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20th October 2023

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20th October 2023

HOT TOPICS IN HEART FAILURE

 

09:00 WELCOME AND OPENING
09:10 Diagnosis in Heart Failure
Chair: Otília Simões
Moderators: Rui Plácido, Tatiana Guimarães
09:10 Diagnostic devices in HF - Can it be a reality for us?
Speaker: João Agostinho
09:30 Cardiac magnetic resonance – the increasing importance in diagnosis and prognosis
Speaker: António Ferreira
09:50 HEFpEF: how to make the diagnosis?
Speaker: Sofia Alegria
10:10 Discussion
10:30 Symposium
“The new kids on the block for treatment of hyperkalemia in heart failure”
Speaker: Rui Baptista
10:50 COFFEE BREAK
11:10 Specific Aetiologies and Therapy
Chair: Inês Cruz
Moderators: Sílvia Aguiar, Bruno Piçarra
11:10 Cardiac amyloidosis – when to search? and how to treat?
Speaker: Dina Bento
11:30 Dilated/arrhythmogenic cardiomyophathy – personalized therapy – what is on the horizon?
Speaker: Luís Lopes
11:50 Ischemic heart disease - revascularization for ischemic ventricular dysfunction
Speaker: Gonçalo Morgado
12:10 Discussion
12:30 Symposium
"Heart Failure and Iron deficiency – indications and practical aspects of iron therapy”
Speaker: Marisa Peres
12:50 LUNCH
14:30 Pharmacological treatments
Chair: Francisca Delerue
Moderators: Catarina Sousa, Ana Soares
14:30 SGLT2i – indications/contraindications, evidence and practical aspects
Speaker: Sara Gonçalves
14:50 Sacubitril/valsartan – indications/contraindications, evidence and practical aspects
Speaker: Inês Almeida
15:10 Vericiguat and omecamtiv mecarbil – Will they be a reality in clinical practice in a near future?
Speaker: Daniel Caeiro
15:30 Discussion
15:50 Symposium
“When and who benefits from mitral clip?”
Speaker: Cláudia Jorge
16:10 COFFEE BREAK
16:30 Devices and Cardiac Rehabilitation
Chair: Miguel Mendes
Moderators: Luís Brandão, Bruno Valente
16:30 Cardiac resynchronization therapy - Who benefits? Conventional approach and the others – epicardial, left bundle branch pacing
Speaker: Dinis Mesquita
16:50 Ventricular arrythmias and sudden death – from guidelines to clinical practice
Speaker: Sofia Almeida
17:10 Cardiac rehabilitation – How to implement?
Speaker: Luisa Bento
17:30 Discussion
17:50 CLOSING