SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

09:00 – 10:30 SESSION I

Chairmen: Professor Laurențiu ȘORODOC, MD, PhD & Professor Cristian STĂTESCU, MD, PhD

• The burden of weight on the heart - Professor Bogdan MIHAI, MD, PhD
• The metabolic memory of the vascular endothelium - Professor Irina Iuliana COSTACHE-ENACHE, MD, PhD
• Cardiac dyssynchrony – from pathophysiology to treatment – Professor Cristian STĂTESCU, MD, PhD
• Arterial hypertension in elderly patients – therapeutic challenges - Professor, MD, PhD Professor Ciprian REZUȘ, MD, PhD
• Myocardial infarction in young patients: an underestimated pathology or a dangerous reality? Lecturer Larisa ANGHEL, MD, PhD
• Discussion ( 15 minutes )

10:30 – 11:00 Symposium Pfizer:

• FB - Professor Cristian STĂTESCU, MD, PhD
• Apixaban, practical aspects in VTE - Professor Laurențiu ȘORODOC, MD, PhD

11:00 – 11:30 – Break

11:30 – 13:00 SESSION II

Chairmen: Professor Radu A. SASCĂU, MD, PhD & Professor Cătălina LIONTE, MD. PhD

• Challenges in managing stroke patients: what’s new? Lecturer Delia ȘALARU, MD, PhD
• Heart failure and cancer: a complex crossroad - Professor Vicorița ȘORODOC, MD, PhD
• Managing thrombotic events in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome - Assoc. Prof. Codruța BĂDESCU, MD, PhD
• Treatment with P2Y12 receptor inhibitors: from guidelines to clinical practice - Professor Cătălina LIONTE, MD, PhD
• Echocardiographic assessment of ischemic mitral regurgitation: a practical approach - Professor Radu A. SASCĂU, MD, PhD
• Discussion ( 15 minutes )

13:00 – 13:30 – Conference Opening & Book Launch

13:30 – 14:00 – Lunch Break

14:00 – 14:30 Symposium Viatris:

Primul pas contează: De la evaluarea riscului la optimizarea terapiei – Professor Laurențiu ȘORODOC, MD, PhD

Terapia care salvează vieți în insuficiența cardiacă – Assist. Prof. Rodica RADU, MD, PhD

14:30 – 16:00 SESSION III – Interdisciplinary approaches in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Chairmen: Professor Anca TRIFAN, MD, PhD & Professor Vasile DRUG, MD, PhD

• Introduction - Professor Anca TRIFAN, MD, PhD
• Inflammatory bowel disease versus irritable bowel syndrome - Professor Vasile DRUG, MD. PhD, Assist. Prof. Georgiana GÎLCĂ-BLANARIU, MD, PhD, Assist. Prof. Radu VULPOI, MD, PhD
• Anticoagulation in IBD - Professor Cătălina MIHAI, MD, PhD, Professor Cristina CIJEVSCHI-PRELIPCEAN, MD, PhD
• Liver disorders in IBD - Lecturer Ștefan CHIRIAC, MD, PhD
• Treatment of strictures in Crohn’s disease - Professor Cătălin SFARTI, MD, PhD
• Discussion ( 15 minutes )

16:00 – 16:45 Symposium Novo Nordisk

• - Professor Bogdan MIHAI, MD, PhD
• - Professor Laurențiu ȘORODOC, MD, PhD
• Q&A – 5 Minutes

16:45 – 17:00 – Break

17:00 – 17:30 - Symposium Vifor

• - Professor Laurențiu ȘORODOC, MD, PhD, Professor Victorița ȘORODOC, MD, PhD

17:30 – 18:40 SESSION IV – Clinical Cases

Chairmen: Professor Ciprian REZUȘ, MD, PhD & Professor Victorița ȘORODOC, MD, PhD

• When headache in hypertension misleads - Assist. Prof. Bianca MORĂRAȘU, MD, PhD
• Diagnosing an intracardiac mass in a patient with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma - Assist. MD, PhD Prof. Bianca PROFIRE, MD, PhD
• Severe hyponatremia in the labyrinth of autoimmunity - Assist. Prof. Diana DIACONU, MD, Ph D
• The folded gallbladder: a continuous challenge - Assist. Prof.Raluca ALEXA, MD, PhD
• Pancytopenia: a key element in the therapeutic approach of an oncological patient - Assist. Prof.Andreea ASAFTEI, MD, PhD
• Noncompaction or hypertrabeculation of the ventricles? Assist. Prof.Paula MORARIU, MD, PhD
• Practical management of anticoagulant therapy risks in patients with multiple comorbidities - Diana POPESCU, MD, Oana Nicoleta BULIGA-FINIȘ, MD, Evelina Maria GOSAV, MD

18:40 – 19:10 Symposium Berlin Chemie: Professor Laurențiu ȘORODOC, MD, PhD, Professor Ciprian REZUȘ, MD, PhD

09:00 – 10:30 SESSION V: Original Medical Research

Chairmen: Professor Laurențiu ȘORODOC, MD, PhD & Professor Irina Iulaiana COSTACHE-ENACHE

• Gastrointestinal bleeding in patients on DOACs: what should cardiologists know? Nicoleta DUBEI, MD
• The implications of magnesium in endothelial dysfunction - Assist. Prof. Mihai CONSTANTIN, MD, PhD
• Risk stratification for arrhythmias in patients with idiopathic ventricular extrasystoles - Ștefan AILOAIE, MD, PhD
• Iron deficiency in heart failure: therapeutic challenges - Assist. Prof. Oana SÎRBU, MD, PhD
• Early diagnosis in peripheral artery disease: from theory to practice - Assist. Prof. Alexandr CEASOVSCHIH, MD, PhD
• Diastolic dysfunction in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: data from an observational clinical study - Lecturer Daniela GRIGORESCU, MD, PhD

10:30 – 11:00 Symposium Zentiva: Professor Laurențiu ȘORODOC, MD, PhD, Professor Cătălina LIONTE, MD, PhD

11:00 – 11:30 – Break

11:30 – 13:00 SESSION VI: Romanian Society of Cardiology: Working group on Emergency Cardiology

Chairmen: Lecturer Alexandru Cristian NECHITA, MD, PhD & Professor Antoniu PETRIȘ, MD, PhD

• Therapeutic approach to acute right ventricular dysfunction: when and how? Professor Antoniu PETRIȘ, MD, PhD
• What do we use to assess the prognosis of patients with acute heart failure? Scores versus cardiac performance indices - Lecturer Alexandru Cristian NECHITA, MD, PhD
• The role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of the atherosclerotic process - Assoc. Prof. Simina CRIȘAN, MD, PhD
• Emergency management of coronary patients with challenging diagnoses - Assoc. Prof. Valentin CHIONCEL, MD, PhD
• Current considerations on blood pressure variability - Professor Laurențiu ȘORODOC, MD, PhD

13:30 – 14:30 – Lunch Break

14:30 – 16:00 SESSION VII

Chairmen: Professor Ioana ALEXA, MD, PhD & Professor Roxana CIOBOTARU, MD, PhD

• Perioperative medication management in cardiac patients undergoing non-cardiac scheduled surgery - Professor Roxana CIOBOTARU, MD, PhD
• Nutritional deficiencies in obesity - Lecturer Raluca HALIGA, MD, PhD
• Particularities of chronic coronary syndrome in elderly patients - Professor Ioana ALEXA, MD, PhD
• Modern strategies in cardiovascular rehabilitation in elderly patients: challenges and solutions - Professor Maria Magdalena LEON, MD, PhD
• Obesity and ASCVD - Professor Sergio KAISER, MD, PhD

16:00 – 16:30 Symposium Pfizer:

• Red flags in the definitive diagnosis of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR)  Professor Cătălina LIONTE, MD, PhD
• Cardiac Amyloidosis - Professor Radu A. SASCĂU, MD, PhD

16:30 – 17:00 – Break

17:00 – 18:30 SESSION VIII

Chairmen: Professor Theodora BENEDEK, MD, PhD & Professor Laurențiu ȘORODOC, MD, PhD

• The professional liability in the context of using artificial intelligence-based technologies - Professor Liviu OPREA, MD, PhD
• Genetic thrombophilias: practical considerations - Professor Laurențiu ȘORODOC, MD, PhD
• Cardiovascular complications in paraneoplastic Cushing’s syndrome - Professor Cristina PREDA, MD, PhD
• Angio-CT imaging in cardiovascular prevention - Professor Theodora BENEDEK, MD, PhD
• Cardiac conditions in forensic pathology - Assoc. Prof. Anton KNIELING, Assist. Prof. Mădălina DIAC, Assist. Prof. Mădălina Gina TOMAS
• Discussion ( 15 minutes )

18:30 – 19:00 Symposium Boehringer: Professor Victorița ȘORODOC, MD, PhD

09:00 – 10:30 SESSION IX: Respiratory Pathology

Chairmen: Assoc. Prof. Ovidiu Rusalim PETRIȘ, MD, PhD & Tudor TOMA, MD, PhD

• Navigating troubled waters: progressive fibrosing interstitial pneumonias - Assoc. Prof. Radu CRIȘAN-DABIJA, MD, PhD
• COPD and lung cancer: a fatal interaction - Professor Alexandru CORLĂTEANU, MD, PhD
• Update on incidental findings in low-dose computed tomography lung cancer screening for pulmonologists: respiratory and beyond - Georgia HARDAVELLA, MD, PhD
• Anglicisms in the management of pneumothorax by doctors – Tudor TOMA, MD, PhD
• Redefining COPD - Assoc. Prof. Ovidiu Rusalim PETRIȘ, MD, PhD
• Discussion ( 15 minutes )

10:30 – 11:00 Symposium AstraZeneca- Professor Laurențiu ȘORODOC, MD, PhD

11:00 – 11:30 – Break

11:30 – 13:00 SESSION X

Chairmen: Professor Elisabeta BĂDILĂ, MD, PhD & Professor Ruxandra CHRISTODORESCU, MD, PhD

• Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists during a generational shift: What do we know? What do we choose? What do we hope for? Professor Elisabeta BĂDILĂ, MD, PhD
• Key messages from the new ESC guidelines for chronic coronary syndromes for general cardiology - Professor Ruxandra CHRISTODORESCU, MD, PhD
• Palliative care organization in Sweden and teaching medical communication skills in end of life – Franziska EDVINSSON, MD, PhD
• Ventricular tachycardia ablation in heart failure and genetic cardiac disease – Boris KEWELOH, MD, PhD
• Discussion ( 15 minutes )

13:00 – 13:30 Symposium Dr. Reddys- Professor Laurențiu ȘORODOC, MD, PhD

Closing of the Conference & "Gabriela Dumitrescu" Award