Programme

25 February 2023

10.00-11.00

1.Session:New developments in cardiology

Session Title: 50 years projections in cardiovascular medicine

Chairpersons: Mehmet Birhan Yılmaz, Tuğba Kemaloğlu Öz

  • Artificial intelligence in cardiac imaging - Erwan Donal
  • New promising drugs in the field of Cardiology - Rafael Vidal Perez
  • The journey from M-mode to Virtual Reality - Costas Papadopoulos

11.00-11.15 Coffee Break

11.15-12.15

  2. Session Topic: Coronary Artery Disease

  Session Title: Practical tips and tricks for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

  Chairpersons:Salvatore De Rosa, Aaysha Cader

  • Primary PCI – Alessandro Sticchi
  • Bifurcation stenting techniques - Alp Burak Çatakoğlu
  • Guiding Principles for Chronic Total Occlusion PCI - Uzeyir Rahimov

12:15-12.30 Coffee Break

12.30-13.30

3 .Session Topic: Heart Failure

Session Title: Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging in Heart Failure

Chairpersons: Patrizio Lancellotti, Zviad Kipiani

  • Tissue Characterization - Theo pezel
  • Diagnosis of Rare causes of heart failure - Francesca Graziani
  • Diastolic dysfunciton evaluation beyond conventional methods - Matteo Cameli

13.30-14.30 Lunch

14.30-15.30

4. Session Topic: Pulmonary Hypertension (PHT)

Session Title: How should we manage pulmonary hypertension?

Chairpersons: Prof. Reem Elkorashy, Hani Sabbour

  • Diagnosis of PHT; Echocardiogrpahy/catheterization - Ümit Yaşar Sinan
  • Medical treatment of PHT - Bülent Mutlu
  • Is surgery an option for CTEPH? - Gökçen Orhan

15.30-15.45 Coffee Break

15.45-16.45

5. Session Topic: CV risk factors!

Session Title: New options for cardiac risk factors management

Chairpersons:Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Mohammed Abdelhamid

  • PCSK9 inhibitors as a game changer - Lale Tokgözoğlu
  • Medical therapies for obesity - Erin Michos
  • HTN: From medical management to renal denervation - İsmail Polat Canbolat

16.45-17.00 Coffee Break

17.00-18.00

6. Session Topic: Structural Interventions

Session Title: Pushing the envelope

Chairpersons: Aydın Yıldırım, Enrique Garcia-Sayan

  • TAVR ViV assessment; Basilica bailout - Axel Unbehaun
  • Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair : Growing Evidence - Mohammed Zahan
  • Tricuspid valve, when all else fail (TRICVALVE) - Mirvat Alasnag

18.00-18.15 Coffee Break

18.15-19.15

7. Session Topic: Atrial fibrillation (AF)

Session Title: The best treatment options for patients with AF

Chairpersons:Ali Oto, Annabelle Volgman

  • When/Who should we refer for ablation? - Barış Akdemir
  • OAC treatment in specific groups with atrial fibrillation - Ahmed Mohsen
  • When is percutaneous Left atrial appendix closure a good option? - Sercan Okutucu

26 February 2023

8. Session Topic: Heart Failure

Session Title: Can we prevent Heart Failure?

Chairpersons:Petar Seferovic , Ahmet Çelik

  • In the diabetic patient - Abdallah Almaghraby
  • In patient with Cancer - Nigar Babazade
  • New therapies in HFpEF - Francesco Paneni

11.00-11.15 Coffee Break

11.15-12.15

9. Session Topic: Intensive Care Unit

Session Title: Echocardiography in Coronary Care Unit

Chairpersons: Navin C. Nanda, Alma Sthela Arrioja

  • Echo in VA ECMO, how to do? - Nicolas Merke
  • Echo in LVAD, an everyday challenge for echocardiography - Hatem Soliman
  • Lung ultrasound as the fastest tool -Guido Tavazzi

12.15-12.30 Coffee Break

12.30-13.30

10. Session Topic: Personal Development

Session Title: The secrets behind being a better version of yourself

Chairpersons:Alessia Gimelli, Stefania Di Fusco

  • The secrets of to be a good leader Krasimira Hristova
  • Beyond words; body language can speakMartha Gulati
  • How can we improve work-life balance? Biljana Parapid

13.30-14.30 Lunch

14.30-15.30

11. Session Topic: Cardiovascular Diseases in Women

Session Title: What do we know and what do we need to do?

Chairpersons: Zainab Dakhil, Nurgül Keser

  • Women are not small men - Silvia Castelletti
  • Gender differences in interventional coronary procedures Sinjini Biswas
  • How can we empower women doctors in Cardiology? - Julia Grapsa

15.30-15.45 Coffee Break

15.45-16.45

12. Session Topic:  Valvular Heart Diseases

Session Title:Different perspectives on the Mitral Valve

Chairpersons:Luigi Badano, Victoria Delgado

  • Is Mitral valve prolapse important? - Ritu Thamman
  • Perioperative evaluation of mitral valve -Corrado Fiore
  • New minimally invasive surgical treatment options in severe MR - Öztekin Oto

16.45-17.00 Coffee Break

17.00-18.00

13. Session Topic: Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)

Session Title: What we need to know about ACHD in daily practice

Chairpersons:Gionani DiSalvo, Jole Sabatino

  • Echo assessment and protocols in patients with ACHD - Pushpa Sivaram
  • Role of 3D echocardiography in ACHD - Alex Felix
  • Role of multimodality imaging /CT and CMR/ for assessment of patients with ACHD - Sarah Moharem

18.00-18.15 Coffee Break

18.15-19.15

14. Session Topic: Acute Cardiac Care

Session Title: Chain of survival

Chairpersons: Jason Katz , Konstantin Krychtiuk

  • Helping bystanders -Awad Zeid
  • Cardiac arrest centers - small step for man, huge for mankind - Milica Aleksic
  • eCPR any place, any time- a reason to believe - Jan Belohlavek