 14:00 Luncheon Sessions, Poster & Exhibition Visit

12:45 – 14:00

Luncheon Session I
REDUCTIONOF RESTENOSIS

Sponsored by CORDIS, JOHNSON AND JOHNSON

12:45 – 14:00

Luncheon Session II
HOW TO PERFORM ACUTE MI ANGIOPLASTY?

12:45 – 14:00

Luncheon Session III
SYMPOSIUM ON VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICES
Sponsored by DATASCOPE

14:00 – 16:00

DIGITAL VIDEO DEMONSTRATION (DVD) Session III

14:00 – 16:00
Featured Session
GLOBAL CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break, Poster & Exhibition Visit

16:30 – 18:05

Featured Session I
COMPLICATED LESIONS PCI – LEFT MAIN AND MULTIVESSEL STENTING

16:30 – 18:10

Featured Session II
GENERAL CLINICAL ASPECTS

16:30 – 18:00

Featured Session III
INFLAMMATION IN THE ATHEROSCLEROTIC AND RETENOTIC LESIONS

16:30 – 18:00

Featured Session IV
GENETICS AND ANGIOGENESIS

20:00 Gala Dinner

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27

HALL A

HALL B

HALL C

HALL D

HALL E

08:30 – 10:30

Plenary Session III
MOLECULAR CARDIOLOGY AND TISSUE ENGINEERING

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break, Poster & Exhibition Visit

11:00 – 12:30

Featured Session I
PROGRESS IN SURGICAL CARDIAC INTERVENTIONS

11:00 – 12:30

Featured Session II
INTERVENTIONS AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE

11:00 – 12:30

Featured Session III
EMBOLIC PROTECTION AND GLOBAL INTERVENTIONS

11:00 – 12:30

Featured Session IV
CLINICAL ASPECTS

12:30 – 14:00 Luncheon Sessions, Poster & Exhibition Visit

12:45 – 14:00

Luncheon Session I
THROMBOSIS REMOVAL IN AMI

Sponsored by ENDICOR

12:45 – 14:00

Luncheon Session II
SONOTHERAPY FOR PREVENTION OF RESTENOSIS

Sponsored by PHARMASONICS INCORPORATED

12:45 – 14:00

Luncheon Session III
HOW TO DEBULK PRIOR TO STENTING

12:45 – 14:00
Luncheon Session IV
HOW TO AVOID PITFALLS IN DIRECT STENTING

14:00 – 15:30

Plenary Session
STENTS AND MORE …

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break, Poster & Exhibition Visit

16:00 – 18:00

Featured Session I
GLOBAL CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS

16:00 – 18:00

Featured Session II
ARTERIAL CLOSURE TECHNIQUES

16:00 – 18:15

Featured Session III
GENERAL ASPECTS OF PCI

16:00 – 18:10

Featured Session IV
ACUTE MI INTERVENTIONS AND THROMBUS RICH LESIONS