HEART IN VENICE: FROM ATHEROSCLEROSIS TO THE MANAGEMENT OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASES

Atherosclerotic pathology is changing over time affecting younger people with a modest burden of risk factors. This aspect leads to a consideration on whether the guidelines and the consequent preventive actions are currently effective and adequate. Considering the fact of non-invasive and invasive diagnostic tools have made an extraordinary strides forward it’s time to match each other in an interdisciplinary approach,focusing on the patient with the real probability of coronary artery disease. In this regards aim to this meeting is that of reconsidering the role of guidelines, matching the different tools for diagnosing coronary artery disease, starting from pre-clinical phase to acute phase, through a clinical chronic state, and matching the latest interventional and medical therapies.