Thursday 28 June, 2018
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 16:45 | Welcome (admission and registration starts at 16:00) | |
| 17:00 | TBD | |
| 17:45 | TBD | |
| 18:30 | Potential Industry-sponsored Symposium | |
| 19:30 | Welcome Reception |
Friday 29 June, 2018
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Echocardiography Subtopics: Heart Failure, Valve Disease, Aorta, New Technical Developments | José L. Zamorano |
| 09:45 | Advanced Cardiac Imaging Subtopics: CMR: Cardiomyopathies, Pacemakers, Valvular Disease; CT: CAD Prevention, Stable Angina, Unstable Angina | Udo Sechtem |
| 10:45 | Speaker's Corner – Break | |
| 11:15 | Interventions Subtopics: Coronary Revascularisation | Kurt Huber |
| 12:00 | Cardiac Surgery Subtopics: Coronary Bypass Surgery in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, Off-Pump versus On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement | Olaf Wendler |
| 12:45 | Speaker's Corner – Lunch Break | |
| 13:45 | Cardiomyopathy / Myocarditis Subtopics: HCM: Current Research of Disease Modifying Therapies, Revised Definition of DCM, Genetic Overlap Between DCM and PPCM | Andre Keren |
| 14:30 | Heart Failure Subtopics: Pharmacotherapy Update, Interatrial Shunt, Diastolic HF, Acute HF | Michael Böhm |
| 15:30 | Speaker's Corner – Break | |
| 16:00 | Atrial Fibrillation & Stroke Prevention Subtopics: Use of NOACs in Valvular Atrial Fibrillation, Efficacy of NOACs for SPAF in Patients Receiving Polypharmacy, Use of NOACs in Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation | Riccardo Cappato |
| 16:45 | Ventricular Arrhythmias Subtopics: Risk Stratification, Device Therapy-CRT, Device Therapy-ICD, Ablation | Béla Merkely |
| 17:30 | Speaker's Corner – End of Day |
Saturday 30 June, 2018
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 08:15 | Interactive Case Discussions (main hall) | |
| 09:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 09:30 | Stable Coronary Artery Disease Subtopics: Medical Therapy, Revascularization in LMD and MVD, Treatment of Advanced Forms of SCAD | Michal Tendera |
| 10:15 | Acute Coronary Syndrome Subtopics: NSTEMI: Diagnosis, Invasive Timing & Long Term Outcome; STEMI: Primary PCI | Christian Hamm |
| 11:15 | Speaker's Corner – Lunch Break - ePoster Awards | |
| 12:00 | Valvular Heart Disease & Congenital Defects Subtopics: Management of Valvular Heart Disease, Catheter Interventional Treatment, Congenital Heart Disease | Helmut Baumgartner |
| 12:45 | TBD | |
| 13:30 | Speaker's Corner – End of Congress |
