Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly

Name: Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly
Start: 2021-05-12T12:00:00+00:00
End: 2021-05-13T14:45:00+00:00

12 May 2021 - 13 May 2021

Add to calendar 2021-05-12T14:00 2021-05-13T16:45 Europe/Paris Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly

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Background and objectives of the meeting

The growing elderly population worldwide represents a major challenge for care-givers, healthcare providers and politicians.

Due to the life-long exposure to cardiovascular risk factors and the age-related comorbidities, cardiovascular diseases in elderly patients have a high prevalence and are frequently complicated, thus deserving a multifactorial approach.

Major problems to deal with are: paucity of scientific evidence from dedicated clinical trials, a narrow therapeutic window for most of the recommended therapies, frailty and cognitive deterioration, all affecting quality of care and outcome.

This meeting will appraise the burden of ageing in real life and the opportunity to revisit cardiovascular research, as well as pharmacological and interventional treatments in the elderly, with a final focus on quality of life and patient’s priorities.

Programme

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Day 1 - 12 May 2021 - 14:00 - 16:45 CET:

14:00 - 14:05 - Welcome and introduction - Chairpersons
14:05 - 14:15 - Introductory talk: How to define and measure ageing? by Dr Maddalena Lettino; Dr Isabelle Richard-Lordereau, Amgen

SESSION 1 - THE BURDEN OF AGEING IN REAL LIFE
14:15 - 14:25 - Co-Morbidities and Risk Factors in the Ageing Population by Prof. Frank Visseren
14:25 - 14:35 - Benefits of Primary Prevention/Lifestyle in the Elderly by Dr Deirdre E. O’Neill
14:35 - 15:15 - Discussion
15:15 - 15:45 - Break

SESSION 2 – TAILORED CVD MANAGEMENT IN THE ELDERLY
15:45 - 15:55 - EMA recommendations by Dr Kristina Dunder
* for CVD research in the Elderly
* for trials for the elderly
* looking for an indication
* lack of evidence
15:55 - 16:05 - Similarities and differences in CV ageing in men and women by Prof. Geneviève Derumeaux, FR
16:05 - 16:45 - Discussion
16:45 - Wrap-up - End of DAY 1 – Let’s meet tomorrow for the 2 final sessions

Day 2 - 13 May 2021 - 14:00 - 16:45 CET:

14:00 - 14:05 - Summary of Day 1 - Chairpersons

SESSION 3 - LEARNINGS FROM TREATMENTS SPECIFICITIES IN THE ELDERLY
14:05 - 14:15 - Challenges in Antithrombotics Treatments (Antiplatelets – Anticoagulants, discussion on combination) by Prof. Stefan Hohnloser, DE
14:15 - 14:25 - Challenges in Intervention: Decision-Making for Invasive Procedures in the Elderly (PCI, TAVI, Mitraclip…) by Prof. Jean-Philippe Collet, FR
14:25 - 15:00 - Discussion
15:00 - 15:30 - Break

SESSION 4 - HOW TO ARTICULATE SOCIAL CARE AND HEALTH CARE PRIORITIES?
15:30 - 15:40 - The Patient Perspective – Interview of a Patient - Video
15:40 - 15:50 - Adding Years to Life or Life to Years: The Ethical dimension (choices tree for Palliative Care/ focus on CV / Quality of Life) by Dr Herbert Watzke, AT
15:50 - 16:35 - Discussion
16:35 - 16:45 - Wrap-up - Key messages - Next steps - Publication

Doctor Andre Ziegler

Chairperson

Doctor Isabelle Richard Lordereau

Chairperson

Doctor Matias Nordaby

Chairperson

Professor Julia Mascherbauer

Chairperson

Doctor Maddalena Lettino

Chairperson