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Late-Breaking Science

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Device therapies in Heart failure continuum of care: time to[..]

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Late-Breaking Science Session 1 – Clinical Trial Update

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Title: Late-Breaking Science Session 1 – Clinical Trial Update.

Speaker: P Seferovic (Belgrade,RS), B Pieske (Berlin,DE), R De Boer (Groningen,NL), AM Jackson (Glasgow,GB), W Doehner (Berlin,DE), T Damy (Creteil,FR), L Hill (Co.Antrim,GB)

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Title: Effect of Vericiguat on Left Ventricular Function: The VICTORIA Echocardiographic Sub-Study.

Speaker: B Pieske (Berlin,DE)

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Title: Dapagliflozin and diuretic use in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction in DAPA-HF .

Speaker: AM Jackson (Glasgow,GB)

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Title: The Tafamidis in Transthyretin Cardiomyopathy Clinical Trial.

Speaker: T Damy (Creteil,FR)

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Late-Breaking Science Session 2 – Registries

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Title: Late-Breaking Science Session 2 – Registries.

Speaker: S Stewart (Blackwood,AU), A Coats (Warwickshire,GB), G Savarese (Stockholm,SE), L Lund (Stockholm,SE), D Playford (Fremantle,AU), EA Jankowska (Wroclaw,PL), M Lainscak (Murska Sobota,SI)

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Title: Ejection fraction and mortality in 499,153 men and women: clarifying sex-based differences in the national echocardiography database of Australia.

Speaker: S Stewart (Blackwood,AU)

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Title: Eligibility for sacubitril/valsartan in heart failure across the ejection fraction spectrum: real world data from the Swedish Heart Failure Registry.

Speaker: G Savarese (Stockholm,SE)

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Title: Preserved ejection fraction and structural heart disease in 446,848 patients: Lessons from the National Echocardiography Database of Australia.

Speaker: D Playford (Fremantle,AU)

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Late-Breaking Science Session 3 – HFpEF

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Title: Late-Breaking Science Session 3 – HFpEF.

Speaker: JE Udelson (Boston,US), J Bauersachs (Hannover,DE), F Ruschitzka (Zurich,CH), B Moura (Porto,PT), PW Armstrong (Alberta,CA), W Mullens (Genk,BE), M Rienstra (Groningen,NL), G van Woerden (Groningen,NL)

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Title: Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 study evaluating the sGC stimulator praliciguat over 12 weeks in patients with HFpEF.

Speaker: JE Udelson (Boston,US)

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Title: Ventricular tachyarrhythmia detection by Implantable loop recording in Patients with HFPEF: Results of The VIP-HF study.

Speaker: M Rienstra (Groningen,NL), G van Woerden (Groningen,NL)

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Title: The VITALITY-HFpEF Trial (Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of the Oral sGC Stimulator Vericiguat to Improve Physical Functioning in Daily Living Activities of Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved.

Speaker: PW Armstrong (Alberta,CA)

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Late-Breaking Science Session 4 – Acute Heart Failure

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Title: Late-Breaking Science Session 4 – Acute Heart Failure.

Speaker: S Harikrishnan (Trivandrum,IN), G Filippatos (Athens,GR), GM Felker (Durham,US), O Chioncel (Bucuresti,RO), S Senger (Durham,US), D Milicic (Zagreb,HR), T Ben Gal (Ramat Hasharon,IL)

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Title: High in-hospital and 90-day mortality in acute decompensated heart failure patients from 50 centres across India: Findings from the National Heart Failure Registry, India.

Speaker: S Harikrishnan (Trivandrum,IN)

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Title: The STAND-UP AHF (STudy Assessing Nitoxyl Donor Upon Presentation with Acute Heart Failure): A Phase 2, randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial.

Speaker: GM Felker (Durham,US)

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Title: Acute heart failure as a distinctive disorder: an analysis from BIOSTAT-CHF.

Speaker: S Senger (Durham,US)

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Late-Breaking Science Session 5 – Monitoring

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Title: Late-Breaking Science Session 5 – Monitoring.

Speaker: A Pathak (Monte Carlo,MC), J Backs (Heidelberg,DE), M Lainscak (Murska Sobota,SI), T Jaarsma (Norrkoping,SE), J Lindenfeld (Nashville,US), W Mullens (Genk,BE), T Thum (Hannover,DE)

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Title: Telemonitoring versus standard of care in heart failure: results of the OSICAT morbidity/mortality outcome study conducted in France.

Speaker: A Pathak (Monte Carlo,MC)

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Title: Heart failure management optimisation in nursing homes using point-of-care ultrasonography: the HARMONIOUS study.

Speaker: M Lainscak (Murska Sobota,SI)

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Title: Patient-reported outcomes with empagliflozin in the EMPERIAL trials.

Speaker: J Lindenfeld (Nashville,US)

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Late-Breaking Science Session 6 – Pharmacotherapy

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Title: Late-Breaking Science Session 6 – Pharmacotherapy.

Speaker: A Voors (Groningen,NL), M Metra (Brescia,IT), J Ezekowitz (Edmonton,CA), K F Docherty (Glasgow,GB), J Celutkiene (Vilnius,LT), Y Lopatin (Volgograd,RU), T Thum (Hannover,DE)

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Title: Phase 2a Study of Danicamtiv (MYK-491) in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF).

Speaker: A Voors (Groningen,NL)

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Title: The VerICiguaT Global Study in Subjects With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (VICTORIA) trial.

Speaker: J Ezekowitz (Edmonton,CA)

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Title: Effect of dapagliflozin on outpatient worsening in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: A prespecified analysis of DAPA-HF.

Speaker: K F Docherty (Glasgow,GB)

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Late-Breaking Science Session 7 – Prevention

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Title: Late-Breaking Science Session 7 – Prevention.

Speaker: M Lainscak (Murska Sobota,SI), S Heymans (Maastricht,NL), A Lyon (London,GB), P Ponikowski (Wroclaw,PL), EA Jankowska (Wroclaw,PL), W Abraham (Columbus,US), J Lindenfeld (Nashville,US)

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Title: High prevalence of ESC-defined heart failure in an urban community: The SOBOTA-HF study.

Speaker: M Lainscak (Murska Sobota,SI)

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Title: Baroreflex activation therapy in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: responder rates and quality of life measures analyzed by gender.

Speaker: J Lindenfeld (Nashville,US)

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Title: Favourable effects of empagliflozin on congestion, diuretic use and all-cause healthcare resource utilisation in the EMPERIAL trials.

Speaker: P Ponikowski (Wroclaw,PL), W Abraham (Columbus,US)

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Industry Discoveries

Title	Industry
Device therapies in Heart failure continuum of care: time to treat!	Abbott
Emerging data in Heart Failure: are we doing enough to improve patients' survival and quality of life?	Servier
Experts on the Spot: Cardiac remodelling and outcomes	Novartis
Inotropes and Inodilators in Acute and Advanced Heart Failure	Orion Pharma
IV iron in heart failure - what we know and what we don’t	Pharmacosmos
Latest Device-Based Tools and Techniques for Improving Heart Failure Outcomes	Medtronic
Remote Management of Device Heart Failure Patients: New Paradigms for the Post-COVID-19 Era	Medtronic
Reversing cardiac remodelling and improving outcomes in heart failure: what are our first-choice treatments?	Novartis
SGLT2 inhibition: Making waves in the heart failure landscape	CHANGE IME in partnership with Leicester Diabetes Centre
The Hidden Threat of ATTR-CM: Identification, Diagnosis, and Management	Pfizer
Treating hyperkalaemia: A step towards achieving optimal RAASi therapy?	AstraZeneca

Publications

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Title: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the age of new heart failure therapies: still a powerful tool?

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Title: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in female heart failure patients: is there a gender difference?

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Title: Quality of life two years after admission to a heart failure clinic

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Title: Which Patient Outcomes are Most Meaningful in Heart Failure?

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Title: Maximizing the Clinical Benefit from Left Ventricular Assist Devices.

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Title: Controversies in CRT and ICD therapy.

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Title: Overview of Indications and Adoption of heart failure Device Therapies.

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Title: Remote Patient Management for the Post-COVID-19 Era: Practical experience from Greater Manchester.

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Title: Diagnostic Performance and Validation of a Novel Risk Assessment Algorithm.

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Title: Implementing Remote Device Therapies in the Modern Heart Failure Clinic.

Presenter: W Mullens (Genk,BE)

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