8. Vietnamese German Heart Days HCMC

v.l. Prof. J. Tebbenjohanns (Hildesheim), Dr. I. Kruck (Ludwigsburg), Prof. G.D. Kneissl (Mainz), Dr. S.H. Nguyen (Helmstedt), Prof. R. Urban (Mainz), Dr. B. Gerecke (Wolfsburg), PD Dr. W. Zwehl (München), PD Dr. P.A. Berdat (Zürich), Prof. V. Klauss (München)

2008
8.  Vietnamese German Heart Days Ho-Chi-Minh City
November, 24th -  26th 2008

Conference venue:
Medical University Pham Ngoc Thach
86/2 Thanh Thai Q10
Ho Chi Minh City   
Tel : (0084 8) 8652664 - Fax : (0084 8) 8650025

Organization:

• Vietnamese Society of Cardiology Ho Chi Minh City
• Deutsch-Vietnamesischer Förderkreis für Kardiologie (DVFK) / German Vietnamese Association of Cardiology
• Vietnamese German Academy for Science and Education in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery (VGAC)
• Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz/ Faculty Medicine
• EurAsia Heart Foundation

in cooperation with

• Medical University Pham Ngoc Thach
• University of Medicine and Pharmacy HCM City
• German Society of Ultrasound in Medicine
• Cho Ray Hospital
• Heart Institute Ho Chi Minh City
• Community Hospital 115
• Community Hospital Nhan Dan Gia Dinh

Under the auspices of

Prof. Dr. Pham Gia Khai
President of ASEAN Federation of Cardiology – AFC,
President of Vietnam Heart Association
Prof. Dr. Dr. Reinhard Urban
Dean of Faculty Medicine of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Sunday, November, 23 th, 2008

Opening Ceremony
Hotel Majestic in Ho-Chi-Minh-City

7 p.m.Opening addresses
Prof. Dr. Dang Van Phuoc
President of Vietnamese Society of Cardiology HCM City,
Dean of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy HCMC
Dr. Birgit Gerecke & Prof. Dr. Georg Dieter Kneissl
Vice-Presidents of German Vietnamese Association of Cardiology
Welcome addresses
Dr. Nguyen Van Chau
Director of Ho Chi Minh City Health Department
Prof. Pham Gia Khai
President of ASEAN Federation of Cardiology – AFC,
President of Vietnam Heart Association
Prof. Dr. Dr. Reinhard Urban
Dean of Faculty Medicine of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Dinner
22.00  End

Monday, November, 24 th, 2008

Location:  Medical University Pham Ngoc Thach/HCM City
Auditorium A
09:00
Opening addresses
Prof. Dr. Dang Van Phuoc
President of Vietnamese Society of Cardiology HCMC,
Dean of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy HCMC
Dr. Nguyen Si Huyen
President of German Vietnamese Association of Cardiology
Welcome addresses
Prof. Dr. Nguyen Tan Binh
Rector of Medical University Pham Ngoc Thach
Prof. Dr. Pham Gia Khai
President of ASEAN Federation of Cardiology – AFC,
President of Vietnam Heart Association
Prof. Dr. Dr. Reinhard Urban
Dean of Faculty Medicine of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Presentation:
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
R. Urban

Monday, November, 24 th, 2008
09:30 – 15:30
Location:  Medical University Pham Ngoc Thach/HCM City
Day of seminars 
Interventional Cardiology                                                           
Auditorium A
Course Instructors: W. Zwehl, V. Klauss
09:30             Introduction
                       Pham Gia Khai/ Vo Thanh Nhan
09:40             Basics in Interventional Cardiology: Materials, Indications, and Complications
10:00             Medical or interventional treatment of stable angina?
11:00             break            
11:15             Dual Anti platelet Treatment after ACS and PCI
11:35             Chronic total Occlusion – a tough challenge
12:00             Lunch
13:30              IVUS and Pressure Wire – Tools to quantitate Stenosis and to
                       guide the intervention              
14:00             Rotablation and protective devices – Tools to treat the hard and soft stenosis
14:30             New treatment of severe aortic stenosis
15:00             End

Electrophysiology                                                                          
Auditorium B
Course Instructor: J. Tebbenjohanns
                       
                        Introduction:
                        Ton That Minh
9:30                 Interpretation of surface ECG:
                        Differential diagnosis of tachycardias with narrow and broad QRS
                        complex

11:00              break
11:15              Interpretation of surface ECG:
                        Differential diagnosis of tachycardias with narrow and broad QRS
                        complex

12:00             Lunch

13:30              From surface ECG to intracardiac recordings:
                        Unknown tracings from various tachycardias
                        Principles of mapping and catheter ablation

15:00             End

Tuesday, November, 25 st, 2008
09:00 – 15:30
Location:  Medical University Pham Ngoc Thach/HCM City
Day of seminars 
Therapy with electrical devices (Pacemaker,ICD)      
Auditorium A
Course Instructors: B. Gerecke, S. H. Nguyen
09:00             Introduction:
                       Si Huyen Nguyen
09:10             Indications for pacing
                       Indications for ICD therapy
09:50             Selection of the systems, specially pacemaker mode selection
10:30             Implantation
11:00             break            
11:15             Follow-up for pacemaker and ICD systems
11:35             Individually adapted therapy
12:00             Lunch
13:30             Emergency situations in pacemaker and ICD – systems
14:00             Considerations in replacement: Upgrading or downgrading of  systems
14:30             Interesting cases
15:30             End

Stress echocardiography                                       
Auditorium B
Course Instructor: I. Kruck
09:00            Introduction:
                       Pham Nguyen Vinh
09:10             Stress-Echocardiography in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease: stress testing 
                       methods, training requirements and interpretation
10:00             Assessment of patients with dyspnoea, pulmonary hypertension
10:30             Assessment of patients with valvular heart disease
11:00             break            
11:15             Assessment of patients with heart failure
11:35             Stress-Echocardiography for risk stratification

12:00             Lunch
13:30 –          Case presentations & Discussion
15:00              
15:30             End

Tuesday, November, 25 st, 2008
09:00 – 15:30
Location:  Hospital Cho Ray/HCM City
Auditorium
09:00           Cardiovascular Surgery:
                        Mitral valve reconstruction- actual techniques
                        P.A. Berdat
09:40             Electrophysiology:
                Practices and interesting cases discussion
                        Course Instructors: J. Tebbenjohanns, T.T. Minh
                        Case presentation:
                        1. difficult accessory pathway ablation
                        2. difficult atrial flutter ablation
12:00  Lunch
13:30              Location:  Equatorial Hotel, 242 Tran Binh Trong, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City
                      Interventional Cardiology:
            Discussion of “good and bad” PCI cases – Munich meets Ho Chi Minh City
                        Course Instructors: W. Zwehl, V. Klauss, P.G. Khai, V.T. Nhan, D.V. Phuoc, P.N. Vinh

15:30              End

Wednesday, November, 26 st, 2008
09:00 – 12:00
Location:  Medical University Pham Ngoc Thach/HCM City
Auditorium A
Day of lectures
Chairpersons: Jürgen Tebbenjohanns, Dang Van Phuoc

09:00              Interventional Devices – do they help?
                        V. Klauss; W. Zwehl
09:30              Treatment of atrial fibrillation: medical and ablative options                         
                        J. Tebbenjohanns
10:00              Stress echocardiography
                        I. Kruck
10:30              break            
10:15              Therapy with electrical devices 2008
                        B. Gerecke
10:45              Cardial Risk of Sleep
                        S. H. Nguyen

11:15             Closing remarks
                        D.V. Phuoc / S.H. Nguyen

Faculty:
PD Dr. med Pascal André Berdat, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Clinic in Park, Zürich, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Nguyen Tan Binh, Dean of Medical University Pham Ngoc Thach, Ho Chi Minh City
Dr. Nguyen Van Chau, Director Ho Chi Minh City Health Department
Dr. Birgit Gerecke, Medical Clinic I, Academic Hospital Wolfsburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Pham Gia Khai, President of ASEAN Federation of Cardiology – AFC,
President of Vietnam Heart Association
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Volker Klauss, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Munich, Germany
Prof. Dr. Georg Dieter Kneissl, Director MediClin Centre (Leipzig), University of Latvia (Riga)
Dr. Irmtraut Kruck, Cardiology clinic, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Dr. Ton That Minh, Tam Duc Klinic, Ho Chi Minh City
Prof. Dr. Vo Thanh Nhan, Department of interventional Cardiology, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City
Dr. Si Huyen Nguyen, ass. Prof. of Cardiology and intensive Care Medicine, Medical University Pham Ngoc Thach/HCM City, Academic Hospital St. Marienberg Helmstedt, Germany
Prof. Dr. Dang Van Phuoc, Dean of University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Tebbenjohanns, Medical Clinic I, Clinical centre Hildesheim, Germany
Prof. Dr. Dr. Reinhard Urban, Dean of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Faculty of Medicine, Germany
Prof. Dr. Pham Nguyen Vinh, Heart Institute Ho Chi Minh City
PD Dr. Werner Zwehl, General Hospital Munich Schwabing, Department of Cardiology, Germany