International Society for Heart Research--XVI World Congress. 27-31 May 1998, Rhodes, Greece.
This congress was organized by David Hearse (St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK) and Roberto Ferrari (Brescia, Italy). It was intended to stimulate progress in cardiovascular biology and medicine by allowing basic and clinical scientists to interact and communicate. The 2000 delegates had the opportunity to attend more than 50 major symposia and discuss almost 800 free communications as moderated posters over the five days. The abstracts have been published in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology (1998) 30. The achievements of cardiovascular pharmacology were specifically recognized at this meeting, both the advances of the last 30 years as well as the possibilities for the future. The amount of information presented in the six to eight concurrent symposia means that this review will, of necessity, emphasize the reviewer's prejudices regarding the achievements and future directions of cardiovascular pharmacology.
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Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia. brown@plpk.uq.edu.au