Thursday 28 June, 2018
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 16:45 | Welcome (admission and registration starts at 16:00) | |
| 17:00 | Ventricular Arrhythmias Subtopics: Risk Stratification, Medical Management, Device Therapy, Ablation | Béla Merkely/Robert Hatala |
| 17:45 | Stable Coronary Artery Disease Subtopics: Can we alter prognosis in pts with stable CAD? New data on classical approaches, Novel approaches targeting: thrombosis, lipids, inflammation | Michal Tendera |
| 18:30 | Symposium: Hyperkalaemia and Iron Deficiency: How too much or too little may affect the Heart - Case Studies* *industry-sponsored | |
| 19:15 | Welcome Reception |
Friday 29 June, 2018
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Echocardiography Subtopics: Atrial Function, Prognosis in Acute HF - News?, Valve Disease, New Guidelines, New Technical Developments | José L. Zamorano |
| 09:45 | Advanced Cardiac Imaging Subtopics: CMR: cardiomyopathies – myocardial inflammation - valvular disease CT: CT-FFR - CAD prevention – stable angina – ACS | Udo Sechtem |
| 10:30 | Speaker's Corner – Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 | Valvular Heart Disease & Congenital Defects Subtopics: Aortic Stenosis and Regurgitation, Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation, Anitcoagulation in Valvular Heart Disease | Helmut Baumgartner |
| 11:45 | Coronary Interventions & Anti-Thrombotic Strategies Subtopics: Acute Coronary Syndromes: Guideline Update, Current and Future Developments, Antithrombotic Strategies: Guideline Update, Current and Future Development | Kurt Huber |
| 12:30 | Speaker's Corner – Lunch Break | |
| 13:30 | Cardiac Surgery Subtopics: 2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on VHD, News on Surgical Treatment of CAD, Mitral Valve Treatment in Patients with Severe Annular Calcification | Olaf Wendler |
| 14:15 | Cardiomyopathy / Myocarditis Subtopics: Myopericarditis, Hypertrophic, Noncompaction, Peripartum, Amyloid Cardiomyopathies | Andre Keren |
| 15:00 | Speaker's Corner – Coffee Break | |
| 15:30 | Heart Failure Subtopics: News on Heart Failure mid-range Ejection Fraction (HFmrEF), Therapy Control by NT-proBNP, New Therapies, Diastolic Heart Failure, Acute Heart Failure | Michael Böhm |
| 16:15 | Hot Topic: Cardio-Oncology Subtopics: Cardio-Oncology, Trastuzumab and Cardiotoxicity, BCr-Abl Inhibitors, Proteasome Inhibitors and Cardiotoxicity, Ceckpoint Inhibitors and Cardiotoxicity | Alex Lyon |
| 17:00 | Speaker's Corner – End of Day |
Saturday 30 June, 2018
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 08:45 | Case Discussion (main hall) Where is Renal Denervation? Updates from the SPYRAL HTN Clinical Program* *industry-sponsored | |
| 09:15 | Short Break | |
| 09:30 | Atrial Fibrillation & Stroke Prevention | Riccardo Cappato |
| 10:15 | Hypertension Subtopics: Target blood pressure values revisited, Drug treatment up to date, Adherence issues, eHealth in hypertension, Interventional treatment options | Felix Mahfoud |
| 11:00 | Speaker's Corner – Lunch Break - ePoster Awards | |
| 11:45 | Anti-Atherosclerotic Targets: Inflammation, Lipids, Glucose Subtopics: Importance of Lifetime Cardiovascular Risk Management, Lipids, Diabetes, Inflammation, Overall Prevention Strategy/Delivery | John Deanfield |
| 12:30 | Sports Cardiology Subtopics: International Recommendations for ECG Interpretation in Athletes, Role of Genetic Testing in Sports Cardiology, Impact of Anabolic Steroids on the Heart | Sanjay Sharma |
| 13:15 | Speaker's Corner – End of Congress |
