Cardiology Update London 2025

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City
London, UK
Type of event
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Invitation

Dear Colleagues

It is a real pleasure to announce the 9th Christmas Postgraduate Course of the Guys and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust & Imperial College, the Cardiology Update London.

Cardiology and cardiovascular medicine in general is a rapidly expanding field with impressive developments and innovations over the last years. For physicians, be it general practitioners, cardiologists or cardiac surgeons, it is therefore important to keep pace with a challenging environment. To that end, we have designed a postgraduate course, the Cardiology Update London, to summarize, at the end of the year, the most important new developments, innovations, but also failures that will all affect cardiovascular diagnosis and management in our everyday practice.

We have selected an international Faculty of high standing experts both from the Trust and worldwide, covering the broad spectrum of cardiovascular medicine from prevention to intervention, from valvular heart disease to heart failure, and from conservative management to intervention and surgical operations. Thus, the course will give an up-to-date overview about current diagnosis and management of the most important cardiovascular conditions during two days in London.

We would be most happy to welcome you at the Royal Society of Medicine in central London to enjoy two days of interactive education for the benefit of your practice and your patients.

Prof. Thomas F. Lüscher
MD, FRPC, FESC

Dr. Peter Libby
FESC, FACC

Prof. Bernard J. Gersh   
FACC

Dr. Richard Grocott-Mason
MD, FRCP

Dr. Eleanor Wicks
FESC
 

 

Program Overview

Monday , December 8th(UK Time)Tuesday, December 9th (UK Time)
8:30

Welcome Address
Opening Lectures

  • Cardiometabolic medicine 
  • Cardiac amyloidosis

 

 

9:00

Session 4
ACS and Cardiogenic Shock

  • ACS Guidelines 
  • New classification of MI  
  • Multivessel ACS
  • Cardiogenic shock
     
9:45Coffee10:45Coffee
10:15

Session 1
Risk Factors and Prevention

  • Cardiovascular risk 
  • Mental Health 
  • 2025 ESC/EAS dyslipidaemia guidelines
  • Micro- and nano plastics
  • Obesity
     
11:15

Session 5
Valvular Heart Disease

  • 2025 ESC Guidelines 
  • PCI in patients undergoing TAVI
  • Tricuspid TEER vs. percutaneous 
    valve implantation 
  • Prevention of aortic stenosis
     

 

12:15Industry Sponsored Session  
13:00Lunch Buffet13:00Lunch Buffet
14:00

Session 2
Hypertension, Pregnancy and Women’s Disease

  • ESC vs. ESH Guidelines
  • Hypertension 
  • ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease during pregnancy
  • SCAD and Takotsubo

 

14:00

14:30

 

 

 

 

 

The Paul Hamilton Wood Lecture

Session 6
Atrial Fibrillation and HF

  • Ablation of atrial fibrillation
  • Anticoagulation after atrial
    fibrillation ablation 
  • Percutaneous closure of LAA
  • AI to diagnose HFpEF

 

15:45Coffee16:15Coffee
16:15

Session 3
Epicardial & Microvascular Coronary Diseasees

  • Coronary imaging
  • Angina and coronary artery disease in women
  • ANOCA and INOCA
  • Refractory angina
  • Preventive PCI vs. medical therapy
     
16:45

Session 7
Myocardial & Pericardial Diseases

  • 2025 ESC Guidelines
  • Cardiomyopathies 
  • Personalized indications for ICD
    in cardiomyopathies
  • Cardio-oncology
     

 

18:30End of day 118:15Adjourn

 

Scientific Programm

Monday, December 8th, 2025 (UK time)

Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine

08:30 | Welcome Address 
08:30Welcome by the ESC PresidentThomas F. Lüscher, London

 

08:45 | Opening Lectures: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science
Chairs: Peter Libby, Boston and Bernard J. Gersh, Rochester MN
08:45Opening Lectures 1: Cardiometabolic medicine: The return of the generalist?Thomas F. Lüscher, London
09:15Opening Lecture 2: Cardiac amyloidosis: From Cinderella to center stagePerry Elliott, London
09:45- 10:15 | Coffee Break 

 

10:15 | Session 1: Risk Factors and Prevention
Chairs: John E. Deanfield, London and Peter Libby, Boston
10:15The remaining cardiovascular risk: Mechanisms and management Peter Libby, Boston
10:35Mental Health and Cardiovascular Disease (Consensus Statement)Christi Deaton, Cambridge 
10:552025 ESC/EAS dyslipidaemia guidelines: A focused updateFrancois Mach, Geneva
11:15Non-traditional risk factors: Micro- and nano plastics Giuseppe Paolisso, Naples
11:35Managing obesity and its cardiovascular complicationsJohn E. Deanfield, London
11:55Panel DiscussionAll speakers from the session

 

12:15 - 13:00 | Industry-Sponsored symposium
13:00-14:00 | Lunch Buffet

 

14:00 | Session 2: Hypertension, Pregnancy and Women’s Disease
Chairs: Richard Grocott-Mason, London and Thomas F. Lüscher, London
14:00ESC vs. ESH Guidelines: Differences and similaritiesFelix Mahfoud, Basel
14:20Is hypertension an inflammatory disease? 
Emerging novel therapies		Tomasz Guzik, Edinburgh  
14:40The 2025 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular 
disease during pregnancy		Julie de Backer, Gent
15:00Women’s cardiovascular diseases: SCAD and TakotsuboDavid Adlam, Leicester
15:20Panel DiscussionAll speakers from the session
15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee Break 

 

16:15 | Session 3: Epicardial and Microvascular Coronary Disease
Chairs: Eleanor Wicks, London and Peter Libby, Boston
16:15Imaging of coronary artery disease: Obstructive vs. vulnerable plaques Charalambos Antoniades, Oxford
16:35Angina and coronary artery disease in womenEva Prescott, Copenhagen
16:55ANOCA and INOCA: Diagnosis and management Divaka Perera, London
17:15Refractory angina: role of the coronary sinus occluderRanil De Silva, London
17:35Preventive PCI or medical therapy alone for vulnerable plaques? Bernard J. Gersh, Rochester MN
18:00Panel discussion    All speakers from the session

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025 (UK Time)

Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine

09:00 | Session 4: Acute Coronary Syndromes and Cardiogenic Shock
Chairs: Simon Davies, London and Shrilla Banerjee, Redhill
09:00What is new since the 2023 ACS Guidelines? Robert Byrne, Dublin 
09:20Towards a new classification of MI: Is it clinically relevant?Filippo Crea, Rome
09:40Multivessel ACS: Culprit artery only or complete revascularisation?Shrilla Banerjee, Redhill
10:00Cardiogenic shock: Form intensive care to assist devicesChristian Hassager, Copenhagen
10:20Panel discussionAll speakers from the session
   
10:45-11:15 | Coffee Break 

 

11:15 | Session 5: Valvular Heart Disease
Chairs: Alison Duncan, London and Rob Smith, London
11:152025 ESC Guidelines on Valvular Heart Disease Fabien Praz, Berne 
11:35PCI in patients undergoing TAVI: All together, separate or not at all?Adrian Banning, Oxford
11:55Tricuspid TEER or percutaneous valve implantation?Ralph S. von Bardeleben, Mainz
12:15Prevention of aortic stenosis: Dream or reality?Ulf Landmesser, Berlin
12:35Panel discussionAll speakers from the session
13:00-14:00 | Lunch Buffet 

 

14:00 | The Paul Hamilton Wood Lecture
Chairs: Bernard J. Gersh, Rochester MN and Thomas F. Lüscher, London
14:00Subclinical atherosclerosis – a new target for cardiovascular prevention?Valentin Fuster,
New York / Madrid

 

14:30 | Session 6: Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure 
Chairs: Shouvik Haldar, London and Richard Grocott-Mason, London
14:30How to ablate atrial fibrillation: Pulse field ablation, cooling or burning?    Peter Noseworthy, Rochester MN
14:50Anticoagulation after atrial fibrillation ablation: Short term or destination?Gregory Lip, Liverpool
15:10Percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendix: An alternative to anticoagulationHorst Sievert, Frankfurt
15:30AI to diagnose HFpEFKevin O’Gallagher, London
15:50Panel discussionAll speakers from the session
16:15 - 16:45 | Coffee Break 

 

16:45 | Session 7: Myocardial & Pericardial Diseases
Chairs: Bernard J. Gersh, Rochester MN and Theresa McDonagh, London
16:452025 ESC Guidelines on Myocarditis and PericarditisJeanette Schulz-Menger, Berlin
17:05Personalized indications for ICD in cardiomyopathies: 
Genetics, fibrosis and/or LVEF?    		Lars Køber, Copenhagen
17:25Integrating AI into clinical practicePeter Noseworthy, Rochester MN
17:45What the general cardiologist should know about 
cardio-oncology		Teresa Lopez Fernandez, Madrid
18:05Panel discussionAll speakers from the session
   
18:15Wrap-up and AdjournThomas F. Lüscher, London

 

Teaching Faculty

David Adlam
Leicester, UK

Charalambos Antoniades
Oxford, UK

Shrilla Banerjee
Redhill, UK

Adrian Banning
Oxford, UK

Robert Byrne
Dublin, IE

Filippo Crea
Rome, IT

Simon Davies
London, UK

Julie De Backer
Gent, BE

Ranil de Silva
London, UK

John E. Deanfield
London, UK

Christi Deaton
Cambridge, UK

Alison Duncan
London, UK

Perry Elliott
London, UK

Valentin Fuster
New York, USA / Madrid, ES

Bernard J. Gersh
Rochester, USA

Richard Grocott-Mason
London, UK

Tomasz Guzik
Glasgow, UK

Christian Hassager
Copenhagen, DK

Shouvik Haldar
London, UK

Lars Køber
Copenhagen, DK

Ulf Landmesser
Berlin, DE

Peter Libby
Boston, USA

Gregory Y. H. Lip
Liverpool, UK

Teresa Lopez Fernandez
Madrid, ES

Thomas F. Lüscher
London, UK

François Mach
Geneva, CH

Felix Mahfoud
Basel, CH

Theresa A. McDonagh
London, UK

Peter Noseworthy
Rochester, MN

Kevin O’Gallagher
London, UK

Giuseppe Paolisso
Napoli, IT

Divaka Perera
London, UK

Fabien Praz
Bern, CH

Eva Prescott
Copenhagen, DK

Jeanette Schulz-Menger
Berlin, DE

Horst Sievert
Frankfurt am Main, DE

Robert Smith,
London, UK

Ralph Stephan von Bardeleben
Mainz, DE

Eleanor Wicks
Oxford, UK

 

General Information

Registration

Registrations can be made exclusively online on our website: www.cardiologyupdate.uk

Category 
Registration fees 
Regular feeGBP 300
Early registration fee (until November 07, 2025)GBP 250
  
Trainees/Residents, Research fellows, Nurses, Students <40 years (ID proof required)* 
Regular feeGBP 150
Early registration fee (until November 07, 2025)GBP 100
Day TicketGBP 150
  
Group Registration (For group registrations a minimum of 10 participants is required)** 
Regular feeGBP 260
Early registration fee (until November 08, 2024)GBP 210

*For the reduced registration (Trainees/Residents, Research fellows, Nurses, Students <40 years) please send a copy of your ID to Ms. Nadine-Estelle Abea at nadine-estelle.abea@zhh.ch.

**Please contact Ms. Nadine-Estelle Abea (nadine-estelle.abea@zhh.ch) at the Zurich Heart House to obtain further information.

Registration will be confirmed upon receipt of payment.
Please note that UK banks may charge high fees for international bank transfers. We therefore recommend payment by credit card.

Modification & Cancellation

All modifications or cancellations must be notified in writing (by mail, fax or e-mail) to the Zurich Heart House. For each modification requested by the participant, GBP 50 will be charged for administrative costs. In case of cancellation up to 1st of November 2025, deposits will be refunded less 35 % for administrative costs. After this date, no refund will be possible.

Travel to London - Electronic travel authorisation (ETA) 

From 2 April 2025, EU citizens will require an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to enter the UK. For non-EU citizens, the regulation will come into force on 8 January 2025. More information can be found on https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-an-electronic-travel-authorisation-eta. It will be possible to apply for the ETA, which will be required from April, from 5 March 2025 onwards. For nationals of certain countries outside Europe, the ETA will be required from 8 January 2025. The application is again possible from 27 November 2024: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-when-you-can-get-an-electronic-travel-authorisation-eta. You won’t have to apply in case you have a VISA.

Venue

The Royal Society of Medicine,
1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Organisation

Zurich Heart House, Foundation for Cardiovascular Research
Dr. Eleanor Wicks
Nadine-Estelle Abea
Hottingerstrasse 14, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland
Phone +41 (0) 44 250 40 95, Fax +41 (0) 44 250 40 90

Accreditation

The Cardiology Update London is recognised by the following institutions as accredited continuing education:

  • EACCME-UEMS European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) 13 category 1 (external) CPD credits
 EACCME
  • Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom for CPD credits (submitted) 14 category 1 (external) CPD credits
  
  • British Cardiovascular Society (submitted)
 

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