Program Day 1

Moderators: Göran Dellgren and Sofia Grudemo

07.30-08.00 Coffee

08.00-08.15 Welcome, Introduction of day and Case presentation by resident

08.15-08.45 Definitions, types (HFrEF, HFpEF), etiologies leading to Heart Failure HF
Maria Generosa Crespo-Leiro, Cardiology, A Coruña, Spain

08.45-09.15 Epidemiology, molecular mechanisms and genetics in chronic heart failure?
Gustav Smith, Cardiology, Sahlgrenska, Gothenburg

09.15-09.45 Congestive Heart Failure, what are the diagnostic challenges?
Gerhard Wikström, Cardiology, Uppsala

09.45-10.15 Break and coffee

10.15-10.45 Arrhythmias and congestive heart failure
Frieder Braunschweig, Cardiology, Karolinska, Stockholm

10.45-11.15 Why Some Hearts Fail and Others Adapt - Exploring the variability of the failing heart
Kristjan Karason, Cardiology, Sahlgrenska, Gothenburg

11.15-11.30 Case Unveiling Presentation

11.30-12.30 Lunch

Diagnostic Section in CHF

Case presentation by resident

12.30-13.00 Imaging with echocardiography in CHF
Maria Eriksson, Physiology, Karolinska, Stockholm

13.00-13.30 Why are biomarkers important in CHF – the evidence and how I use them?
Dr Kieran Docherty, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

13.30-14.00 Investigation of specific cardiomyopathies and therapeutic implications
Arash Mokhtari, Cardiology, Skånes Univ Sjukhus, Lund

14.00-14.30 A pathologist’s perspective on pathophysiology in Congestive Heart Failure
Anders Oldfors, Pathology, Sahlgrenska, Göteborg

14.30-15.00 The Value of MR in Congestive Heart Failure
Marcus Carlsson, Physiology, Karolinska, Stockholm

15.00-15.30 Break and coffee

Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure

16.30-17.00 What have we learned from the Swedish Heart Failure Registry? 

17.50-18.00 Case Unveiling Presentation

18.00 Photography

18.15 Drink, Mingel and Symposia Dinner at the Swedish Society of Medicine

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