The Program
Workshops (Wednesday, December 13th 2023)
BLS Workshop
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BLS Workshop - Afternoon session
Moderator: Abdullah Esmaiel
13:00 - 13:05
Lesson 1 : Course Introduction
13:05 - 13:35
Lesson 2 : 1- Rescuer Adult BLS
Part I : Adult chain of Survival
Part II : Scene Safety and Assessment, and Adult Compression
Part III : Pocket Mask
Part IV : 1 - Rescuer Adult BLS
13:35 - 13:55
Lesson 3 : AED and Bag Mask Device
Part I : AED
Part II : bage-mask Device
13:55 - 14:04
Lesson 4 : 2- rescuer Adult BLS
14:04 - 14:14
Lesson 5 : Special Considerations
Part I : Mouth-To-Mouth Breaths
Part II :Rescue Breathing
Part III : Breath withan advanced airway
Part IV :Opioid-Associated Life-threating Emergency
Part V :Maternal Cardiac Arrest
14:14 - 14:50
Lesson 6 : High-Performance Teams
Part I : Team Dynamics
Part II : High-performance Teams
Part III : High-performance Team Activity (Optional)
14:50 - 15:10
Break
15:10 - 15:20
Lesson 7 : Child BLS
Part I : Pediatric chain of Survival
Part II : Child BLS
Part III : 2- Rescuer Child CPR
15:20 - 15:40
Lesson 8 : Infant BLS
Part I : Infant BLS
Part II : Infant Compressions
Part III : Bage-Mask Device for Infants
Part IV : 2- Rescuer Infant BLS
Part V : AED for Infants and Children less than 8 years of age
15:40 - 15:47
Lesson 9 : Relife of ChockingAdult and Child chocking
Part I : Adult and Child chocking
Part II :Infant chocking
15:47 - 15:52
Lesson 10 : Conclusion
15:52 - 16:32
Lesson 11 : Skills Test
Part I : Adult CPR and AED Skills Test
Part II : Infant CPR Skills Test
16:32 - 16:57
Lesson 12 : Exam
16:57 - 17:12
Lesson 12 : Remediation
Part I : Skill Testing Remediation
Part II : Exam Remediation
BLS Workshop - Morning session
Moderator: Abdullah Esmaiel
08:00 - 08:05
Lesson 1 : Course Introduction
08:05 - 08:35
Lesson 2 : 1- Rescure Adult BLS
Part I : Adult chain of Survival
Part II : Scene Safety and Assessment, and Adult Compression
Part III : Pocket Mask
Part IV : 1 - Rescuer Adult BLS
08:35 - 08:55
Lesson 3 : AED and Bag Mask Device
Part I : AED
Part II : Bag-mask Device
08:55 - 09:04
Lesson 4 : 2- rescuer Adult BLS
09:04 - 09:14
Lesson 5 : Special Considerations
Part I : Mouth-To-Mouth Breaths
Part II :Rescue Breathing
Part III : Breath withan advanced airway
Part IV :Opioid-Associated Life-threating Emergency
Part V :Maternal Cardiac Arrest
09:14 - 09:50
Lesson 6 : High-Performance Teams
Part I : Team Dynamics
Part II : High-performance Teams
Part III : High-performance Team Activity (Optional)
09:50 - 10:10
Break
10:10 - 10:20
Lesson 7 : Child BLS
Part I : Pediatric chain of Survival
Part II : Child BLS
Part III : 2- Rescuer Child CPR
10:20 - 10:40
Lesson 8 : Infant BLS
Part I : Infant BLS
Part II : Infant Compressions
Part III : Bage-Mask Device for Infants
Part IV : 2- Rescuer Infant BLS
Part V : AED for Infants and Children less than 8 years of age
10:40 - 10:47
Lesson 9 : Relife of Chocking Adult and Child chocking
Part I : Adult and Child chocking
Part II :Infant chocking
10:47 - 10:52
Lesson 10 : Conclusion
10:52 - 11:32
Lesson 11 : Skills Test
Part I : Adult CPR and AED Skills Test
Part II : Infant CPR Skills Test
11:32 - 11:57
Lesson 12 : Exam
11:57 - 12:12
Lesson 12 : Remediation
Part I : Skill Testing Remediation
Part II : Exam Remediation
Echocardiography Workshop
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Echocardiography Workshop - Session 1: Role of Echocardiography in Percutaneous Mitral Valve intervention
Moderator: Khalid Almulla
08:00 - 08:30
Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge: Mitra Clip
Anita Sadeghpour, Yaser Nemshah
08:00 - 08:10
Pre-procedural Screening (Who is Eligible?) (Case-based discussion)
Anita Sadeghpour
08:10 - 08:20
Intra procedural Assessment (Crucial steps)
Yaser Nemshah
08:20 - 08:30
Adverse events after TEER Tips in Diagnosis
Anita Sadeghpour
08:30 - 08:35
Q&A
08:35 - 08:45
Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty (Real world and RHD ASE guideline 2022) Not always straight forward
Anita Sadeghpour
08:35 - 08:45
Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation
Anita Sadeghpour
08:45 - 08:55
Current Status of new TMVR devices
Anita Sadeghpour
08:55 - 09:10
Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation Inclusion criteria and intra procedural assessment
Yaser Nemshah
09:10 - 09:25
Role of cardiac CT in patient selection Post procedural complications/ adverse events
Anita Sadeghpour
09:25 - 09:30
Q&A
09:30 - 10:00
Hands-on 3D evaluation of the Mitral valve, MVA, and VCA
Anita Sadeghpour, Yaser Nemshah
10:00 - 10:15
Coffee Break
Echocardiography Workshop - Session 2: Role of Echocardiography in The Decision Making of Percutaneous LAA Closure
Moderator: Anita Sadeghpour
10:15 - 10:35
Preprocedural and procedural imaging
Bassam Bulbanat
10:35 - 10:55
Complications (Residual Leaks, Difficult IAS puncture, device embolization)
Bassam Bulbanat
10:55 - 11:15
Different Case-based devices and techniques
Bassam Bulbanat
11:15 - 11:30
Q&A
11:30 - 12:15
Hands on session (Pre-implantation, intraprocedural and postprocedural assessment)
12:15 - 13:00
Lunch Break
Echocardiography Workshop - Session 3: Role of Echocardiography in the diagnosis of Cardiomyopathies
Moderator: Bassam Bulbanat
13:00 - 13:25
Inherited cardiomyopathies-case based
Bassam Bulbanat
13:25 - 13:50
Cardiac Amyloidosis? Debate
Khalid Almulla
13:50 - 14:15
Cardio-oncology-2-D strain
Talal Alotaibi
14:15 - 14:30
Q&A
14:30 - 15:00
Coffee Break
Echocardiography Workshop - Challenging cases
15:00 - 15:10
SACC
Osama Qandeel
15:10 - 15:20
MKH
Mohammad Farouk
15:20 - 15:30
Adan Hospital
Mena Aziz
15:30 - 15:40
Farwanyia Hospital
Amr Al Hussein
15:45 - 15:50
Closing Remarks
Bassam Bulbanat
ECG & Arrhythmia Workshop
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ECG & Arrhythmia Workshop
08:45 - 09:00
Welcome & Overview of the workshop - Outline and speakers introduction
Samah Alkharji
09:00 - 09:30
Approach to ECG interpretation - 1. Chamber enlargement - 2. Bundle branch block - 3. Early repolarization
Samah Alkharji
09:30 - 10:00
What is a normal ECG? - WPW, HCM/ARVD, Brugada, LQT, ASD, post-TOF repair
Mohamed Ibrahim
10:00 - 10:30
Approach to narrow complex tachycardias
Adel Khalifa
10:30 - 11:00
Interactive cases
Samah Alkharji, Ali AlSayegh
11:00 - 11:15
Break
11:15 - 11:45
Ischemia & infarction
Samah Alkharji
11:45 - 12:15
If it quacks like a duck , is it a duck ? Approach to wide complex tachycardia
Wael ALQarawi
12:15 - 12:30
Interactive cases
Samah Alkharji, Ali AlSayegh
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:00
Approach to bradyarrhythmia
Adel Khalifa
14:00 - 14:30
Is the pacemaker working? 1. Normal pacemaker function - 2. Normal CRT function - 3. Arrhythmias - 4. Pacemaker malfunction cases /nightmare
TBD
14:30 - 15:00
Electrolytes and arrhythmias
Wael ALQarawi
15:00 - 15:10
Break
15:10 - 16:00
Cases /small groups
Adel Khalifa, Samah Alkharji, Wael ALQarawi, Mohamed Ibrahim, Ali AlSayegh
16:00 - 16:05
Closing remarks
Samah Alkharji
Scientific Agenda
Wednesday December 13
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Symposium 1 - AstraZeneca
19:00 - 20:00
Thursday December 14
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Session 1 - Structural Heart Disease
Moderator: Mohammad Balgaith
Panelists: Abdullah Alenezi, Ali Alsulaimi, Mahmud Khalil
09:30 - 09:45
Tricuspid valve: Forgotten or not well understood?
Sondos Samargandy
09:45 - 10:00
TAVR in 2023: What everyone needs to know?
Fawaz Almutairi
10:00 - 10:20
Mitral Regurgitation: Watch, repair, replace or clip?
Michael Rinaldi
10:20 - 10:45
TAVR in non-surgical center: Are we there yet?
Abdullah Esmaiel
10:35 - 10:50
Discussion
10:50 - 11:05
Coffee Break
Session 2 - Electrophysiology
Moderator: Nidal Asad
Panelists: Ali Alsayegh, Salem Alkaabi, Ahmed Alhersi
11:05 - 11:20
Devices for the general cardiologist: Leadless, MRI, preoperative and more
Adel Khalifa
11:20 - 11:35
Atrial Fibrillation: Is rate vs rhythm battle back?
Alawi Alsheikhali
11:35 - 11:50
PVCs in my Clinic: How to approach & when to refer?
Ali Boushahri
11:50 - 12:05
LAA closure: Where do we stand in 2023?
Samah Alkharji
12:05 - 12:20
Discussion
Symposium 2
12:40 - 13:20
Symposium 2 - Medvision
Lunch Break
13:20 - 14:00
Session 3 - Heart Failure
Moderator: Waleed Alhabeeb
Panelists: Kadhim Sulaiman, Wael Almahmeed, Mousa Akbar
14:00 - 14:10
Heart failure landscape in the Gulf: Gulf DYSPNEA Registry
Mohammad Zubaid
14:10 - 14:30
All you need to know about HFrEF in 2023
Giuseppe Rosano
14:30 - 14:50
Worsening heart failure: Definition, causes and management
Magdy Abdelhamid
14:50 - 15:10
HFpEF: Treating according to profiles
Giuseppe Rosano
15:10 - 15:25
Discussion
Session 4 - Multimodality imaging in 2023
Moderator: Jassim Alsuwaidi
Panelists: Abdullah Alkhodair, Khalid Almulla, Yahya Alansari
15:25 - 15:45
Role of cardiac MR in the diagnosis of heart disease
Martin Maron
15:45 - 16:05
Current and emerging role of cardiac CT
Ahmed Aljizeeri
16:05 - 16:25
Echocardiography: Recent advances and future trends
Anita Sadeghpour
16:25 - 16:45
Practical approach to HCM diagnosis and management
Martin Maron
16:45 - 17:00
Discussion
Symposium (Viatris)
17:30 - 18:30
Dyslipidemia Guidelines and Statin Therapy: Evidence-Based Practice
Alberico L. Catapano
Friday December 15
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Session 5 - Hot Topics
Moderator: Derar Alkhudair
Panelists: Awad Alqahtani, Adel El Etriby, Ahmad Alshatti
08:30 - 08:50
iCardio: New era of international collaboration
Giuseppe Rosano
08:50 - 09:10
The new cardiovascular epidemic: Obesity and its management
Waqar Ahmad
09:10 - 09:30
Cardiac Amyloidosis: What you need to know
Fahad Alhajri
09:30 - 09:50
Cardio-oncology: A new Frontier
Talal Alotaibi
09:50 - 10:10
Discussion
10:10 - 10:25
Coffee Break
Session 6 - Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology
Moderator: Najeeb Alrawahi
Panelists: Mohammad Almutairi, Abdulmajeed Alzubaidi, Yahya Alansari
10:25 - 10:40
The future of AI in cardiology: Potentials and challenges
Yahya Bokhari
10:40 - 10:55
Use of AI in echo assessment of valvular heart disease
Anita Sadeghpour
10:55 - 11:10
Applications of AI in CV disease research
Mohammad Alkhamis
11:10 - 11:30
Discussion
Symposium (Pfizer)
Moderator: Bassam Bulbanat
12:30 - 13:15
SUSPECT & ACT - Delivering hope in ATTR-CM
Hani Sabbour
Lunch Break
13:15 - 13:50
Session 7 - Joint GHA/ESC Session – 2023 ESC Guidelines
Moderator: Ahmad Almotarreb
Panelists: Raja Dashti, Mohamed Sobhy, Abdullah Shehab
13:50 - 13:55
Case presentation - Local
Jasem Redha
13:55 - 14:15
2023 ESC Guidelines: Acute Coronary Syndrome
Robert Byrne
14:15 - 14:20
Case presentation - Local
Mohammed Alaa Eldean
14:20 - 14:40
2023 ESC Guidelines: Cardiomyopathy
Hani Sabbour
14:40 - 14:45
Case presentation - Local
Mahmoud Jailani
14:45 - 15:05
2023 ESC Guidelines: Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes
Giuseppe Rosano
15:05 - 15:20
Discussion
15:20 - 15:35
Coffee break
Session 8 - Joint GHA/ACC session – Coronary Artery Disease
Moderator: Ahmad Alkharaza
Panelists: Ahmed Alqudaimi, Fahad Baslaib, Abdullah Esmaiel
15:35 - 15:55
Coronary artery calcium: Its prognosis and management
Michael Rinaldi
15:55 - 16:15
Heart diseases affecting women: MINOCA and others
Hanan Albackr
16:15 - 16:35
SCAD: Best approach
Osama Elkhateeb
16:35 - 16:55
Left main disease: Is there role for surgery anymore?
Abdullah Damluji
16:55 - 17:15
Role of non-statins in dyslipidemia management
Pamela Morris
17:15 - 17:35
Discussion
17:40 - 18:10
Keynote Speech
Professor Hani Najm
18:10 - 18:25
Awards Presentations
Symposium 5
18:30 - 19:10
Symposium 5 - Abbott Pharma
TBD
Saturday December 16
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Session 9 - Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS)
Moderator: Abdulwahid Almulla
Panelists: Habib tareif, Adil Tash, Jamal Alfathli
09:00 - 09:20
MICS, beyond tradition
Feras Khalil
09:20 - 09:30
MICS for mitral valve
Walid Abu Khudair
09:30 - 09:40
MICS for aortic valve
Qasim Alabri
09:40 - 09:50
Feasibility of MICS in a small centre
Ali Kindawi
09:50 - 10:00
MICS for CAD
Uthman Aluthman
10:00 - 10:20
Discussion
10:20 - 10:35
Coffee Break
Session 10 - Highlights of regional studies
Moderator: Abdulnaser Munibari
Panelists: Giuseppe Rosano, Pamela Morris, Abdulrahman AlQahtani
10:35 - 10:50
Kuwait Heart Foundation Registry of Acute Coronary Events (KHF RACE): ACS management in the real world
Mohammad Zubaid
10:50 - 11:05
Findings of Gulf TAVI registry
Mirvat Alasnag
11:05 - 11:20
Cardiac surgery beyond the limits
Riyad Tarazi
11:20 - 11:35
Mubarak Alkabeer hospital primary PCI registry
Ali Alsulaimi
11:35 - 11:50
Discussion
Symposium (Saja) - A decade after ENGAGE AF-TIMI 48 The Clinical Evidence for Board Range of a NV Atrial Fibrillation Patients
Moderator: Abdullah Alenezi
12:15 - 12:55
Symposium 6 - Saja
Hani Sabbour, Abdullah Shehab
Closing remarks
13:00 - 13:05
Closing remarks
Mohammad Aljarallah
13:25 - 14:15
Lunch