Workshops on Pathophysiology of Myocardial Ischemia, Infarction, and Remodeling

  List of Organized Sessions           

Clinical Use of Holter Regordings    

Chair, Luigi de Ambroggi

Introduction lecture: Clinical use of Holter recording
Luigi De Ambroggi, Milan, Italy

Automatic QT analysis in studies evaluating drug-induced repolarization changes
Wojciech Zareba, Rochester, USA

Ambulatory electrocardiographic evidence of transmural dispersion of repolarization in patients with congenital long QT syndrome
Matti Viitasalo, Helsinki, Finland

Non-conventional measurements from ECG holter recordings: towards an improvement of diagnostic properties
Sergio Cerutti, Milan, Italy

Evidence-Based ECG    

Chair, Ljuba Bacharova

Introduction lecture: Evidence-base medicine: what lesson can be learned for electrocardiology
Ljuba Bacharova, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Electrophysiology-based electrocardiology
Angelo de Paola, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Are Q and non-Q-wave infarcts two distinct entities?
Paul Schweitzer, New York, USA

Sub-classification of MI
Yochai Birnbaum, Galveston, USA

Identification of electrical source distribution defects: model-based evidences
Krisztina Szakolczai, György Kozmann, Budapest, Hungary

The evidence against QT dispersion
Gerard van Herpen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Modelling Cardiac Electric Fields    

Chair, Olaf Dössel

Introduction lecture
Olaf Dössel, Karlsruhe, Germany

Investigating heterogeneity in human heart with simulated transmural electrocardiograms
Gunnar Seemann, Karlsruhe, Germany

A model for the passive cardiac conductivity
Jeroen Stinstra, Salt Lake City, USA

A computer model of sustained atrial fibrillation to study atrial electrograms
Vincent Jacquemet, Lausanne, Switzerland

Ion Channel Remodeling in Cardiac Arrhythmias    

Chair Persons, Masayasu Hiraoka and Bülent Görenek

Introduction lecture
Masayasu Hiraoka, Tokyo, Japan

Gap junction remodeling and alterations of conduction properties in hypertrophied cardiac muscle
Itsuo Kodama, Nagoya, Japan

Electro-mechanical abnormality in hereditary cardiomyopathic hamsters and ion channel remodeling
Cheng-I Lin, Taiwan

Differential electrical remodeling in compensated and decompensated hearts
Marc A Vos, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Possible cardiac electrical remodeling in diabetes mellitus
Andras Varro, Szeged, Hungary

General Discussion

Conclusion and Closing remark
Bülent Görenek, Eskisehir, Turkey

Autonomic Markers of Sudden Cardiac Death    

Chair, Heikki Huikuri

Introduction lecture
Heikki Huikuri, Oulu, Finland

Heart rate variability
Marek Malik, London, England

Heart rate turbulence
Georg Schmidt, Munich, Germany

Baroreflex sensitivity
Thomas Klingenheben, Frankfurt, Germany

T-wave dispersion: Old and new
Michael R. Franz, Washington, USA

QT Interval Dynamics    

Chair, Paul Kligfield

Introduction lecture: QT interval dynamics
Paul Kligfield, New York, USA

Repolarization dynamics in patients at risk for arrhythmias
Juha Perkiomäki, Oulu, Finland

Factors affecting QT dynamics during ambulatory monitoring
Pierre Maison-Blanche, Paris, France

QT interval measurement in the long QT syndromes: old problems and new perspectives
Emanuela Locati, Perugia, Italy

Repolarization dynamics
Marek Malik, London, England

Pediatric ECG    

Chair, Jerome Liebman

Introduction lecture: Some issues related to non arrhythmia electrocardiography in pediatrics
Jerome Liebman, Cleveland, USA

Hereditary arrhythmias in children
Konrad Brockmeier, Cologne, Germany

Intraatrial reenterant tachycardia in the fontan population
Ian Law, Iowa City, USA

Figure 8 post-operative atrial tachycardias
Parvin Dorostkar, Cleveland, USA

ECG Databases    

Chair, Suave Lobodzinski

Introductory Lecture: New Developments in Creation, Preservation and Reuse of ECG Knowledge Bases
Suave Lobodzinski, Torrance, USA

From Databases to Knowledge Spaces for Cardiology
Piotr Augustyniak, Kraków, Poland

Digital ECG databases in the regional health information network of Crete
Catherine Chronaki, Crete, Greece

Design and Implementation of a New XML ECG Database Management System
Glenn Guillemette, Oxnard, USA

Development of a New QT Interval Measurement Algorithm and its Validation Using Annotated ECG Databases
Dieter Hayn, Graz, Austria

ISE - Over 30 Years of Linking Electrocardiology Research Worldwide    

Chair, Peter Macfarlane

Colloquium Vectorcardiographicum 1959-1973
Peter Macfarlane, Glasgow, Scotland

The Polish contribution
Jozef Jagielski and Malgorzata Sobieszczanska, Wroclaw, Poland

The Czech contribution
Ivan Ruttkay-Nedecky and Ljuba Bacharova, Bratislava, Slovakia

The International Congress of Electrocardiology 1974-2003
Peter Macfarlane, Glasgow, Scotland

The European contribution
Adriaan van Oosterom, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

The North American contribution
Jerome Liebman, Cleveland, USA

The Japanese contribution
Masayasu Hiraoka, Tokyo, Japan

Epilogue
Peter Macfarlane, Glasgow, Scotland

ECG Criteria for Myocardial Infarction    

Chair, John Madias

Introductory lecture
John E. Madias, New York, USA

Anterior/inferior MI
Ronald Selvester, Long Beach, USA

Right ventricular MI
Rory Childers, Chicago, USA

Posterior/lateral/high lateral MI
Peter Clemmensen, Copenhagen, Denmark

MI in association with intraventricular conduction delays, including RBBB, LBBB, and pacemaker-triggered ECG
Galen Wagner, Durham, USA

Non ST-elevation / non-Q-wave MI / acute coronary syndromes / new guidelines on diagnostic criteria for MI
Bertil Lindahl, Uppsala, Sweden

Magnetocardiography   

Chair, Jaakko Malmivuo

Introduction lecture
Jaakko Malmivuo and Juha Nousiainen, Tampere, Finland

First 36-channel system for clinical magnetocardiography in unshielded hospital laboratory for cardiac electrophysiology
Riccardo Fenici, Rome, Italy

Vortex currents in a torso phantom - Comparison of magnetic and electric signal Strength
Jens Haueisen, Jena, Germany

Surface gradient analysis of atrial activation from magnetocardiographic maps
Jukka Nenonen, Helsinki, Finland

Bioimpedance Based Cardiac Monitoring   

Chair, Mart Min

Introduction lecture: Electrical impedance and cardiac monitoring - Technology, potential and applications
Mart Min, Tallinn, Estonia

Application of impedance volume measurement to implantable devices
Rodney Salo, St. Paul, USA

Accuracy of conductance catheter measurements in a realistic numerical heart model: Validation of reciprocal equivalent distance extrapolation
Rodney Salo, St. Paul, USA

Impedance controlled pacing rate limits in cardiac pacemakers - experimental validation on isolated heart
A Kink, Tallinn, Estonia

Instrumentation for 12-lead ECG/ICG
Antti Haapalainen, Tampere, Finland

Inverse Problem    

Chair, Adriaan van Oosterom

Introduction lecture: Source models in inverse electrocardiology
Adriaan van Oosterom, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Combining numerical and physiological constraints in inverse electrocardiography
Dana Brooks, Boston, USA, and Robert MacLeod, Salt Lake City, USA

Imaging epicardial potentials
Yoram Rudy, Cleveland, USA

Challenges of activation time imaging in the human atrium in the EP lab.
Bernhard Tilg, Innsbruck, Austria

Non-invasive estimation of the activation sequence of the heart in the presence of old myocardial infarctions: comparison to invasive patient data
Thom Oostendorp, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias involving the AV node    

Chair, Pekka Raatikainen

Atrioventricular nodal tachycardia: mechanisms and treatment
Hans Kottkamp, Leipzig, Germany

Left atrial input to the atrioventricular node
Mario Gonzalez, Gainesville, USA

The role of electoanatomical mapping in the treatment of supraventricular tachycardias involving the AV node
Anders Kirstein-Pedersen, Aarhus, Denmark

New pharmacological approaches in the treatment of supraventricular tachycardias involving the AV node
Pekka Raatikainen, Oulu, Finland

ECG-LVH Criteria - How Do We Get Out of a Dead End ?    

Chair, Pentti Rautaharju

Introduction lecture: ECG-LVH: false concepts and more promising applications
Pentti Rautaharju, Winston-Salem, USA

Evidence-based medicine and ECG-LVH
Ljuba Bacharova, Bratislava, Slovakia

Improved gender- and race-specific algorithms for LVH classification
Lawrence Park, Chapel Hill, USA

Heart sound sensor incorporated in standard ECG recording improves LVH
classification accuracy
Robert Warner, Durham, USA

Optimal LVH classification - Insights from BSPM data
Fred Kornreich, Bellingen, Belgium

LVH and ventricular repolarization
Lasse Oikarinen, Helsinki, Finland

Ventricular Repolarization    

Chair, Yoram Rudy

Introduction lecture: Ionic basis of repolarization and ECG waveforms
Yoram Rudy, Cleveland, USA

ST segment and T wave manifestations of the Long QT syndrome
Wojciech Zareba, Rochester, NY, USA

ST segment changes in the Brugada syndrome
Masayasu Hiraoka, Tokyo, Japan

Magnetocardiography of ventricular repolarization
Petri Korhonen, Helsinki, Finland

Recovery Phase In Exercise ECG Test   

Chair Persons, Jari Viik and Rami Lehtinen

Introduction lecture: Recovery ECG parameters and ST/HR hysteresis
Jari Viik and Rami Lehtinen, Tampere Finland

Heart rate decline and ventricular ectopy during recovery from exercise: new and powerful markers of risk
Michael S. Lauer, Cleveland, USA

Evaluation of ST-segment/heart rate analysis during recovery phase in
detection of coronary artery disease
Lars Brudin, Kalmar, Sweden

ROC analysis of ST amplitude and ST/HR difference in the recovery phase of the exercise electrocardiogram test in detection of myocardial ischemia
Håkan Kronander, Eskilstuna, Sweden

ST-segment and T-wave in recovery phase
Helena Hänninen, Helsinki, Finland

ECG Methods in Risk Stratification - Joint Session of the ISE and ISHNE    

Chair, Wojciech Zareba

Introduction lecture: Prognostic significance of a standard 12-lead ECG
Wojciech Zareba, Rochester, NY, USA

Risk stratification using novel approaches for analyzing ventricular arrhythmias
Ryszard Piotrowicz, Warsaw, Poland

T wave complexity: diagnostic and prognostic significance
Luigi De Ambroggi, Milan, Italy

Nonlinear dynamics of heart rate and repolarization
Juha Perkiömäki, Oulu, Finland