The fil rouge of Atherosclerosis
from brain to heart imaging
Cagliari - ITALY
17-18 October 2019
President and Chair
Luca Saba
Scientific Directors
Luca Saba, Max Wintermark, Ajay Gupta, Marco Francone
Scientific Committee
Antonella Balestrerieri, Valeria Cherchi, Luigi Meloni, Giuseppe Mercuro, Maurizio Porcu, Michele Porcu, Alberto Boi, Pierpaolo Bassareo, Pierleone Lucatelli,
The Conference
Two Days of Powerful Talks
17-18 October 2019
09:00 am
Nowadays it is widely accepted that the rupture of the atherosclerotic plaque in coronary and carotid arteries plays a fundamental role in the development of acute myocardial infarctions or cerebrovascular events.
Atherosclerotic disease is the underlying process of the two most important causes of death worldwide: ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction. Atherosclerosis has a high prevalence in western countries with values up to 75% of men and 62% of women aged 65 years and older. Despite advances in treatment, available routinely used screening and diagnostic methods are insufficient to identify the victims before the event occurs even if in the last years the recognition of the role of the vulnerable plaque has opened new avenues of opportunity in the field of cardiovascular medicine.
In the last years, imaging techniques have explored, with a new level of detail, the athero- sclerotic disease of the vessels by offering new evidences that some plaque characteristics are significantly associated to the risk of rupture and subsequent thrombosis or embolization.
Moreover, the recent evidence of the anti-atherosclerotic effects determined by lipid-lowe- ring and anti-inflammatory therapies poses a challenge for the choice of therapeutic approaches (best medical treatment – revascularization), maximized by the evidence that co- ronary and carotid atherosclerosis share common patterns but diverge for some important features. In this conference, we will discuss with worldwide class speakers from Europe and United States the similarities and differences between coronary and carotid artery plaque from the imaging point of view and the potential implications for systemic therapies accor- ding to the emerging evidences.
Our purpose is to present the more recent innovations in terms of early imaging of athe- rosclerosis and how to identify the best therapies for avoiding myocardial infarctions or cerebrovascular events.
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2
Round Tables
5
Sessions
7
Faculty
39
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Il Congresso è accreditato 100 partecipanti tra Medici Chirurghi (Radiodiagnostica – Radioterapia - Neurologia - Neuroradiologia – Cardiologia – Chirurgia Generale - Neurochirurgia - Medicina Nucleare - Neurochirurgia ) e TSRM. Avranno diritto ai crediti ECM solo coloro che saranno presenti per l’intera durata del corso ed avranno compilato gli appositi questionari che verranno consegnati in sede congressuale alla conclusione del corso.
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