MasterCourse in Heart Failure 2025 - Skopje
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City
Skopje, North Macedonia
Type of event
on site
Invitation
Dear Participants and Esteemed Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to the Master Course in Heart Failure, which will be held in Skopje from September 25th to 27th, 2025. Organized with the support of London Heart House, Zurich Heart House, this course is designed in alignment with the latest guidelines, emphasizing the importance of managing the heart failure patients within a multidisciplinary framework, prioritizing comprehensive care. Continuous education for cardiologists and medical staff is essential to ensure effective management of heart failure patients.
To meet this need, we have partnered with leading European research and educational centers, specifically the Zurich Heart House and the London Heart House. The goal is to establish a top-tier educational program on heart failure for this Master Course in Skopje this year.
This educational program will offer the opportunity to share the latest scientific insights from Europe`s leading experts, along with interactive, hands-on training to enhance diagnostic and management skills for heart failure patients.
We warmly invite you to join the Master Course in Heart Failure – Skopje 2025 to expand your expertise, engage with global experts, and enhance your professional network!
Yours sincerely,
Jorgo Kostov, MD, FESC
President of National Society of N.Macedonia
Scientific Programme
Day 1, Thursday September 25th, 2025
| 10:00-12:00 | Opening Session: Heart Failure: From Cinderella to Center Stage Chair: Thomas F. Lüscher, London and Jorgo Kostov, Skopje | |
| 10:00 | Welcome by Course Directors | Jorgo Kostov, Skopje Tanja Angjuseva, Skopje Thomas F. Lüscher, London |
| 10:15 | Learning outcomes | Christine Lohmann, Zurich |
| 10:30 | Heart failure – the new epidemic in N.Macedonia and worldwide | Sasko Kedev, Skopje |
| 10:50 | Chronic persistent HF to advanced HF: Transition, phenotyping and prognosis | Petar Seferovic, Belgrade |
| 11:10 | What is in the new 2024 ESC HF Guidelines Updates? | Marco Metra, Brescia |
| 11:30 | Panel discussion: Reality and future perspectives of HF care in North Macedonia and beyond | |
| 12:00-12:45 | Lunch Break | |
| 12:45-14:00 | Case-based Interactive Learning – Imaging of HF (Breakout Sessions in three groups) | |
| Advanced Echocardiography in HF | Rajdeep Khattar, London | |
| Cardiac MRI | Planinka Zafirovska/Milka Klinceva, Belgrade/Skopje | |
| Multimodality imaging in HF | Marija Zdravkovic, Belgrade | |
| 14:00-16:30 | Session 2: Assessing and Diagnosing Heart Failure Chairs: Thomas F. Lüscher, Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci | |
| 14:00 | The spectrum of HF and what it means for practice | Thomas F. Lüscher, London |
| 14:20 | Assessing heart failure in clinical practice | Bulent Mutlu, Istanbul |
| 14:40 | Lifestyle interventions: key issues of diet and exercise | Sivana Jovanova, Skopje |
| 15:00 | Hypertension and heart failure | Irena Mitevska, Skopje |
| 15:20 | Multimodality imaging in heart failure | Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, London |
| 15:40 | The role of magnetic resonance in diagnosis of heart failure | Jadranka Stojanovska, New York |
| 16:00 | Panel discussion: Diagnosing heart failure | |
| 16:30-16:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:45-18:30 | Session 3: Comorbidities Chairs: Bulent Mutlu, Francesco Cosentino | |
| 16:45 | Obesity and HF: effects of GLP-1 agonists | John E. Deanfield, London |
| 17:05 | Diabetes and heart failure: effects of SGLT-2i | Francesco Cosentino, Stockholm |
| 17:25 | Case Presentation: A patient with HFrEF | Ana Chelikikj, Skopje |
| 17:45 | Atrial fibrillation: Cause, consequence and cure of heart failure | Lidija Poposka, Skopje |
| 18:05 | Panel discussion: Management of comorbidities | |
| 18:30 | Welcome Reception, Macedonian Chamber of Commerce session, Get Together | |
Day 2, Friday September 26th, 2025
| 09:00-11:10 | Session 4: Pharmacotherapy Chairs: Thomas F. Lüscher, Petar Seferovic | |
| 09:00 | Starting drugs in HF: which ones, how fast an in what order? | Thomas F. Lüscher, London |
| 09:20 | SGLT2 inhibitors from HFrEF to HFmrEF and HFpEF | Petar Seferovic, Belgrade |
| 09:40 | Contemporary Management of Heart Failure with HFpEF | Carsten Tschöpe, Berlin |
| 10:00 | Diuretics: Loop diuretics, thiazides and/or acetazolamide? | Marija Vavlukis, Skopje |
| 10:20 | Role of biomarkers is heart failure | Peder L. Myhre, Oslo |
| 10:40 | Panel discussion: Guideline-based management of heart failure | |
| 11:10-11:25 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:25-13:15 | Session 5: Devices, Imaging Chairs: Filippo Crea, Igor Tulevski | |
| 11:25 | CardioMems: remote monitoring and digital health | Igor Tulevski, Amsterdam |
| 11:40 | ICD for primary prevention of SCD | Vasil Traykov, Sofia |
| 11:55 | Patient selection for ICD and CRT | Vasil Traykov, Sofia |
| 12:10 | Revascularisation in heart failure | Filippo Crea, Rome |
| 12:25 | Imaging of the aortic valve | Elizabeta Srbinovska, Skopje |
| 12:40 | Panel discussion | |
| 13:15-14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00-15:15 | Case-based Interactive Learning (Breakout Sessions in three groups) | |
| Advanced Echocardiography in HF | Rajdeep Khattar, London | |
| Cardiac MRI | Planinka Zafirovska/Milka Klinceva, Belgrade/Skopje | |
| Multimodality imaging in HF | Marija Zdravkovic, Belgrade | |
| 15:15-15:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:30-17:30 | Session 6: Acute and Advanced Heart Failure Chairs: Marija Polovina, Ivan Knezevik | |
| 15:30 | Advanced HF: definition and management | Marija Polovina, Belgrade |
| 15:50 | Managing acute HF | Tanja Angjuseva, Skopje |
| 16:10 | LVADs as bridge to transplant or destination therapy | Ivan Knezevik, Ljubljana |
| 16:30 | Heart transplantation: indications and timing | Daniela Grizelj, Zagreb |
| 16:50 | Heart Transplant patient care and follow up | Elena Grueva, Skopje |
| 17:10 | Panel discussion:Advances in Post-Transplant Care and Surveillance | |
Day 3, Saturday September 27th, 2025
| 09:30-10:45 | Session 7: Cardiomyopathies and Devices in Heart Failure Chair: Iacopo Olivotto, Daniel Unik | |
| 09:00 | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: clinical predictors and outcome | Iacopo Olivotto, Florence |
| 09:20 | Cardiac amyloidosis | Mariya Tokmakova, Plovdiv |
| 09:40 | When is the right time for SAVR or TAVR? | Daniel Unik, Zagreb |
| 10:00 | Mitral and tricuspid valve disease and heart failure | Victoria Delgado, Barcelona |
| 10:20 | Panel discussion: Which patients need an intervention? | |
| 10:45-11:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:15-12:30 | Case-based Interactive Learning (Breakout Sessions in three groups) | |
| Advanced Echocardiography in HF | Rajdeep Khattar, London | |
| Cardiac MRI | Planinka Zafirovska/Milka Klinceva, Belgrade/Skopje | |
| Multimodality imaging in HF | Alexandros Kaliffatidis, Thessaloniki | |
| 12:45-13:00 | Closing Session | |
| Wrap-up and Adjourn | Thomas F. Lüscher & Tanja Anguseva & Jorgo Kostov | |
| 13:00 | Lunch Buffet | |
General Infomation
Registration
| Category | |
|---|---|
| Registration fees | |
| Standard fee | Euro 150 |
| Early registration fee (until September 10, 2025) | Euro 120 |
| Member of the National Society of Cardiology of N. Macedonia | Euro 130 |
| Member of the National Society of Cardiology of N. Macedonia Early registration fee (until September 10, 2025) | Euro 100 |
| Special fee: PCHF Zurich and London graduate / Fellow in training/ Undergraduate medical student | Euro 80 |
| Special fee: PCHF Zurich and London graduate / Fellow in training/ Undergraduate medical student Early registration fee (until September 10, 2025) | Euro 50 |
Detailed Course Information regarding the registration, venue etc. can be found HERE!
Venue
Hotel ,,DoubleTree” by Hilton, Skopje
Blvd ASNOM 17, Skopje, North Macedonia
Accreditation
The MasterCourse in Heart Failure Skopje 2025 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) for a maximum of 16.5 European CME credits (ECMEC®s)
