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MasterClass in Heart Failure 2025 - Mexico

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City
Mexico City, Mexico
Type of event
hybrid

Invitation

MasterClass in Heart Failure
April 10-12, 2025, Mexico City

Directors: 
Thomas F. Lüscher, MD, FRCP, FESC 
Francisco Martin Baranda Tovar, MD, FESC
Carlos Alberto Guizar Sanchez, MD

Scientific Coordinators: Eleanor Wicks and Christine Lohmann

Venue: Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City
Simultaneous interpreting from English to Spanish provided


Scientific Programme

Day 1, April 10th, 2025

13:00 - 15:00 | Registry

15:00 - 16:00 | Room 1: Workshop 
                         Room 2: Scientific Box Lunch

16:30 - 18:10 | Session 1: The ESC Heart Failure Guidelines and Beyond
Chairs: Thomas F. Lüscher, United Kingdom / Carlos Guizar, Mexico
16:302023 Update on heart failure managementTheresa McDonagh, United Kingdom (remote)
16:50Which Device to Implant in HF patients    Wilfried Mullens, Belgium
17:10Starting medical management – STRONG HF    Marco Metra, Italy
17:30What to do if LVEF normalized?Brian Halliday, United Kingdom (remote)
17:50Panel discussionJuan B. Ivey, Mexico / Victor Rossel, Chile (remote)
18:10 | End of day 1

 

Day 2, April 11th, 2025

07:15-08:15 | Room 1 Scientific breakfast 

                       Room 2 Scientific box lunch

08:30-10:10 | Session 2: Controversy: How to manage Ischemic Cardiomyopathy?
Chairs: Omar Gomez, Mexico / Jorge Ochoa, Mexico 
08:30Revascularization is still an option Mauricio Soule, Mexico
08:50Medical treatment is the right option Sergio Chávez, Mexico
09:10Rebuttal (interventional point of view)Felix Damas, Mexico
09:30How important are biomarkers in heart failure?Arturo Méndez (Mexico)
09:50Panel discussion: Alejando Ricalde, Mexico / Celso Mendoza, Mexico / Edgar Hernandez, Mexico
10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee
 
10:30 - 12:10 | Session 3: Acute Heart Failure, how can I treat it?
Chairs: Diego Araiza, Mexico / Hector Gonzalez Pacheco, Mexico
10:30How to evaluate a patient with ADHF in the emergency room? Amada Álvarez, Mexico
10:50Approach and treatment according to the hemodynamic profiles Marco Metra, Italy
11:10Worsening Heart Failure: from hospital to home Stephen Greene, USA 
11:15Decongestive strategies in ADHF Wilfried Mullens, Belgium
11:50Panel discussion: Alexandra Arias, Mexico / Cynthia Paola Paredes, Peru (remote)
 
12:10 – 13:00 | MASTER CONFERENCE (Prof. Thomas F. Lüscher)
 
13:00 – 13:10 | Coffee
 
13:10 – 14:50 | Session 2: What’s new in HFpEf in 2024
Chairs: Pamela Ramirez, Mexico / Mauricio Lopez, Mexico
13:10Evaluation and diagnosis of a patient with HFpEF Amr Abdin, Germany (remote) 
13:30Pathophysiology: from inflammation to myocardial fibrosis Carlos Guízar, Mexico
13:50Impact of comorbidities in HFpEF Rafael Rascon, Mexico
14:10How to improve the management in HFpEF Javed Butler, Dallas
14:30Panel discussion: Alex Romero, Pnaname (remote) / Isabel Cardenas, Colombia (remote)
14:50 – 15:30 | Coffee
 
15:30 – 17:10    SYMPOSIUM: The Obesity Epidemic – New Treatment Options in Heart Failure
Chairs: Juan Carlos Alonso, Mexico / Patricia Ortiz, Mexico
15:30The obesity epidemic in Mexico and worldwide     Juan M. Vera, Mexico 
15:50Obesity and inflammation as a link to cardiovascular disease Roopa Mehta, Mexico 
16:10GLP-1 antagonism in obesity: Effects in heart failure Javed Butler, Dallas
16:30Novel perspectives in obesity management Emma Chávez, Mexico 
16:50Panel discussion: Jesus Rivera, Mexico / Enrique Gomez Alvarez, Mexico
17:10 – 17:20 | Coffee
 
17:20 – 19:00 | SYMPOSIUM: Novel Options of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonism in Heart Failure
Chairs: Manuel Ricano, Mexico / Cesar Flores, Mexico
17:20Aldosterone and cardiac remodelingLuisa Aguilera, Mexico
17:40Classical mineralocorticoid antagonism: Spironolactone and Eplerenone Antonio Jordan, Mexico
18:00Non-steroidal mineralocorticoid antagonism as a new treatment option in heart failureShelley Zieriot, Canada
18:20Non-selective mineralocorticoid antagonism in renal failureChristoph Wanner, Oxford (remote)
18:40Panel discussion: Magdalena Madero, Mexico / Clemente Barron, Mexico
19:00End of Day 2
  

 

Day 3, April 12th, 2025

07:15 – 08:15 | Room 1 Scientific breakfast 
                          Room 2 Scientific box lunch
08:30 – 10:10 | Session 5: Novel Insights into Cardiomyopathies: The ESC 2023 Guidelines
Chairs: Manilo F. Marquez, Mexico / Lili Posada, Mexico
08:30Definition in classification of cardiomyopathiesJuan Pablo Kaski, United Kingdom (remote)
08:50Imaging of cardiomyopathiesEleanor Wicks, United Kingdom 
09:10Managing cardiomyopathiesBrian Halliday, United Kingdom (remote)
09:30Is gene therapy a treatment option in cardiomyopathies?Perry Elliott, London (remote)
09:50Panel discussion: Julieta Morales, Mexico / Jaime Galindo, Mexico / Laura Torres, Mexcio
10:10 – 10:30 | Coffee
 
10:30 – 12:10 | SYMPOSIUM: Amyloid Heart Disease: from Cinderella to Centre Stage 
Chairs: Laura Rodriguez, Mexico / Alan Fuentes, Mexico
10:30Different forms of amyloid heart disease: the liver and bone marrowEleanor Wicks, United Kingdom
10:50Diagnosing amyloid heart diseaseEnrique Berrios, Mexico
11:10Stabilizers of TTR to treat amyloid heart disease    Frederick Ruberg, USA
11:30Novel treatment options: ASO, siRNA and CRISPR-cas9Thomas F. Lüscher, United Kingdom
11:50Panel discussion: Maria Juliana, Colombia (remote) / Juan Pablo Costabel, Argentina (remote)
   
12:10 – 13:50 | Session 6: Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A new option in advanced heart failure?
Chairs: Gustavo Rojas, Mexico / Daniel Manzur, Mexico
12:10Advanced heart failure: clinical presentation and natural historyJuan Carlos De La Fuente, Mexico
12:30Medical treatment options in advanced heart failureEduardo Herrera, Mexico
12:50Left ventricular assist devices: destination therapyMandeep Mehra, USA
13:10Transplantation in advanced heart failureJaime Hernandez, USA
13:30Panel discussion: Martha Farrero, Spain (remote) / Flavio de Souza Brita, Brasil (remote)
13:50 – 14:00 | CLOSING SESSION 
Thomas F. Lüscher, United Kingdom / Carlos Guizar, Mexico
The programme may be subject to change.

Information

Register HERE

Category 
Registration Tickets 
Students and Residents - Virtual$1300 MXN 
Students and Residents - On site$1650 MXN 
Regular - Virtual $2200 MXN 
Regular - On site$3600 MXN 

Venue


Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez
Juan Badiano 1, Belisario Domínguez 
Secc 16, Tlalpan, 14080 Ciudad de >br> México, CDMX
 


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