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Friday, 8 October 2021
ESC Arabia Session 1: Cardiac involvement in COVID-19 infection
Chairpersons
Mohammed Balghith (KSA), Susanna Price (UK)
| 08:00-09:30 CEST – Hall 1 |
| 08:00 - 08:20 CEST |
Covid-19 infection and Covid Vaccination: triggers for acute coronary syndromes? |
Alaide Chieffo (Italy) |
| 08:20 - 08:40 CEST |
Pericardial and myocardial involvement in Covid-19 infection |
Marco Metra (Italy) |
| 08:40 - 09:00 CEST |
Cardiac arrhythmias in COVID-19 infection |
Bandar Alghamdi (KSA) |
| 09:00 - 09:20 CEST |
The saga of COVID-19 pharmacologic treatments: what did and did not work out |
Fakhr Alyoubi (KSA) |
| 09:20 - 09:30 CEST |
Discussion |
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ESC Arabia Session 2: What’s new in the management of atrial fibrillation patients
Chairpersons
Abdulmohsen AlMusaad (KSA), Dipen Shah (Switzerland)
| 12:30-14:00 CEST- Hall 1 |
| 12:31 - 12:51 CEST |
New European guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation |
Gerhard Hindricks (Germany) |
| 12:31 - 13:11 CEST |
The 4S-AF scheme (stroke risk; symptoms; severity of burden; substrate): In-depth characterization of atrial fibrillation |
Tatjana Potpara (Serbia) |
| 13:11 - 13:31 CEST |
How to choose the most appropriate non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOAC) for your atrial fibrillation patient? |
KSA Speaker (tbc) |
| 13:31 - 13:51 CEST |
Rhythm control vs. rate control: a closed debate? |
KSA Speaker (tbc) |
| 13:51 - 14:00 CEST |
Discussion |
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ESC Arabia Session 3: Research translating into practice changes in acute coronary syndrome
Chairpersons
Khalid Alhabib (KSA), Marco Roffi (Switzerland)
| 14:15-15:45 CEST - Hall 1 |
| 14:15 - 14:35 CEST |
The role of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin in the non-STEMI diagnosis and management |
KSA Speaker (tbc) |
| 14:35 - 14:55 CEST |
Prasugrel preferred over ticagrelor in NSTE-ACS patients undergoing PCI? |
Stefanie Schüpke (Germany) |
| 14:55 - 15:15 CEST |
Complete revascularization is best for most ACS patients with multivessel disease |
KSA Speaker (tbc) |
| 15:15 - 15:35 CEST |
Do patients with anemia presenting with require blood transfusions? |
Jose Ramon Juanatey (Spain) |
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