Meet the Expert
MTE 1
Plenary Session
Session 1 – GDMT Essentials in the Real Life Setting
Chairs – Vijay Chopra and Camilla Hage
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The 4 Pillars of GDMT Sequencing and Titration – Gianluigi Savarese
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Managing GDMT and Hypotension – Michael Böhm
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Implementing GDMT in the Frail and Elderly Patient – Cristiana Vitale
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How to Manage GDMT in Advanced HF – Federica Guidetti
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Panel Discussion
Meet the Expert
MTE 2
Plenary Session
Session 2 – Updates on Recent Trials in HF
Chairs – Stefan Anker and Amina Rakisheva
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The VICTOR Trial – Faiez Zannad
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FAIR-HF2 – Stefan Anker
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DIGIT-HF – Udo Bavendiek
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MAPLE-HCM – Pablo Garcia-Pavia
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Panel Discussion
Symposium
Symposium 1
Plenary Session
Session 3 – Obesity and Weight Management in HF
Chairs – Anu Lala-Trindade and Naveed Sattar
Obesity and HF: Epidemiology and Mechanisms – Shahzeb Khan
Overview of Current Therapeutic Agents and Their Trial Results – Izza Shahid
New GLP1-based Drugs in the Pipeline: Oral, Triple Agonists and/or Once a Month – Dimitris Papamargaritis
Weight Loss Therapies and Body Composition Changes – Stefan Anker
Panel Discussion
Meet the Expert
MTE 3
Plenary Session
Session 4 – Managing Cardiomyopathy in HF
Chairs – Pedro Schwartzmann and Giuseppe Rosano
Cardiomyopathies and HF: What Should the Clinician Now Feature – Maurizio Pieroni
Differential Diagnosis – Arnt Kristen
Management of Cardiac Amyloidosis – Marianna Fontana
New Approaches in the Management of HCM – Ahmad Masri
Panel Discussion
Meet the Expert
MTE 4
Plenary Session
Session 5 – Cardiac Rhythm Management in HF
Chairs – William Abraham and Mitja Lainscak
CRM Devices: Cornerstones of Patient-centred Management in HF – Biykem Bozkurt
Prevention of Sudden Arrhythmic Death in HFrEF – Carsten Israel
Role of Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillators – David Duncker
CRT in HFrEF for Whom and When – Michael Böhm
Panel Discussion
Plenary Session
Session 6 – Devices in HF: Ready for Prime Time?!
Chairs – Pedro Schwartzmann and Ileana Piña
Neuromodulation Therapy for HFrEF – JoAnn Lindenfeld
CCM: Benefits of Early Implementation – Marat Fudim
Interatrial Shunts – Michal Laufer-Perl
Sleep Apnoea – William Abraham
Panel Discussion
Plenary Session
Session 7 – Managing HFpEF in 2025
Chairs – Oliver Schnell and Patricia Campbell
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Diagnosis of HFpEF and Management Principles: The Basics – Cristina Gavina
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Pillar 1 of HFpEF Therapy: SGLT2-inhibitor – Kieran Docherty
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Pillar 2 of HFpEF Therapy: MRAs – Gerasimos Filippatos
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The Experience in Primary Care – Ana Maria Cebrián Cuenca
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Panel Discussion
Plenary Session
Session 8 – Enabling GDMT in HF
Chairs – David Sim and Ewa Jankowska
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The Role of Potassium Binders – Francesca Musella
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The Role of SGLT2i in Preventing Hyperkalemia – Giuseppe Rosano
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Devices to Enable Drug Therapy – Gianluigi Savarese
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Lessons Learned From REVOLUTION HF – Lisa Anderson
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Panel Discussion
Meet the Expert
MTE 5
Plenary Session
Session 9 – Improving Heart and Kidney Outcomes: The Role of MRAs
Chairs – Clara Inés Saldarriaga and Shelley Zieroth
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Improving Outcomes for the Heart and Kidney – Biykem Bozkurt
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The Role of Steroidal MRAs in HF – Joao Ferreira
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Clinical Implications of the FINEARTS-HF
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The Future of Heart and Kidney Therapies – Scott Solomon
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Panel Discussion
Meet the Expert
MTE 6
Plenary Session
Session 10 – Valvular Heart Disease
Chairs – Marianna Adamo and Shahzeb Khan
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Management of FMR in HF
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Management of TR in HF – Stephan Von Bardeleben
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TAVI in HF Patients – Holger Thiele
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Renal Denervation Therapy – Karl-Patrik Kresoja
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Panel Discussion
Meet the Expert
MTE 7
Plenary Session
Session 11 – Remote Monitoring and Team Approaches in the Management of HF
Chairs – JoAnn Lindenfeld and Marat Fudim
Latest Experience with Haemodynamic Monitoring – JoAnn Lindenfeld
New Device: From Voice Recognition to Lung Water Assessment – William Abraham
Reducing HF Hospitalisation by Disease Management Programme – Nicolas Girerd
Evaluation and Treatment of HF With Linq Sensors – Javed Butler
Panel Discussion
Replay
William Abraham
The Ohio State University, Columbus, US
Marianna Adamo
Civil Hospital of Brescia, Brescia, IT
Lisa Anderson
St George’s Hospital, London, UK
Stefan Anker
Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, DE
Udo Bavendiek
Hannover Medical School, Hannover, DE
Michael Böhm
Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, DE
Biykem Bozkurt
Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, US
Javed Butler
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, US
Patricia Campbell
Craigavon Area Hospital, Craigavon, UK
Ana Maria Cebrián Cuenca
Centro de Salud San Antón, Murcia, ES
Vijay Chopra
Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, IN
Kieran Docherty
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
David Duncker
Hannover Medical School, Hannover, DE
Joao Ferreira
University of Porto, Porto, PT
Gerasimos Filippatos
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GR
Marianna Fontana
University College London, London, UK
Marat Fudim
Duke University, Durham, US
Pablo Garcia-Pavia
Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, ES
Cristina Gavina
University of Porto, Porto, PT
Nicolas Girerd
University Hospital of Nancy, Nancy, FR
Federica Guidetti
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SE
Camilla Hage
Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SE
Clara Inés Saldarriaga
University of Antioquia, Medellín, CO
Carsten Israel
Bethel-Clinic, Bielefeld, DE
Ewa Jankowska
Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, PL
Shahzeb Khan
Baylor Scott & White Health, Texas, US
Karl-Patrik Kresoja
University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, DE
Arnt Kristen
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, DE
Mitja Lainscak
University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SI
Anu Lala-Trindade
The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, US
Michal Laufer-Perl
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, IL
JoAnn Lindenfeld
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Tennessee, US
Ahmad Masri
Oregon Health & Science University Medical Group, Portland, US
Francesca Musella
Santa Maria delle Grazie Hospital, Naples, IT
Dimitris Papamargaritis
University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Maurizio Pieroni
University of Florence, Florence, IT
Ileana Piña
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, US
Amina Rakisheva
City Cardiology Center, Almaty, KZ
Giuseppe Rosano
St Georges Medical School, London, UK
Naveed Sattar
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Gianluigi Savarese
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SE
Oliver Schnell
Diabetes Research Institute, Helmholtz Center, Munich, DE
Pedro Schwartzmann
Hospital Unimed, Ribeirao Preto, BR
Izza Shahid
Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Texas, US
David Sim
National Heart Centre Singapore, SG
Scott Solomon
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, US
Holger Thiele
Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Leipzig, DE
Cristiana Vitale
St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Stephan Von Bardeleben
University Medical Center of Mainz, Mainz, DE
Faiez Zannad
University of Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-Les-Nancy, FR
Shelley Zieroth
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CA
