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Welcome to the Internet broadcast of Heart Failure: Beyond Y2K, a plenary session presented by the American Heart Association in cooperation with the European Society of Cardiology and World Heart Federation. This program was originally held during the AHA's 72^nd Scientific Sessions on November 8, 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Funding for this program has been provided through an unrestricted educational grant from Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Webcast Program
Heart Failure: Beyond Y2K

	Chairs:	Arthur M. Feldman, MD, PhD, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
		Lars Rydén, MD, Stockholm, Sweden

	Speakers:	Beta-Blockers in Heart Failure Treatment
		Finn Waagstein, MD, PhD, Gothenberg, Sweden

		Diuretics in Heart Failure Management
		Mariell Jessup, MD, Philadelphia, PA, USA

		Endothelin Blockade and Natriuretic Peptides
		John C. Burnett, Jr., MD, Rochester, MN, USA

		Drug Dosing - Are We Giving Enough?
		James B. Young, MD, Cleveland, OH, USA

		Angiotensin II Receptor Blockade
		John J. V. McMurray, MD, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

		Sponsored by the AHA Councils on Clinical Cardiology, Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, High Blood Pressure Research, Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Nursing, the European Society of Cardiology and the World Heart Federation.

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