AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT !

CO-SPONSORED BY:

3rd SYMPOSIUM on the FUTURE of HEART HEALTH

Saturday Sept. 25, 2010 *** WINNIPEG MB Canada

for details contact: Ivan Berkowitz – (tel) 1-294-228 3193
or E-mail: ivan@mts.net

Jay Cohn dazzled exceptional Winnipeg crowd

The 2^nd Annual Harold Buchwald Memorial Lecture on Heart Health was the highlight of a Luncheon on Sept. 25/09. The Lecture was supported by the Myles Robinson Memorial Heart Trust. We invited Dr. Jay Cohn from the University of Minnesota where he leads The Rasmussen Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. The title of his awesome lecture was "A STRATEGY FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE PAST 100!".
GO TO:

http://sbrc.tv/1/watch/60.aspx

To read about the Rasmussen Centre and Dr. Cohn:

http://www.umphysicians.umn.edu/Clinics/CardiovascularDiseasePreventionRasmussenCenter/index.htm

Encouraged by the success of a dynamic talk by Dr. Eldon Smith in 2008, we believe in making this event an annual activity. Please enjoy my introduction to the 1st Lecture at: http://sbrc.tv/1/watch/34.aspx?

We are able to share Dr. Smith's talk online

http://sbrc.tv/1/watch/35.aspx

AN EXCEPTONAL REPORT ON THE LIFE OF MICHAEL DEBAKEY by his AMAZING SISTERS

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Sir Magdi Yacoub reflecting on the FUTURE!

At the Convention of the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CARDIOVASCULAR TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH in San Diego in February 2009, the President of the Academy Sir Magdi Yacoub delivered the Opening Address and went into his crystal ball to reflect on "The Future of Cardiovascular Medicine" https://netfiles.umn.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-10566557_1-t_KGP72a7T

[Dr. Yacoub (R) with Dr. Alan Menkis when he visited Winnipeg for the 1st Symposium on the Future of Heart Health in 2006]

WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!

http://www.heartacademy.org/yacoub.htm

An incredible talk about bringing Heart Health to Africa

http://blog.ted.com/2008/04/ernest_madu.php

An interesting discussion of Heart Health by my friend Tom Kottke from Minneapolis

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/08/21/midday1/

unbelievable ... we can all keep on running!

Fauja in Adidas 'Nothing Is Impossible' advertising campaign. He replaced David Beckham as Adidas’s new poster boy. On the Adidas billboards, spread across London, he was sitting cross-legged; as if cooling his heals after a day’s work out, peeping over Londoners, tired and overworked, telling them the secrets of his unfailing energy.
Fauja Singh, Britain’s most popular Sikh is 98 now, the oldest runner in London Marathon.
He is threatening to break his own world record of 5.40 hours in the 90 plus age bracket that he set previously. While running Marathon races in London, New York and Toronto, he raised thousands of pounds for various charities promoting Sikh culture around the world. He has also raised money for B.L.I.S.S., a charity dedicated to the care for premature babies. He describes it as the ‘oldest running for the youngest.
Fauja’s jogging skills were developed on an Indian farm in Punjab, and then at the magical age of 81, when he moved to the UK, his love for the sport became more “serious”.

"Father of Viagra" Louis Ignarro visited St. Boniface

We were honoured to welcome Dr. Louis Ignarro on May 29 and 30, 2009. Indeed, his visit had originally been planned to present to Dr. Ignarro a 2007 “Medal of Merit”, the most prestigious award of the Academy “FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN CARDIOVASCULAR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH”. His busy schedule led to the Award being presented before he could accept it personally.

To enjoy Dr. Iganrro's Lecture and his Public Presentation, please visit:

"Father of Viagra" Louis Ignarro visited St. Boniface

We were honoured to welcome Dr. Louis Ignarro on May 29 and 30, 2009. Indeed, his visit had originally been planned to present to Dr. Ignarro a 2007

“Medal of Merit”, the most prestigious award of the Academy “FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN CARDIOVASCULAR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH”. His busy schedule led to the Award being presented before he could accept it personally.

To enjoy Dr. Iganrro's Lecture and his Public Presentation, please visit:

http://sbrc.tv/1.aspx

A SPECIAL EVENT TO HONOUR A VERY SPECIAL MAN !

Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Slovak Cardiological Society
Czech and Slovak Commission for Experimental Cardiology
Slovak Physiological Society
Slovak Society for Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
Slovak Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
THE HEART IN HEALTH AND
DISEASE CONFERENCE
at the occasion of 75th Birthday
Ing. Attila Ziegelhöffer, DrSc., F.I.A.C.S., F.E.S.C.,
November 12, 2009 at 10.00 AM
Conference Hall of SAS
Bratislava, Patrónka, Dúbravská cesta 9
PROGRAM
Opening – J. Styk
Chairs : N. Vrbjar, Ľ. Okruhlicová
Adaptive mechanisms in the diabetic myocardium: endogenous cardioprotection and
its loss
T. Ravingerová, J. Matejíková, A. Adameová1, T. Kelly2, A. Lazou2, D. Pancza,
O. Pecháňová3
Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 1Department of
Pharmacology and Toxicology Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Bratislava,
2School of Biology, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 3Institute of Normal and
Pathological Physiology, Bratislava.
P-glykoprotein – mediated multidrug resistance
A. Breier, M. Barančík, Z. Sulová, V. Boháčová, P. Dočolomanský
Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
Disturbed circadian rhythms in the cardiovascular system
M. Zeman, L. Molčan, L. Kršková, A. Veselá, K. Szantoová, I. Herichová
Department of Animal Physiology and Ethology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius
University, Bratislava.
Signal transducing pathways activated by oxygen deprivation
S. Pastoreková, J. Pastorek
Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
Chairs : T. Ravingerová, M. Barančík
Calcium sensing through the heart.
B. Ziegelhöffer, F. W. Mohr, S. Dhein
Heart Center of Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig.
Advances and pitfalls of membrane potential and fluidity estimation in mitochondria
I. Waczulíková, J. Mujkošová1, M. Ferko1
Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Division of Biomedical Physics, Faculty
of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Institute for
Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
Endurance and performance of two different concepts for left ventricular
stimulation with bipolar epicardial leads in long-term follow-up
T. Ziegelhoeffer, T. Schwarz, W. Ehrlich, J. Sperzel, W. P. Kloevekorn, H. Burger
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kerckhoff-Clinic, Bad Nauheim.
BREAK
Developmental aspects of cardiac sensitivity to ischemia - protective mechanisms in
the immature heart.
B. Ošťádal, I. Ošťádalová, F. Kolář, Z. Charvatová, I. Netuka
Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
Role of mitochondrial BK channels in cardioprotection by chronic hypoxia.
F. Kolář, G. Borchert
Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
Protein remodeling of the myocardial tissue.
V. Pelouch
2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Evaluation of the antioxidant status in conditions of diabetes mellitus.
J. Čársky
Institute of Medical Chemistry, Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of
Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava.
Red Wine polyphenolic compounds prevent the development of hypertension
O, Pecháňová, I. Bernátová, S. Vranková
Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
Protective action of 2,3-dihydromelatonin against the redox changes induced by
ischemia/reperfusion: effect on the brain.
O. Ondrejičková, S. Štolc, M. Dubovský, V. Šnirc
Institute of Experimental Pharmacology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
Melatonin inhibits oxidative stress and slows down hypertension development
J. Török, A. Zemančíková
Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
Reperfusion damage: Is it a separate syndrome or just a continuation of ischemic
alterations?
J. Styk , T. Ravingerová, J. Slezák
Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
Functional alterations of cardiac and renal Na,K-ATPase during diabetes mellitus
type 1.
N. Vrbjar, J. Vlkovičová, V. Javorková, L. Mézešová, M. Šteffek1, Z. Kyseľová1, A..
Gajdošíková1
Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 1Institute of
Experimental Pharmacology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
Subcellular myocardial adaptation to chronic ischemia.
J. Slezák, N. Tribulová, J. Styk, Ľ. Okruhlicová, T. Ravingerová
Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
Heterogeneity in distribution and expression of conexin-43 in the aorta of SHR a
HTG rats.
Ľ. Okruhlicová, K. Dlugošová, J. Slezák, N. Tribulová
Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
The role of intercellular connexin channels in the heart in prevention of malignant
arrhythmia
N. Tribulová, J. Radošinská, B. Bačová, Ľ. Okruhlicová, J. Slezák
Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
Matrix metalloproteinases and their role in pathology of cardiovascular diseases.
M. Ivanová, P. Šimončíková, A. Špániková, M. Barančík
Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
In vitro assessment of vascular reactivity by wire myograph
P. Bališ, P. Slezák, A. Púzserová, I. Bernátová
Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
Effect of antihypertensive therapy on functional properties of heart kidney and liver
mitochondria in spontaneously hypertensive rats: Influence of captopril.
J. Mujkošová, M. Ferko, O. Uličná1, I. Waczulíková2, N. Vrbjar
Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 1Laboratory of
Pharmacobiochemistry, 3rdDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,
Comenius University, Bratislava, 2Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics,
Division of Biomedical Physics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics,
Comenius University, Bratislava.
Damage and protection in acute diabetic myocardium: the role of mitochondria
M. Ferko, J. Mujkošová, D. Kincelová1, O. Uličná1, I. Waczulíková2
Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 1Laboratory of
Pharmacobiochemistry, 3rdDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,
Comenius University, Bratislava, 2Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics,
Division of Biomedical Physics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics,
Comenius University, Bratislava.
BREAK
12.00 Laudatio – J. Styk
Greetings
13.00 Reception