Thursday 20.5.2010
13:00 | Registration open |
14:00 - 15:00 | Executive Committee Meeting |
15:00 | Bus Transfer to the city centre of Vienna: St. Stephen´s Cathedral (Stephansdom) |
15:45 – 17:30 | Guided tour of the famous “Stephansdom” |
17:30 - 18:00 | Walk to the “Esterhazy-Keller” (historical wine tavern situated within the cellars of an old city palace that is still owned by the Esterhazy family) |
18:00 – 22:00 | Get together in the “Esterhazy-Keller” |
22:00 | Bus transfer to the Congress Hotel Wilhelminenberg |
Friday 21.5.2010
08:00 | Registration open |
Opening | |
9:00 - 9:20 | HG Kress, Vienna: Welcome and introductory remarks - 34 years of MH testing in Vienna |
9:20 - 9:30 | B. Kraft, Vienna: Program highlights |
IVCT and clinical issues | |
Chair: HG Kress, N. Pollock | |
9:30 - 9:45 | PV Antrade, Brazil: Physical abnormalities in Brazilian malignant hyperthermia susceptible patients |
9:45 - 10:00 | H Rosenberg, USA: Epidemiologic studies of MH and MH related comorbidities in children |
10:00 - 10:15 | V Glauber, Israel: In vitro contracture test for exploration of malignant hyperthermia susceptibility in a large Israeli family |
10:15 - 10:30 | N Pollock, New Zealand: Avoidance of exposure of MHN patients and relatives to anesthetic triggering |
10:30 - 10: 45 | H Rueffert, Germany: A short retrospection after 2000 IVCTs performed in Leipzig |
10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee Break |
11:15 - 12:00 | Invited Guest Lecture: J. Penninger, Vienna: "RANKL - From bone loss to regulation of body temperature" |
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
Genetics and experimental issues | |
Chair: L. Weigl, C. Müller-Reible | |
13:00 – 13:15 | D Fiszer, UK: Muscle gene expression profiles in malignant hyperthermia susceptible patients |
13:15 – 13:30 | L Weigl, Austria: Two mutations in a family with MHS/MHEh disposition |
13:30-13:45 | G Perotta, Italy: Sequence variants of the RYR 1 gene in a patient with Central Core Disease |
13:45 – 14:00 | S Levano, Switzerland: Use of resequencing Arrays to Identify Sequence Variants in MH patients |
14:00 – 14:15 | S Treves, UK: Calcium influx analysis by TIRF microscopy on cultured primary myotubes from patients with RYR 1 mutations |
14:30 - 15:00 | Coffee Break and Poster Session |
Mixed topics | |
Chair: P. Hopkins, H. Silva | |
15:15 – 15:30 | H Silva, Brazil: Malignant Hyperthermia hotline service in Brazil – Results of 2009 analysis |
15:30 – 15:45 | S Johannsen, Germany: Patient satisfaction and complications after muscle biopsy for malignant hyperthermia diagnostics |
15:45 – 16:00 | V Glauber, Israel: The Israeli MH Center |
16:15 – 16:30 | Clarke S, UK: Drugs triggering malignant hyperthermia reactions in the UK 1990-2009 |
16:30 – 16:45 | K Stowell, New Zealand: Loss of heterozygosity in lymphoblastoid cells from patients with malignant hyperthermia |
16:45 – 17:00 | P Gupta, UK: The anesthetic experience of patients following negative IVCT (MHN) |
17:00 - 17:30 | EMHG Award Session |
19:00 | Gala Dinner at Hotel Wilhelminenberg |
Saturday 22.5.2010
9:00 - 10:00 | Board Director's Meeting |
Updates and Projects | |
Chair: V. Tegazzin, A. Urwyler | |
10:00 - 10:20 | F Wappler, Germany: Guidelines for anesthesia in MH patients: an update |
10:20 - 10:35 | V Tegazzin, Italy: The EFHA project |
10:35 - 11:15 | H Rosenberg, MHAUS: History of MH: A North American Viewpoint |
11:15 - 12:15 | General Assembly |
12:15 | Meeting closure |
12:30 | Lunch (optional) |
19:30 | Rossini: L´ Italiana in Algeri, Opera (optional): “Staatsoper Wien” (National Opera House) |
