HEART FAILURE AT CROSSROADS
Bergamo (Italy), November 27th - 29th, 2014
Organized by
CLINICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, BERGAMO HOSPITAL (FROM)
AZIENDA OSPEDALIERA PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII - BERGAMO
Promoted by
FONDAZIONE
INTERNAZIONALE
MENARINI
Under the Auspice of
FIC – Italian Federation of Cardiology
Thursday, November 27th, 2014 – Afternoon
Teatro Sociale - Via Colleoni, 4 - Bergamo
04.00 p.m. - 05.00 p.m. Saluti di Benvenuto / Welcome Addresses
Alessandro Casini, President of
“Fondazione Internazionale Menarini”
Carlo Nicora, General Director, “Ospedale
Papa Giovanni XXIII”, Bergamo
Tiziano Barbui, Scientific Director, FROM
Fondazione per la Ricerca,
Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo
Antonello Gavazzi, FROM Fondazione per
la Ricerca, Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII,
Bergamo
Michele Senni, Cardiologia 1 – Scompenso
e Trapianti di Cuore,
Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo
05.00 p.m. - 06.00 p.m. Lettura Magistrale / Keynote Address
Mihai Gheorghiade
Heart Failure Research over the last 10
years:
the Last Unconquered Frontier in
Cardiology
06.00 p.m. - 06.30 p.m. Question and answers Discussion
06.30 p.m. - 08.00 p.m. Tavola rotonda sui “Network di Patologia”
/ Round Table on “Pathology Networks”
Mihai Gheorghiade, Michele Senni,
Antonello Gavazzi, Tiziano Barbui
Friday, November 28th, 2014 – Morning
Session I:
Chairpersons:
08.30 a.m. - 08.45 a.m.
08.45 a.m. - 09.00 a.m.
09.00 a.m. - 09.15 a.m.
09.15 a.m. - 09.30 a.m.
09.30 a.m. - 10.00 a.m.
10.00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.
Session II:
Chairpersons:
10.30 a.m. - 10.45 a.m.
Course Meeting Directors
Worsening Heart Failure
Andrea Di Lenarda
Giuseppe Ambrosio
Claudia Vittori
Case Presentation
Discussant: Michele Emdin
Javed Butler
What is worsening heart failure? Definition,
epidemiology and classification
Mihai Gheorghiade
Worsening chronic heart failure: end stage
disease or salvageable?
Aldo Pietro Maggioni
Worsening hospitalized heart failure: finally
a surrogate marker among hospitalized heart
failure patients?
Discussion
Coffee break
New Target - New Therapies
Giuseppe Di Tano
Maurizio Porcu
Emilia D’Elia
Case presentation
Discussant: Elisabeth K. Krainer
Antonello Gavazzi
FROM
Foundation for Research - Bergamo, I
Adrian Voors
Targets to develop novel heart failure
therapies – returning to the heart
11.00 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. Javier Diez
The next decade of trials and therapies for
heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
11.15 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. Marco Metra
Hospitalized heart failure: acute therapies,
chronic therapies, or bridging therapies?
11.30 a.m. - 12.00 a.m. Discussion
12.00 a.m. - 02.00 p.m. Lunch
10.45 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.
Friday, November 28th, 2014 – Afternoon
Session III:
Chairpersons:
02.00 p.m. - 02.15 p.m.
02.15 p.m. - 02.30 p.m.
02.30 p.m. - 02.45 p.m.
02.45 p.m. - 03.00 p.m.
03.00 p.m. - 03.15 p.m.
03.15 p.m. - 03.45 p.m.
03.45 p.m. - 04.15 p.m.
Session IV:
Chairpersons:
04.15 p.m. – 04.30 p.m.
04.30 p.m. - 04.45 p.m.
04.45 p.m. – 05.15 p.m.
05.15 p.m. – 06.30 p.m.
Michele Senni
Cardiologia 1 - Scompenso e Trapianti di Cuore
Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII Bergamo, I
Mihai Gheorghiade
Experimental Therapeutics, Center for
Cardiovascular Innovation Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine - Chicago, USA
Beyond Drugs – Alternative Therapeutics
Options
Luca Ferdinando Lorini
Fabrizio Oliva
Attilio Iacovoni
Case presentation
Discussant: Francesco Grigioni
Andrea Mortara
Ambulatory monitoring – options and
outcomes
Gaetano Maria De Ferrari
The future of stem cell therapy for heart
failure
Maria Frigerio
Circulatory support future
Alec Vahanian
MitraClip
Discussion
Coffee break
Heart Failure with preserved ejection
fraction: New directions
Massimo Volpe
Nadia Aspromonte
Michele Senni
Lessons learned from heart failure with
preserved ejection fraction trials
Burkert Mathias Pieske
Next Steps: Outpatient versus Hospitalized
patient
Mauro Gori, Aurelia Grosu
Cases presentation
Discussant: Marco Guazzi, Javier Diez
Questions and answers Discussion
Scientific Secretary
Marilisa Ambrosio
Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII
Bergamo, I
Fumiko Inoue
Project Organizer
Logica Med
Saturday, November 29th, 2014 – Morning
Session V:
Chairpersons:
08.00 p.m. – 08.15 a.m.
08.15 p.m. – 08.30 a.m.
08.30 a.m. – 08.45 a.m.
08.45 a.m. – 09.00 a.m.
09.00 a.m. – 09.15 a.m.
09.15 a.m. – 09.30 a.m.
09.30 a.m. – 10.15 a.m.
10.15 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.
Session VI:
Chairpersons:
10.30 a.m. – 10.45 a.m.
10.45 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.
11.00 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.
11.15 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
11.30 a.m. – 11.45 a.m.
11.45 a.m. – 12.45 p.m.
12.45 p.m. – 01.45 p.m.
01.45 p.m. – 02.05 p.m.
02.05 p.m. – 03.35 p.m.
Promoted by
Fondazione Internazionale Menarini
Edificio L – Strada 6
Centro Direzionale Milanofiori
I-20089 Rozzano (Milan, Italy)
Phone: +39 02 55308110
Fax: +39 02 55305739
E-mail: milan@fondazione-menarini.it
Http://www.fondazione-menarini.it
HF in patients with Diabetes Mellitus: a
distinct entity
Cheuk-Man Yu
Naoki Sato
Alice Calabrese
Case presentation
Discussant: Renata De Maria
Alessandra Dei Cas
Epidemiology and significance
Giovanni Cioffi
Pathophysiology of heart failure with
diabetes mellitus
Ovidiu Chioncel
The role of kidney in patients with diabetes
mellitus and heart failure
Roberto Trevisan
Treatment of diabetes mellitus in patients
with heart failure
Frank Edelmann
Treatment of heart failure in patients with
diabetes mellitus and future directions
Discussion
Coffee break
Workshop: clinical trials and future
directions
Savina Nodari
Mihai Gheorghiade
Robert O. Bonow
Lessons learned from past heart failure
trials
Mihai Gheorghiade
Proof of concepts study – from animal
models to human models and the role of T1
centers
Antonello Gavazzi
Matching the drug with the right patients
population
Luigi Tavazzi
What are the appropriate endpoints for heart
failure trials
Cheuk-Man Yu
Trial execution enrollment, retention
Lessons from Registries: Andrew Ambrosy,
Ovidiu Chioncel, Naoki Sato, Luigi
Tavazzi
Globalization of heart failure trials: good or
bad?
Discussion
Conclusion and Future Directions
Antonello Gavazzi, Mihai Gheorghiade,
Michele Senni
CME/ECM questionnaires
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