THE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CONTINUUM IN THE ERA OF EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE

24th November 2017

12:00 -14:00 Registration

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Filini Restaurant / Surface Lounge Bar

14.00 – 14.30 INTRODUCTORY PART The Aim and Objectives of the Course Alexander Aladashvili (GE) – Jeroen Bax (NL)

14.30 – 15.30 DISTINGUISHED ESC TALKS Chairpersons: Alexander Aladashvili(GE) – Fausto Pinto (PT) > The cycle of research, education and medical practice Jeroen Bax (NL) > Cost and effectiveness. The basis of nowadays health care Panos Vardas (GR)

15.30 – 16.30 CLINICAL SEMINAR I ESC GUIDELINES 2016, 2017 Chairpersons: Vakhtang Chumburidze (GE) – Jeroen Bax (NL) > 2016 European Guidelines on cardiovascular prevention in clinical practice Fausto Pinto (PT) > ESC Heart Failure Guidelines 2016 Petar Seferovic (RS) > Updates on 2017 European Guidelines for the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Archil Chukhrukidze (GE) > Discussion

16.30 – 17.00 Break

17.00 – 18.00 CLINICAL SEMINAR II ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AS A SEVERE CHRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Chairpersons: Merab Mamatsashvili (GE) – Petar Seferovic (RS) > Key determinants for arterial hypertension assessment Zurab Klimiashvili (GE) > Pathophysiology of hypertension and pleiotropic effects of different classes of antihypertensives Fausto Pinto (PT) > Arterial hypertension management Leonidas Poulimenos (GR) > Discussion

18.00 – 18.30 LECTURE HYPERURICEMIA AS CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTOR Chairpersons: Zaza Lominadze (GE) – Leonidas Poulimenos (GR) > Hyperuricemia and CV Outcomes Kakhaber Chelidze (GE)

18.30 – 19.30 CLINICAL SEMINAR III ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE Pathophysiology as the main axis of therapeutic decisions Chairpersons: Archil Chukhrukidze (GE) – Petar Seferovic (RS) > Myocardial ischaemia and the ischaemic cascade: How to image? Jeroen Bax (NL) > Angina management in real life. How to choose the right therapy for the right patient Panos Vardas (GR) > Discussion

20.00 Dinner Filini Restaurant / Surface Lounge Bar

25th November 2017

09.00 – 10.00 CLINICAL SEMINAR IV THE ELDERLY CVD PATIENT. SPECIAL NEEDS AND CARE Chairpersons: Alexander Aladashvili (GE) – Panos Vardas (GR) > Diabetes, Arterial Hypertension and Coronary Artery Disease in the elderly Leonidas Poulimenos (GR) > The increased complexity of heart failure treatment in the elderly patients Khatuna Jalabadze (GE) > Discussion

10.00 – 10.30 Break

10.30 – 11:00 A STATE OF THE ART LECTURE Chairpersons: Tamar Vakhtangadze (GE) – Fausto Pinto (PT) > The future of Cardiovascular Medicine Panos Vardas (GR)

11.00 – 12.30 CLINICAL SEMINAR V DAILY PRACTICE – CLINICAL CASES Chairpersons: Zurab Pagava (GE) – Leonidas Poulimenos (GR) > A 64-year-old female patient with a history of Myocardial Infarction (MI), Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and stable angina Petar Seferovic (RS) > A 76-year-old hypertensive patient with comorbidities Inga Bochorishvili (GE) > A 72-year-old patient with post-AMI, dyslipidemia and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction Zviad Kereselidze (GE) > Discussion

12.30 – 12.45 CLOSING REMARKS - END OF THE COURSE

12.45 Lunch Filini Restaurant / Surface Lounge Bar