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ISCE 1998 Conference Final Program
Conference Chair Janice M. Jenkins, Ph.D. |
Conference Co-Chair Kenichi Harumi, M.D. |
Below is an overview of the sessions for the conference. Click to find a more detailed description of the speakers and poster participants for each session.
| Sunday, April 19, 1998 |
Chairs's Welcome & Opening Remarks Janice M. Jenkins, Ph.D. Session I COMPUTER MODELS OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA Chair: Kenichi Harumi, Showa University Fugigaoka Hospital, Tokyo Japan Co-Chair: Yoram Rudy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio USA Poster Session 1 Session II MECHANISMS OF FIBRILLATION AND DEFIBRILLATION Chair: Janice L. Jones, Georgetown University, Washington DC USA Co-Chair: Douglas J. Lang, CPI/Guidant, St. Paul Minnesota USA Poster Session 1 - Continuing Discussions |
| Monday, April 20, 1998 |
Session III EXTERNAL MARKERS OF MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY Chair: Michael Domanski, NIH/NHLBI, Bethesda Maryland USA Co-Chair: David Mortara, Mortara Instrument, Inc., Milwaukee Wisconsin USA Poster Session 2 Session IV DEVICES AND RF ABLATION FOR ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIA CONTROL Chair: Michael D. Lesh, University of California, San Francisco California USA Co-Chair: Walter Olson, Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis Minnesota USA Poster Session 2 - Continuing Discussions |
| Tuesday, April 21, 1998 |
Session V SELECTED PAPERS FROM ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS Chair: Fred Kornreich, VUB School of Medicine, Brussels Belgium Co-Chair: Paul D. Kligfield, Cornell University Medical Center, New York NY USA Poster Session 3 Plenary Invited Address Arthur J. Moss, M.D., University of Rochester School of Medicine MADIT and AVID: The Tale of Two Device Trials Session VI JOS WILLEMS YOUNG INVESTIGATORS COMPETITION Chair: Benjamin Scherlag, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City Oklahoma USA Co-Chair: Sophia Zhou, Hewlett Packard Corporation, Andover Massachusetts USA Poster Session 3 - Continuing Discussions |
| Wednesday, April 22, 1998 |
Session VII IDENTIFICATION OF BEST ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC LEADS FOR DIAGNOSING ACUTE ISCHEMIA Chair: Barbara J. Drew, University of California, San Francisco California USA Co-Chair: Shankara Reddy, Marquette Medical Systems, Milwaukee Wisconsin USA Session VIII AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS Chair: Terence D. Valenzuela, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix Arizona USA Co-Chair: Robert Niskanen, Physio-Control, Inc., Redmond Washington USA Jos Willems Young Investigators' Awards Presentation Benjamin Scherlag, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City Oklahoma USA President's Remarks Michael M. Laks, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center, Torrance California USA Chair's Remarks Janice M. Jenkins, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan USA |