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Symposium at the ESC 2010, Prof, Dr. Rüdiger Lange, Prof. Dr. Alec Vahanian. Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is the guideline-recommended therapy of choice for patients with severe aortic valve stenosis. In clinical routine, however, roughly one-third of elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis are denied surgery due to co-morbidities and resulting high surgical risk.

Symposium at the ESC Congress 2010, Prof. Dr. Christian Hamm, Prof. Dr. Vincent Dor. Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the most important disease in clinical cardiology. Management of patients with CAD has dramatically improved over the last two decades, but the end has not been reached! Learn how innovative imaging approaches and also lab testing may help to further optimize CAD patient care.

Symposium at the ESC Congress 2010, Prof. Dr. J. Brugada Terradellas, Dr. Paul Collinson. Heart failure is a great challenge for the individual patient, but also for health care systems. New therapies like Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) help to improve patient’s life. Learn about latest developments that help to overcome current problems of modern heart failure care.

www.siemens.com/esc-videos At the recent ESC Congress (September 2009) in Barcelona / Spain, Siemens and Medtronic organized satellite symposia on new frontiers conquered in cardiac imaging and therapy. Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement has the potential to change the therapy of aortic valve disease according to Dr. Lutz Buellesfeld from the Heart Center in Siegburg, Germany.

www.siemens.com/esc-videos At the recent ESC Congress (September 2009) in Barcelona / Spain, Siemens and Medtronic organized satellite symposia on the diagnosis and management of cardiac failure with a special emphasis on cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Dr. J. G.F Cleland, University of Hull (UK) puts the emphasis on patient outcomes.