Heart Failure, Dubai, 2010
18-20th February
Scientific Program
 Day-1 Thursday 18th February 2010
 Time  Program  Speakers Name
 13.00 - 15.00
 Registration
  
     
 15.00 - 16.00  Opening Ceremony  Al Ras Ballroom II and III
 Session I
 Chairs
  J M Muscat- Baron , Wael Almahmeed  
 16:00 - 16:30 Hrs  Heart failure epidemic in the next millennium:  Where is it going?  John McMurray
 16:35 - 17.05 Hrs  Heart Failure in “Asia Pacific Region” Special Considerations  Shahryar a. Sheikh
 17:10 - 17:40 Hrs   Biomarkers in Congestive Heart Failure (Diagnosis and Prognosis)  Stefan D. Anker
 17:45 - 18:15 Hrs  The new Heart Failure Guidelines   Piotr Ponikowski
 18:15 - 18:45 Hrs  Coffee Break  
 
 Session II
 Chairs  Talib K Majwal, Fahad Omar S. Baslaib  
 18:45 - 19:15 Hrs  How to manage CHF patient with comorbidities  Piotr Ponikowski
 19:20 - 19:50 Hrs  Anaemia and iron deficiency in CHF        Stefan D. Anker
 19:55 - 20:20 Hrs  Is diastolic heart failure as fatal as systolic heart failure  John McMurray
 20:25 - 21:10 Hrs  Symposium Sponsored by Servier
 Optimizing hypertension management: the Role of Fixed dose  combination, Perindopril - Amlodipine
 Husam A. Noor
     
     
 Day-2 Friday 19th February 2010
 Time  Program  Speakers Name
 Session III     Al Ras Ballroom II and III
 Chairs  Yahya Kiwan, Omar Hallak  
 09:00 - 09:30 Hrs  Treatment of heart failure in 2020 – US perspective
 Akshay S. Desai
 09:35 - 10:05 Hrs  Treatment of heart failure in 2020–European perspective   
 Piotr Ponikowski
 10:10 - 10:40 Hrs  Choosing between devices
 Lars Wiklund
 10:45 - 11:25 Hrs  Symposium Sponsored by Merck
 Beta-blockers in CHF, Evidence put into practice
 John McMurray
 11:30 - 13:30 Hrs  Lunch (Albaraha Balroom)  
 
 Session IV    Al Ras Ballroom II and III
 Chairs  Azan Binbrek, Wael Al Mahmeed  
 Debate session :  What intervention can further improve prognosis in heart failure.
 13:35 - 13:55 Hrs  Medical treatment 
 John McMurray
 14:00 - 14:20 Hrs  Devices     
 Alawi Alsheikh-Ali
 14:25 - 14:45 Hrs  Heart failure management program   Simon Stewart
 14:50 - 15.20 Hrs  Symposium Sponsored by Sanofi Aventis
 Atrial Fibrillation 2010: State of the Science		  Alawi Alsheikh-Ali
 15:20 - 15:50 Hrs  Coffee Break   
 
 Session V    
 Chairs  V.J. Sebastian, Samir Aljabbari  
 15:50 - 16.20 Hrs  Peri-Partum Cardiomyopathy
 Simon Stewart
 16:25 - 16:55 Hrs  Oncology and Heart Failure
 Stefan D. Anker
 17:00 - 17:30 Hrs  Recent and ongoing trials  John McMurray
 21:00 - 22:00 Hrs  Symposium Sponsored by Novartis
 Prevention and treatment of Cardio-Renal Disease: Impact of DRI		  Hans-Kenrik Parving
 22:00  Dinner  
 
 
 Day-3 Saturday 20th February 2010
 Time  Program  Speakers Name
 Session VI     Al Ras Ballroom II and III
 Chairs  Abdullah Khamis Al Naeemi, Alessandro Salustri  
 Acute Heart Failure:
 09:00 - 09.30  Hrs  Cardio renal syndrome in AHF

 Aldo P Maggioni
 09:35 - 10:05 Hrs  Hyponatraemia in AHF         
 Piotr Ponikowski
 10:10 - 10:40 Hrs  What is new in the management of AHF?   
 Aldo P Maggioni
 10:45 - 11:15 Hrs  Advanced heart failure. The new frontier?   Akshay S. Desai
 11:15 - 11:45 Hrs  Coffee Break  
 
 Session VII    
 Chairs  Arif Alnooryani, Nazar Al Busatni  
 11:45 - 12:15 Hrs
  Assessing Mitral Insufficiency in Heart Failure 
 Richard A. Grimm
 12:20 - 12.50 Hrs  Treatment Strategies :Medical,Intervention,and Surgical
 Akshay S. Desai
 12:55 - 13.25 Hrs  New Advances in the evaluation of Systolic and Diastolic Function  Richard A. Grimm
 13:30 - 14:00 Hrs  Influence of Home Monitoring on the clinical status of CHF patients  Thomas Vogtmann
 14:10 - 15:25 Hrs  Sanofi Aventis Satellite Symposium (Al Baraha Balroom)
 Followed by Lunch		  
 
 Session VIII    Al Ras Ballroom II and III
 Chairs  Afzalhussein M Yusufali, Obaid AlJassim  
 15:30 - 16:00 Hrs
  Assessing Mitral Insufficiency in Heart Failure 
 Aldo P Maggioni
 16:05 - 16:35 Hrs  Treatment Strategies :Medical,Intervention,and Surgical
 Akshay S. Desai
 Case Discussion session:  
 16:40 - 17:10 Hrs  Interactive case discussion John McMurray, Afzalhussein M Yusufali
 17:15 - 17:45 Hrs  Interactive case discussion Piotr Ponikowski, Awatif Al Sousi
 17:50 - 18:20 Hrs
 Interactive case discussion Akshay S. Desai, Sherif Bakir
 
 
 Workshop
 Friday 19th February 2010
 Time  Program  Speakers Name
 Workshop for Nurses    Al Ras Ballroom II and III
 Chairs  Wendy Mary Ann Hewitt-Sayer  
 17:00 - 17:30 Hrs
  Self management in heart failure
 Simon Stewart
 17:30 – 18:00 Hrs  Pills do not work if patients do not take them
 Petar M Seferovic
 18:00 - 18:30 Hrs  Coffee Break  
 18:30 - 19:00 Hrs  The role of family and caregivers in supporting self care  Petar M Seferovic
 19:00 - 19:30 Hrs  Cognitive dysfunction How to be measured and influenced  Simon Stewart
 19:30 – 20:00 Hrs
 Devices in heart failure
  Salim Al-Ka’abi
 
 Workshop on Devices in Heart Failure  Al Ras Ballroom I
   The Workshop is sponsored by Medtronic & Naghi Medical Co. Ltd.
 Alawi Al Sheikh, Salim Al-Ka’abi, Hossam Abdul Aziz Zaky, Paul-David Roy
 Workshop is based on real life cases i.e., interactive session with virtual patients and  demonstration
 17:00 - 17:05 Hrs
  Welcome and overview  
 17:05 - 17:20 Hrs  Indications for devices in heart failure  
 17:25 - 17:55 Hrs  Fundamentals of pacing  
 18:00 - 18:30 Hrs  Basics of device interrogation  
 18:30 - 18:50 Hrs  Coffee Break  
 18:50 - 19:05 Hrs  Implantation of devices  
 19:10 - 19:35 Hrs  Device therapies (atp, shocks, Inappropriate shocks)  
 19:40 - 20:00 Hrs
 X-rays and problems
  
 21:00 - 22:00 Hrs
  Symposium Sponsored by Novartis
 Prevention and treatment of Cardio-Renal Disease: Impact of DRI
 Hans-Kenrik Parving
 22:00 Hrs  Dinner

 
 
 Saturday 20th February 2010
 Time  Program  Speakers Name
 Workshop - Management of Heart Failure in Primary Care  Al Ras Ballroom I
 Chairs  K Srinath, Dr. Amrish Agrawal  
 09:00 - 09:30 Hrs
  Shifting paradigms in the pathophysiology of heart failure:
 Consequences for prevention and treatment
 Ken McDonald
 09:35 - 10:05 Hrs  Diagnosis: Clinical skills, investigations, and biomarkers
 (Diagnostic algorithms for primary care)
 Petar M Seferovic
 10:10 - 10:40 Hrs  Neglected aspects of treatment:
 Non- pharmacological management		  Simon Stewart
 10:45 - 11:15 Hrs  Pharmacological management  Petar M Seferovic
 11:15 - 11:45 Hrs  Coffee Break  
 Chairs  Ghazi Radaideh, Samer Ellaham  
 11:50 - 12:20 Hrs  Addressing compliance in primary care  Ken McDonald
 12:20 - 12:50 Hrs  Managing patients following a heart failure hospitalization  Simon Stewart
 12:50 - 13:20 Hrs  Worsening heart failure in or out of hospital – management options  Ken McDonald
 13:20 - 13:50 Hrs  What do GPs need to know about devices in heart failure?  Salim Al-Ka’abi
 14:10 - 15:25 Hrs
 Sanofi Aventis Satellite Symposium (Al Baraha Balroom)
 Followed by Lunch
  
 
 Workshop on Echo Workshop - 16:00 - 20:30 Hrs  Al Ras Ballroom I
  The Workshop is sponsored by GE Healthcare Systems & syMed
Dr. Richard A.Grimm (Cleveland Clinic, USA), Dr. Arif AlMulla (Dubai, UAE)
Basics of Ultrasound Echocardiography
Ultrasound artifacts
Echocardiography in heart failure
 Target Audience: Physicians, Cardiology senior registrars, registrars, residents and echo cardiographers