1st Annual International Heart Failure Conference

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Thu, 26 Nov 2015, 07:30

End

Fri, 27 Nov 2015, 05:30

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The program of the 2015 Heart Failure (HF) symposium has been designed to continue a tradition of providing a comprehensive, high level and clinically relevant update on prevention, diagnosis and management of heart failure (HF). The program includes lectures presented by experts in the field combined with interactive panel discussions. The extensive list of topics includes an update on the 2013 guidelines of the AHA/ACC, novel therapy of acute HF, cardio renal syndrome, sodium abnormalities, pulmonary hypertension, new biomarkers for diagnosis and treatment, HF with preserved systolic function, prevention of readmissions, rare cardiomyopathies, treatment of atrial fibrillation including stroke prevention and ablation, prevention of sudden death with wearable as well as implantable defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization therapy, use of temporary and permanent cardiac assist devices and percutaneous valve replacement. As in past years, the program was designed to provide a high level and clinically oriented update with the goal of improving the care of patients with heart failure.

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants will be able to:

• Review current state-of-the-art advances in prevention, diagnosis and management of heart failure.

• Evaluate, diagnose and manage a selected group of common clinical problems related to heart failure.

•Discuss recent concepts in the diagnostic and therapeutic modalities presented in selected topics and apply this knowledge to patient care

• Formulate evidence based treatment options for various diseases related to heart failure Apply clinical practice recommendations and evidence-based guidelines to advance patient

Highlighted Topics Include:

• Epidemiology of Heart Failure

• Update on Heart Failure Guidelines

• Update on Cardiovascular Risk Factors

• Hypertension and Heart Failure

• Dyslipidemia

• Diabetes and Heart Failure

• Adult Congenital Heart Disease

• Sleep-disordered breathing and heart failure

• Use of biomarkers in heart failure

• Recent Advances in Heart Failure Imaging (Echocardiography, MRI, Nuclear Cardiology, CT, Magnetic Resonance, others)

• Prevention of heart failure readmission

• Update on Acute Heart Failure

• Chemotherapy-induced myopathy

• Disease Management

• Cardiogenic shock

• Valvular heart disease

• Atrial Fibrillation and heart failure

• Remote hemodynamic monitoring

• Diastolic Heart Failure

• Heart Failure and Renal Dysfunction

• Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Disease

• Heart failure and Pregnancy

• Heart failure: Progress and Challenges

• Lifestyle issues in heart failure

• Success in heart failure: Future therapies

• Clinical & Debate Session

Target Audience

The program has been designed to provide cardiologists, internists, primary care physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other healthcare providers with the necessary information to increase knowledge with the goal of improving the care of patients with Heart Failure.

Doctors

1000 AED	Early Bird Registration (before 1st November 2015)
1200 AED	Late & Onsite registration (after 1st November 2015)

Non-Doctors

600 AED	Early Bird Registration (before 1st November 2015)
800 AED	Late & Onsite registration (after 1st November 2015)