IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

Industry Round Table: Where Are the New Drugs? (IAGS 2004)

08/01/2008

Moderator: Mike Cowley Panelists: Scott Byrd and Philip Reid (Eli Lilly and Company); Renato DeRita (Centocor); John Spencer (Genentech)

Moderator: Mike Cowley Panelists: Sco...

Philip Reid (Eli Lilly & Company): Speaking as a cardiologist, not as a neurologist, I find that the challenge with the trial that Renato has just described is to demonstrate the efficacy of abciximab in acute nonhemorrhagic stroke patients....

Philip Reid (Eli Lilly &...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

Working Together in the Treatment of Carotid Artery Disease

08/01/2008

L. Nelson Hopkins, MD

When I think about the way we treat carotid disease, I see a great example of multiple specialties that are not working together. Everybody has something to offer the specialty of carotid stenting, and everybody, in my view, needs to possess...

When I think about the way we...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

The Current State of Stroke and Stroke Treatment

08/01/2008

L. Nelson (Nick) Hopkins, MD

David Holmes really set the stage with his discussion, but let me also summarize what stroke means today. After suffering a major stroke, one-third of patients will recover, one-third will die, and one-third will be wrecked; it’s the latter...

David Holmes really set the...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

Contemporary Prevention, Management and Treatment of Stroke ‚Äî Who Will Treat Acute Stroke in 2010 and How Will It Be Treated? Se

08/01/2008

David Holmes, MD, Moderator

We’re going to move on to the second session entitled: Contemporary Prevention, Management and Treatment of Stroke — Who Will Treat Acute Stroke in 2010 and How Will It Be Treated?The data on this first slide (Figure 1) show the magnitude of...

We’re going to move on to the...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

Bridging the Gaps Surrounding Coronary Artery Stenting: The Current State of Carotid Stenting

08/01/2008

Frank Criado, MD

I’m going to give you a perspective on where we see the current state of carotid artery stenting from the regulatory and reimbursement perspectives, and perhaps a bit of technical unmet needs and future prospects. Obviously, this is going to...

I’m going to give you a...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

Industry Update: Acute Ischemic Stroke

08/01/2008

Renato DeRita, MS

First of all, I would like to thank the organizers of this meeting, particularly Dr. Michael Cowley, who asked me to attend. It’s an honor to be here. As a biochemist who has spent most of his life with his head in the “cell-culture”...

First of all, I would like to...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

9th Biennial International Andreas Gruentzig Society: New Developments in Gene
Therapy and Stem Cells for Angiogenesis in the

08/01/2008

Sigrid Nikol, MD, William W. O‚ÄôNeill, MD, Joseph Babb, MD, Jorge Belardi, MD, Timothy Henry, MD, Robert Simari, MD

Sigrid Nikol, MD, William W. O‚ÄôNeil...

Prof. Dr. Sigrid Nikol MD: I welcome you to this session, New Developments in Gene Therapy and Stem Cells for Angiogenesis in the Treatment of Myocardial Infarction. Initial developments of regenerative therapies were mainly angiogenesis...

Prof. Dr. Sigrid Nikol MD: I...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

9th Biennial IAGS Meeting: From Gene Transfer to Cell Therapy

08/01/2008

Robert Simari, MD

Robert Simari, MD: I appreciate this opportunity to present some general insights into the fields of gene and cell therapy, both from a perspective as an experimental biologist, as a clinician as well as from a regulatory perspective to see...

Robert Simari, MD: I appreciate...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

The Beginning of Balloon Conception and Application in
Peripheral Arterial Disease

08/01/2008

Alfred Bollinger, MD and Maria Schlumpf, PA

Alfred Bollinger, MD and Maria Schlum...

When German-born Andreas Roland Grüntzig arrived in 1969 in Zurich, Switzerland, and joined the Angiology Division of the University Hospital, founded some years before, he stated: “I have dedicated my life to the vascular diseases”.1 First,...

When German-born Andreas Roland...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

Adjunctive Diagnostic Instruments for PCI

08/01/2008

Larry S. Dean, MD

Since the discovery of X-rays in 1895, there has been continuous development, first of imaging techniques, but over the last several decades, of therapeutics, to address the number-one killer of individuals in the industrialized world….heart...

Since the discovery of X-rays in...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology