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Heart Failure Society of America 13th Annual Scientific Meeting to Focus on a Bench-To-Bedside Approach September 13-16, 2009, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA National and International Health Care Professionals Will Convene to Learn, Discuss and Debate New Research Findings and Treatment Strategies for Heart Failure Patients

BOSTON, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Heart Failure Society of America's (HFSA) 13th Annual Scientific Meeting convened Sunday, September 13, 2009 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. This three-day meeting -- a forum for heart failure specialists to present research findings and advances in treatment -- will address emerging trends in research and new developments in the approach to treating patients with this condition.

The scientific program will kick off with an opening plenary session, "Personalized Medicine: The Dawn of a New Era," today at 8:30 a.m. This session will be anchored by Journalist David Duncan, author of The Experimental Man: What one man's body reveals about his future, your health, and our toxic world.

Following the Opening Plenary will be simultaneous sessions with presentations by national and international heart failure experts, scientists, and allied health care professionals. Many will focus on the progressive treatments for heart failure and the increased risk faced by patients.

"This year's conference will present exciting new information," said Dr. Douglas Mann, President, HFSA. "Leaders in the field will discuss causes and treatment of heart failure and the important socio-economic issues surrounding this condition."

Other scientific meeting sessions that address important heart failure issues include:

-- Clinical Use of Stem Cells in the Heart: What Have We Learned?

-- Cardiovascular Disease: The Hidden Killer in Adult Survivors of

Childhood Cancer

-- Is the Physical Exam Obsolete?

-- New Development in Gene Therapy for Heart Failure

Late Breaking heart failure Clinical Trials to be presented include:

-- Improving Evidence-Based Care for Heart Failure in Outpatient Cardiology

Practices: Primary Results of IMPROVE HF

-- Reduction in the Risk of Heart Failure with Preventive Cardiac

Resynchronization Therapy: MADIT-CRT

-- Effects of Rolofylline, A Selective Adenosine A1 Antagonist in Patients

Hospitalized for ADHF and Renal Impairment: Findings from the PROTECT

study

For a complete list of annual meeting sessions or for details on attending the conference, call (617) 226-7183 or visit www.hfsa.org and click on Annual Scientific Meeting. There is no registration fee for accredited journalists. Interview areas will be available on-site in addition to a fully-staffed press room with phone and internet accessibility. You may also follow news from the 2009 annual meeting on Twitter #hfsa.

About Heart Failure

Heart failure is a progressive condition in which the heart muscle becomes weakened after it is injured from heart attack or high blood pressure and gradually loses its ability to pump enough blood to supply the body's needs. Many people are not aware they have heart failure because the symptoms are often mistaken for signs of getting older. Heart failure affects from 4.6 to 4.8 million individuals in the United States. Demographic and clinical evidence strongly suggest the prevalence of heart failure will increase throughout the next decade. Ten to 15 years ago heart failure was considered a "death sentence;" however, recent advances in treatment have shown that early diagnosis and proper care in early stages of the condition are key to slowing, stopping or in some cases reversing progression, improving quality of life, and extending life expectancy. For more information on heart failure, please visit www.abouthf.org.

About the Heart Failure Society of America

The Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) is a nonprofit educational organization, founded in 1994 as the first organized association of heart failure experts. Today HFSA has over 1,700 members and provides a forum for all those interested in heart function, heart failure research and patient care. The Society also serves as a resource for governmental agencies (FDA, NIH, NHLBI, CMS). The HFSA Annual Scientific Meeting is designed to highlight recent advances in the development of strategies to address the complex epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic issues of heart failure. Additional information on HFSA can be found at www.hfsa.org.

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The Heart Failure Society of America

CONTACT: Ben Hendricks for The Heart Failure Society of America,+1-617-226-7183, or Cell, +1-522-2978, bhendricks@bellpottingerusa.com

Web site: http://www.hfsa.org/

Activa Live Chat's operator console is the first and only application of its kind to be available in English and Spanish

Activa Live, Inc., a leading provider of cloud computing live chat solutions for customer service, support and proactive online sales, today announced a new localized version of Activa Live Chat to support its international growth and to address demand in emerging global markets.

Activa Live Chat's operator console is the first and only application of its kind to be available in English and Spanish. In addition, the customer-facing portion of the service is now fully localized in 11 languages including English, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. These localizations compliment Activa Live Chat's existing support for all left-to-right character sets.

"The desire to take advantage of Activa Live Chat's innovative and one-of-a-kind features is increasing worldwide," said Activa Live president Jeffrey Kazmierski. "Now our live chat software and service can be leveraged by greater numbers of new and existing customers with international contact center operations."

Activa Live Chat's updated agent console can transition between languages on-the-fly without the need for language packs or add-ons to be purchased or installed. The software also allows individual agents to independently select and work in their desired language while servicing the same customers as other agents within the contact center.

Customers of the service also can change the language of their individual live chat deployments with a quick and easy settings change. Combined with the service's robust ability to segment online visitors, customers can offer live chat in multiple languages on the same Website.

The localization features are a standard part of Activa Live Chat's single and straightforward service offering where all features are included and available to all customers both paid and trial.

About Activa Live

Activa Live is a leading cloud computing service provider of enterprise level, on-demand live chat software for customer service, support and online proactive sales interactions. Its innovative live chat software, Activa Live Chat, empowers organizations to monitor, identify and engage with online visitors in real-time, helping increase sales and customer satisfaction, while decreasing support costs. Activa Live Chat boasts numerous exclusive features including an operator console that's available in both a no-software, browser-based version and a desktop version for all platforms in complete parity. Other trailblazing features include Message Sneak-Peek that reveals what a visitor is typing before their message is sent, and Velocity Messaging that automatically finds the best answer for customer questions without agents searching through libraries of canned responses. Customers, partners and developers also leverage the Activa Live Chat platform through its software development kit (SDK) and powerful Chatlet development kit (CDK) by building custom live chat applications and integrating with other business systems and services. Activa Live Chat's modern, scalable and secure architecture offers the most features and value for customers worldwide who require the very best from their live chat solution. For more information, visit http://www.activalive.com or call 1-888-4-CHAT-44.

Activa Live, Inc.

CONTACT: Jason Hathaway, +1-888-424-2844, prcontact@activalive.com

Web site: http://www.activalive.com/

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