5th ECS CONGRESS

5th ECS CONGRESS
DUBAI 2014 | 6 to 8 November
Thursday, 6th November 2014
07:00 - 09:00 Registration
Session I: Cardiovascular Imaging
Chairs: Safaa Al Mohdar, UAE | Sanjeev Agarwal, UAE
Al Ras Ballroom
09:00 - 09:20
Haemodynamics Features of Restrictive vs. Constrictive Cardiomyopathy
Alessandro Salustri, UAE
09:20 - 09:40
Diagnostic Value of Contrast ECHO
Thar El Baage, Qatar
09:40 - 10:00
Role of Cardiac Imaging in Cardiac Intervention Mouaz Al Mallah, KSA
10:00 - 10:20
Role of CMR in Regurgitant Atrio-Ventricular Valve Disease
Gianluca Pontone, Italy
10:20 - 10:40
LV Function Assessment - Looking Beyond Ejection Fraction
Amrish Agrawal, UAE
10:40 - 11:10
Exhibition Opening & Coffee Break
Exhibition Area
Session II: Hot Topics in Cardiovascular Diseases
Chairs: Afzal Yusufali, UAE | Sami AlHashimi, UAE | Azan Binbrek, UAE
Al Ras Ballroom
11:10 - 11:30
Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation in the “Real World”
Sylvia Haas, Germany
11:30 - 11:50
25 x 25: At the Heart of Global Health - Is It Realistic? Can It Be Achieved?
Nooshin Bazargani, UAE
11:50 - 12:10
Rapid Access Clinics - A Combined Approach for Optimum Patient Outcome
Trudie Lobban, UK
12:10 - 12:30
Acute Cardiac Care Programme in the UAE
Ahmed Taha, UAE
12:30 - 13:15
New Advances and Practical Dimensions of Optimizing
Al Ras Ballroom
Antithrombotic Management in AF
Chairman: Alawi Alsheikh-Ali, UAE | Speaker: Andreas Zirlik, Germany
Symposium by Bayer
13:15 - 14:00
Lunch Break
Exhibition Area
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Session III: Valvular Heart Disease Al DUBAI
Ras Ballroom
2014 |6 to 8 November
Chairs: Mohammed Abdelaziz, UAE | Luc Tambeur, UAE | Basil Alzamkan, UAE
14:00 - 14:20
Update in Aortic Valve Regurgitation: When To Refer To Surgery?
Hosam Zaky, UAE
14:20 - 14:40
Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement: David or Yacoub?
Karl Gunnar Svensson, Sweden
14:40 - 15:00
The Enigmatic Valve: Functional Tricaspid Valve Regurgitation Zohair AlHalees, KSA
15:00 - 15:20
Guidelines for Treatment of Infective Endocarditis
Ghazi Radaideh, UAE
15:20 - 15:40
Coffee Break
Exhibition Area Session IV: Guidelines in CVD - Is Volume Related to Outcome?
Chairs: Fawzi AlSafadi, UAE | Yahya Kiwan, UAE
Al Ras Ballroom
15:40 - 16:00
Recent ESC Guidelines for Vascularization Omar Hallak, UAE
16:00 - 16:20
Ischemic Heart Disease – Is Volume Related to Outcome
Johannes Bonatti, UAE
16:20 - 16:40
Volume - Outcome Relation in PCI Procedures
Abdulmajeed Al Zubaidi, UAE
16:40 - 17:00
ECMO: Quo Vadis?
Frank Merkle, Germany
5 ECS CONGRESS
17:00 - 17:45 Most Recent Updates on the Role of the Anticoagulants in AF Patients
Al Ras Ballroom
Chairman: Wael Al Mahmeed, UAE | Speaker: Irina Savelieva, UK
Symposium by BMS
5th ECS CONGRESS
DUBAI 2014 | 6 to 8 November
Friday, 7th November 2014
07:00 - 08:00 Registration
Session V: Arrhythmia
Chairs: Najib Al-Rawahi, Oman | Ghazi Radaideh, UAE
Al Ras Ballroom
08:00 - 08:20
Implantable Implantable Defibrillator for the Non-Electrophysiologist:
Omer Elhag, UAE
From Shocks to Exercise and Magnets to Cell Phones 08:20 - 08:40
Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Arrhythmia – From Cure to Substrate Modification
Mohammad Almuhairi, UAE
08:40 - 09:00
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy – Refined and Updated Guidance
Hani Sabbour, UAE
09:00 - 09:20
Spice, Fire, and Ice: Management of AF in the 21st Century
Alawi Alsheikh-Ali, UAE
09:20 - 09:35
Coffee Break
Exhibition Area Session VI: Heart Failure & Acute Cardiac Care
Chairs: Walid Shaker, UAE | Nikhit Sayed, UAE
Al Ras Ballroom
09:35 - 09:55 Medical Management in Chronic Heart Failure Arif Al Mulla, UAE
09:55 - 10:15
CVD and Sleep Disorders
Mohammed Al Houqaini, UAE
10:15 - 10:35
Veno-Arterial Carbon Dioxide Gradient as Surroget Marker in Cardiogenic Shock
Ahmed Taha, UAE
10:35 - 10:55
Role of Pulmonary Artery Catheter in Assessment of Haemodynamics
Ralph Marktanner, UAE
10:55 - 11:15
Role of Assist Devices in HF - When and What Type
Feras Bader, Kuwait
11:15 - 12:00
The Cardiovascular Continuum
Al Ras Ballroom
Speakers: Wael Al Mahmeed, UAE | Björn Dahlöf, Sweden | Iain B Squire, UK
Symposium by Novartis
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch Break & Prayer
Session VII: Cardiac Surgery
Al Ras Ballroom
Chairs: Obaid Aljassim, UAE | Abdulrahman AlBlooshi, UAE | Johannes Bonatti, UAE | Uwe Klima, UAE
13:30 - 13:50
On Pump Beating Heart CABG
Habib Al Tareif, Bahrain
13:50 - 14:10
Surgery for Severe Ischemic Cardiomiopathy with Mitral Regurgitation
Antonio Calafiore, KSA
14:10 - 14:30
Minimal Invasive in Cardiac Surgery Rafiq Abu Samra, UAE
14:30 - 14:50
Current Practice in Total Arterial Revascularizations
Steven Griffin, UAE
14:50 - 15:10
Should Saphenous Vein Still be Used as Conduits for CABG?
Abdulrahman AlBlooshi, UAE
15:10 - 15:30
Coffee Break
Exhibition Area
Session VIII: General Cardiology
Chairs: Cother Hajat, UAE | Pradeep Gupta, UAE | Afzal Hussein Yusufali, UAE
Al Ras Ballroom
15:30 - 15:50
Pulmonary HTN in the UAE Mohammed Bader Al Seiari, UAE
15:50 - 16:10
The Salt Controversy: PURE Study
Afzal Hussein Yusufali, UAE
16:10 - 16:30
Comparative Review of the Different Guidelines of Hypertension Management
Björn Dahlöf, Sweden
16:30 - 16:50
Obtaining Reliable Evidence on the Determinants of NCDs in the UAE: Raghib Ali, UAE
The Abu Dhabi Cohort Study
16:50 - 17:10
What Do We Know About Smoking in the Middle East
Exhibition Area
Cother Hajat, UAE
Saturday, 8th November 2014
07:00 - 09:00 Registration
Session IX: Joint Session ECS & ACC
Al Ras Ballroom Chairs: Alawi Alsheikh-Ali, UAE | Nooshin Bazargani, UAE | Khalid Al Muti, UAE
09:00 - 09:20
Guideline Driven Management of Atrial Fibrillation in 2014
Bradley Knight, USA
09:20 - 09:40
Brugada Syndrome in the Gulf: Early Findings and Future Directions
Salem Al Kaabi, UAE
09:40 - 10:00
Syncope Evaluation in the Modern Era
Bradley Knight, USA
10:00 - 10:20
Updates on STEMI program in Egypt - SFL initiative
Mohamed Sobhy, Egypt
10:20 - 10:40
Coffee Break Exhibition Area
Session X: Joint Session ECS & ACC
Al Ras Ballroom
Chairs: Wael Al Mahmeed, UAE | Nikos Tzemos, UAE | Olivier Jegaden, UAE
10:40 - 11:00
Mitral Regurgitation: How Do the Guidelines Treat Primary vs Secondary MR
James Thomas, USA
11:00 - 11:20
Is Minimal Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Here to Stay?
Johannes Bonatti, UAE
11:20 - 11:40
Guidelines for Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement:
James Thomas, USA
Clinical and Imaging Aspects
11:40 - 12:00
Dilemma of TAVI vs. High Risk AVR
Olivier Jegaden, UAE
12:00 - 12:45 Role of Antiplatelets in ACS Management
Al Ras Ballroom
Chair: Fahad Baslaib, UAE | Speaker: Kadhim Sulaiman, Oman
Symposium by Sanofi
12:45 - 13:15
Winning Abstracts Presentation & Awards
13:15 - 14:00
Lunch Break
Session XI: The Role of Advanced Cardiac Imaging in Heart Failure
Al Ras Ballroom
University of Padova, Italy & Dubai Hospital, UAE
Chairs: Arif Al Mulla, UAE | Sabino Iiceto, Italy | Wael Al Mahmeed, UAE | Alessandro Salustri, UAE
14:00 - 14:30
Clinical Case from Dubai: Controversy in HOCM Arif Al Mulla, UAE
14:30 - 15:00
Clinical Case from Padova: The Role of Cardiac MRI
Martina Perazzolo Marra, Italy
15:00 - 15:30
Clinical Case from Dubai: The Role of Stress Echocardiography
Alessandro Salustri, UAE
15:30 - 16:00
Clinical Case from Padova: The Role of Non Invasive Coronary Flow Reserve
Francesco Tona, Italy
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee Break
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