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Press conferences
Thursday 24 August 11:30 to 12:00 - Opening Press Conference
Presenters: Professor Franz Weidinger (Vienna, Austria), Professor John McMurray (Glasgow, UK), Doctor Carlos Aguiar (Lisbon, Portugal)
The Opening Press Conference will be live on Twitter @EscardioNews
Thursday 24 August 16:00 to 17:00 - Hot Line Press Conference 1
Chairperson: Martin Halle (Munich, Germany)
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Friday 25 August 11:15 |
STEP HFpEF: once-weekly semaglutide in people with HFpEF and obesity |
Doctor Mikhail Kosiborod (Kansas City, USA) |
Friday 25 August 11:35 |
NOAH-AFNET 6: Oral anticoagulation in patients with atrial high rate episodes |
Prof Paulus Kirchhof (Hamburg, Germany) |
Friday 25 August 11:55 | COP-AF - Colchicine for the prevention of perioperative atrial fibrillation after major thoracic surgery | Ass Prof David Conen (Ancaster, Canada) |
Friday 25 August 13:00 to 13:30 - Burden of Cardiovascular Disease Press Conference
Chairperson: Professor Victor Aboyans (Limoges, France)
Speakers: Doctor Ramon Luengo-Fernandez (Oxford, UK), Professor Aleksandra Torbica (Milan,Italy), Professor Panos Vardas (Athens, Greece)
Friday 25 August 15:00 to 16:00 - Hot Line Press Conference 2
Chairperson: Aldo Maggioni (Milano, Italy)
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Saturday 26 August 08:30 | Qiliqiangxin in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction - the QUEST study | Prof Xinli Li (Nanjing, China) |
Saturday 26 August 08:52 | BUDAPEST CRT Upgrade: Cardiac resynchronisation therapy upgrade in heart failure with right ventricular pacing - a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial | Prof Bela Merkely (Budapest, Hungary) |
Saturday 26 August 09:14 | HEART-FID: Ferric Carboxymaltose in Heart Failure with Iron Deficiency | Dr Robert Mentz (Durham, USA) |
Saturday 26 August 09:36 |
Effects of FCM on recurrent HF hospitalizations: an individual participant data meta-analysis | Dr Piotr Ponikowski (Wroclaw, Poland) |
Friday 25 August 16:30 to 17:30 - Hot Line Press Conference 3
Chairperson: Steen Dalby Kristensen (Aahrus, Denmark)
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Saturday 26 August 16:30 |
FIRE trial: Physiology-Guided Complete PCI in Older MI Patients |
Dr Simone Biscaglia (Ferrara, Italy) |
Saturday 26 August 16:50 |
ECLS-SHOCK - venoarterial membrane oxygenation in cardiogenic shock |
Prof Holger Thiele (Leipzig, Germany) |
Saturday 26 August 17:10 |
STOPDAPT-3: An Aspirin-Free antithrombotic strategy for percutaneous coronary intervention |
Dr Masahiro Natsuaki (Saga, Japan) |
Saturday 26 August 14:00 to 15:00 - Hot Line Press Conference 4
Chairperson: Steen Dalby Kristensen (Aahrus, Denmark)
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Sunday 27 August 08:30 |
ILUMIEN IV: OCT Versus Angiography |
Dr Ziad Ali (St Francis, USA) |
Sunday 27 August 08:52 |
OCT-guided or angiography-guided PCI in complex bifurcation lesions. The OCTOBER trial |
Dr Niels Ramsing Holm (Aarhus, Denmark) |
Sunday 27 August 09:14 |
OCTIVUS: OCT- vs. IVUS-Guided PCI |
Prof Duk-Woo Park (Seoul, Korea) |
Sunday 27 August 09:36 |
OCT vs. IVUS vs. angiography guidance: a real-time updated network meta-analysis |
Dr Gregg Stone (New York, USA) |
Saturday 26 August 15:30 to 16:30 - Hot Line Press Conference 5
Chairperson: Faiez Zannad (Paris, France)
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Sunday 27 August 11:15 |
ATTRibute-CM: acoramidis (AG10) in patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy |
Dr Julian Gillmore (London, UK) |
Sunday 27 August 11:35 |
ARREST trial: Expedited transfer to a cardiac arrest center for OHCA |
Dr Tiffany Patterson (London, UK) |
Sunday 27 August 11:55 |
ADVENT: Pulsed Field Ablation vs Thermal Ablation (RF/Cryo) for Paroxysmal AF |
Prof Vivek Reddy (New York, USA) |
Saturday 26 August 18:00 to 19:00 - Hot Line Press Conference 6
Chairperson: John Cleland (Glasgow, UK)
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Sunday 27 August 16:30 |
MULTISTARS AMI: Multivessel immediate versus staged revascularization in STEMI |
Ass Prof Barbara Elisabeth Stahli (Zurich, Switzerland) |
Sunday 27 August 16:50 |
CASTLE-HTx: Catheter Ablation versus Medical Therapy to Treat Atrial Fibrillation in End-stage Heart Failure |
Prof Philipp Sommer (Bad Oeynhausen, Germany) |
Sunday 27 August 17:10 |
The FRAIL-AF randomized controlled trial |
Dr Geert-Jan Geersing (Utrecht, Netherlands) |
Sunday 27 August 14:00 to 15:00 - Hot Line Press Conference 7
Chairperson: Carlos Aguiar (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Monday 28 August 11:15 |
Extended clopidogrel monotherapy versus DAPT in high-risk patients: the OPT-BIRISK trial |
Prof Yaling Han (Shenyang, China) |
Monday 28 August 11:35 |
ARAMIS - Anakinra versus Placebo in Acute Myocarditise PRE18FFIR Trial: Coronary Plaque Activity to Predict Recurrent Events |
Dr Mathieu Kerneis (Paris, France) |
Monday 28 August 11:55 |
DANPACE II - Reducing atrial pacing in Sinus Node Disease |
Dr Mads Brix Kronborg (Aarhus, Denmark) |
Sunday 27 August 15:30 to 16:30 - Hot Line Press Conference 8
Chairperson: Steen Dalby Kristensen (Aarhus, Denmark)
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Monday 28 August 14:00 |
RED-CVD: Improving early diagnosis of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes and COPD |
Ms Amy Groenewegen (Utrecht, Netherlands) |
Monday 28 August 14:20 |
NITRATE-CIN - Inorganic nitrate to prevent CIN after angiography for ACS | Dr Dan Jones (London, UK) |
Monday 28 August 14:40 |
DICTATE-AHF: Early Dapagliflozin Initiation in Acute Heart Failure |
Prof Zachary Cox (Nashville, USA) |
Monday 28 August 15:00 |
PUSH-AHF: Natriuresis guided therapy in acute heart failure |
Dr Jozine Ter Maaten (Groningen, Netherlands) |
Sunday 27 August 18:00 to 19:00 - Hot Line Press Conference 9
Chairperson: Bianca Rocca (Rome, Italy)
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Monday 28 August 16:30 |
RIGHT: Prolongation of anticoagulation after Primary PCI |
Prof Yan Yan (Beijing, China) |
Monday 28 August 16:50 |
ONCO DVT Study; Optimal duration of anticoagulation therapy for isolated distal deep vein thrombosis in patients with cancer study |
Dr Yugo Yamashita (Kyoto, Japan) |
Monday 28 August 17:10 |
Prospective Meta-Analysis of SGLT2 Inhibitor Randomized Trials in COVID-19 |
Dr Mikhail Kosiborod (Kansas City, USA) |
New 2023 ESC Guidelines
Publication Friday 25 August at 08:30 CEST
Acute Coronary Syndromes
Chairpersons: Robert Byrne and Borja Ibanez
Cardiomyopathies
Chairpersons: Elena Arbelo and Juan Pablo Kaski
Cardiovascular disease and diabetes
Chairpersons: Nikolaus Marx and Massimo Federici
Endocarditis
Chairpersons: Victoria Delgado and Michael Borger
Focused update of the 2021 Heart Failure Guidelines
Chairpersons: Theresa McDonagh and Marco MetraAtrial fibrillation