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CATANIA APRIL 13-15 ITALY

                2019

Clinical &
Interventional
Cardiology
President:
Michele M. Gulizia, MD, FACC, FESC

Final Program

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CATANIA APRIL 13-15 ITALY
                                                                                        Dear Colleagues and Friends,
        2019
                                                                                        Welcome to the 9th edition of the Mediterranean Cardiology Meeting (MCM), April 13 - 15,
                                           PRESIDENT                                    2019 in Catania (Italy).
                                Michele M. Gulizia, MD, FACC, FESC                      Over 1500 participants took part in the last edition with strong international attendance, which confirmed
                                                                                        the high interest aroused by this biannual event.
                                           ORGANIZED BY                                 An outstanding Faculty, selected from the leading experts on these fields, will provide the highest quality
                                         Cardiology Division                            training, through innovative interactive programs and happenings; joint sessions will be organized with
                                     “Garibaldi-Nesima” Hospital                        the contribution of: American College of Cardiology, Chapters of the American College of Cardiology,
                                             Catania, Italy                             Scientific Societies of Cardiology and General Medicine.
                                                                                        Thanks to multidisciplinary Courses, Symposia, Debates on Controversial Topics, Clinical Tutorials,
                                    SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT
                                                                                        Luncheon Panels, Focus on, Meet-the-Expert Sessions, Interactive Case Reviews, Interactive Sessions,
                                        Michele M. Gulizia
                                                                                        Intercultural Exchanges, Abstract and Poster Sessions, the meeting will investigate the current state and
                                   Director Cardiology Division
                                                                                        the prospective developments for the treatment of: Atrial Fibrillation, Sudden Cardiac Death, Heart Failure,
                            “Garibaldi-Nesima” Hospital - Catania, Italy                Acute Coronary Syndromes, Global Cardiovascular Prevention, Arterial Hypertension, Pharmacological
                                                                                        Therapy, Syncope, Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Monitoring Technologies and Genetics.
                                         CONGRESS VENUE
                                   Four Points by Sheraton Catania                      A major innovation is represented by the CARDIOCONTEST sessions, where the use of Virtual Clinical
                                     Hotel & Conference Center                          simulators will allow attendees to practise and improve their clinical skills, in order to deal with a wide
                                         Via Antonello da Messina, 45                   range of cardiac problems.
                                                   Catania
                                                                                        Cardiologists, internists, ER physicians, general practitioners, nurses and healthcare technicians with a keen
                                                                                        interest in the whole management process of heart diseases will be able to find a knowledge-intensive
                                         OFFICIAL LANGUAGES                             program, as MCM has been providing for years a valuable opportunity for an update on Clinical and
                                           English and Italian                          Interventional Cardiology.
                            simultaneous translation will be provided in plenary room
                                                                                        Catania, as one of the most famous historical and cultural locations in the whole Mediterranean area, is
                                                                                        the ideal setting for this meeting. It is a particularly lively and fascinating town, rich in marvellous examples
                                                                                        of typically Sicilian baroque style, as well as one of the main economic and educational centres in the island,
                                                                                        and a key hub of the technological industry.This beautiful city,
                                                                                        full of colours, fragrances and flavours, is suspended between
                                                                                        the deep blue of the Ionian Sea and the majestic shape of
                                                                                        Etna volcano, which dominates the town from afar.
                                                                                        We wish you a pleasant stay in Catania.
                                                                                        Sincerely,

                                                                                        Michele M. Gulizia, MD, FACC, FESC
                                                                                        Mediterranean Cardiology Meeting President
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INSTITUTIONAL                                                  SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
                                                 AUSPICES                                                       AUSPICES
                                                                   Endorsed by:
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        2019                                                                      ACC - American College
                                                                                  of Cardiology
                                                                                                                      IFC - Italian Federation
                                                                                                                      of Cardiology

                                 Ministry of Health                Under the auspices of:

                                                                                  AA (Arrhythmia Alliance)            ISHNE - International Society
                                                                                  AFA (Atrial Fibrillation            for Holter and Noninvasive
                                                                                  Association)                        Electrocardiology
                                   Sicilian Region                                STARS
                                                                                                                      ITAHFA - Italian Heart Failure
                                                                                  ANCE- Cardiologia                   Association
                                                                                  Italiana del Territorio
                                                                                                                      SIC - Società Italiana di Cardiologia
                                                                                  ANMCO - Associazione
                       Health Councillorship Sicilian Region                      Nazionale Medici                    SICCH - Società Italiana di
                                                                                  Cardiologi Ospedalieri              Chirurgia Cardiaca
                                                                                  ARCA - Associazioni                 SICOA - Società Italiana di
                                                                                  Regionali Cardiologi                Cardiologia Ospedalità Accreditata
                                                                                  Ambulatoriali
                            School Department of Medicine                                                             SICP - Società Italiana di
                                University of Catania                             Assobiomedica                       Cardiologia Pediatrica
                                                                                  Farmindustria                       SIEC - Società Italiana di
                                                                                                                      Ecografica Cardiovascolare
                                                                                  FIMMG - Federazione
                                                                                  Italiana Medici Di                  SIC SPORT - Società Italiana
                 Ordine dei Medici Chirurghi e degli Odontoiatri                  Famiglia                            di Cardiologia dello Sport
                            della Provincia di Catania
                                                                                  GICR - IACPR Gruppo                 SIMG - Società Italiana di
                                                                                  Italiano di Cardiologia             Medicina Generale
                                                                                  Riabilitativa e Preventiva
                                                                                                                      SIIA -Italiana
                                                                                                                    Società   Società  Italiana
                                                                                                                                     dell’Ipertensione Arteriosa
                                                                                  GIEC- Gruppo di                     dell’Ipertensione
                                                                                                                    Lega                       Arteriosa
                                                                                                                         Italiana contro l’Ipertensione Arteriosa
                               Municipality of Catania                            intervento Emergenze
                                                                                  Cardiologiche                       SIMEU - Società Italiana di
                                                                                                                      Medicina d’Emergenza-Urgenza
                                                                                  ISE - International Society
                                                                                  of Electrocardiology                SIMI - Società Italiana di
                                                                                                                      Medicina Interna
                               ARNAS Garibaldi
                      Azienda Ospedaliera Garibaldi Nesima
                                                                                  CONACUORE Onlus                     Fondazione
                                                                                  Coordinamento Nazionale             per il tuo Cuore
                                                                                  Associazioni Cuore

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         Welcome letter.................................................................................. Pag.         1       Scientific Committee
         Institutional Auspices....................................................................... Pag.            2
         Scientific Societies Auspices............................................................ Pag.                3   Eugene Braunwald (USA)                             Ciro Indolfi (Italy)
         Scientific and Organizing Committees............................................ Pag.                         5   Joseph Brugada (Spain)                             Aldo P. Maggioni (Italy)
         Advisory Board................................................................................. Pag.          6   Riccardo Cappato (Italy)                           Attilio Maseri (Italy)
         Faculty............................................................................................... Pag.   8   Paul Casale (USA)                                  Andrea Natale (USA)
                                                                                                                           Leonardo De Luca (Italy)                           Marc Pfeffer (USA)
         General Information......................................................................... Pag. 14              Giuseppe Di Pasquale (Italy)                       Antonio Raviele (Italy)
         Scientific Information....................................................................... Pag. 17             Domenico Gabrielli (Italy)                         Massimo Santini (Italy)
         Registration Information.................................................................. Pag. 18                Bulent Gorenek (Turkey)                            Luigi Tavazzi (Italy)
         Congress Venue Plan........................................................................ Pag. 20               Michele M. Gulizia (Italy)                         Michael Valentine (USA)
         Program at a glance......................................................................... Pag. 23
         Cardiocontest.................................................................................... Pag. 30
                                                                                                                               Organizing Committee
         Scientific Program
         Congress program............................................................................ Pag. 33              Michele M. Gulizia                                 Alessandro Fontana
                                                                                                                           Mario Audoly                                       Giuseppina Maura Francese
         Scientific Program for Allied Professional....................................... Pag. 81                         Ilaria Cantarella                                  Giuditta Gianì
         Thanks to.......................................................................................... Pag. 82       Rosario Cardillo                                   Zelda Noto
                                                                                                                           Anna Maria Castorina                               Gaetano Placenti
                                                                                                                           Angelo Luca Corso                                  Anna Portale
                                                                                                                           Francesca Currenti                                 Salvatore Raciti
         Legenda of Scientific Program                                                                                     Enza Luciana D’Agostino                            Natala Savoca
                                                                                                         Luncheon          Giuseppe Di Dio                                    Giuseppa Sciuto
                       Simposium                                Lecture                                                    Giuseppe Di Guardo                                 Cinzia Scuderi
                                                                                                         Panel
                                                                                                                           Agatino Diolosà                                    Serena Tipo
                       Minicourse                               Meet                                     Joint             Daniele Galatà                                     Gaetano Todero
                                                                the Experts                              session           Damiana Fiscella
                       Controversies                            Interactive
                                                                session with                             Focus on
                       in Cardiology                                                                                       Cardiology Division
                                                                PC and iPad                                                Garibaldi - Nesima Hospital - Catania, Italy
                                                                                                        Casual
                       Cardiocontest
                                                                                                        Meeting
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ADVISORY
                                                                                                                       BOARD
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         Maurizio G. Abrignani (Italy)       Giuseppe Di Pasquale (Italy)        Federico Nardi (Italy)              Carla Riganti (Italy)
         Gianfranco Alunni (Italy)           Giuseppe Di Tano (Italy)            Andrea Natale (USA)                 Francesco Romeo (Italy)
         Giuseppe Ambrosio(Italy)            Stefano Domenicucci (Italy)         Salvatore Novo (Italy)              Loris Roncon (Italy)
         Antonio F. Amico (Italy)            Silvia Favilli (Italy)              Fabrizio Oliva (Italy)              Giuseppe Rosano (Italy)
         Vincenzo Amodeo (Italy)             Francesco Fedele (Italy)            Giuseppe Pajes(Italy)               Roberta Rossini (Italy)
         Luigi Aquilanti (Italy)             Claudio Ferri (Italy)               Giuseppe Palazzo (Italy)            Andrea Rubboli (Italy)
         Nadia Aspromonte (Italy)            Giuseppina Maura Francese (Italy)   Vittorio Panno (Italy)              Maria G. Russo (Italy)
         Cesare Baldi (Italy)                Claudio Fresco (Italy)              Alessandro Parolari (Italy)         Massimo Santini (Italy)
         Umberto Berrettini (Italy)          Francesco Gabbrielli (Italy)        Iris Parrini (Italy)                Maurizio Santomauro (Italy)
         Edoardo Bonsante (Italy)            Domenico Gabrielli (Italy)          Francesco Patanè (Italy)            Fortunato Scotto di Uccio (Italy)
         Giuseppe Boriani (Italy)            Angelo Gambera (Italy)              Leonardo Patanè (Italy)             Gianfranco Sinagra (Italy)
         Marco Botta (Italy)                 Gianfranco Gensini (Italy)          Roberto Pedretti (Italy)            Corrado Tamburino (Italy)
         Eugene Braunwald (USA)              Giovanna Geraci (Italy)             Pasquale Perrone Filardi (Italy)    Giuseppe Tarantini (Italy)
         Joseph Brugada (Spain)              Bulent Gorenek (Turkey)             Francesco Perticone (Italy)         Pier Luigi Temporelli (Italy)
         Giacinto Calculli (Italy)           Giovanni Gregorio (Italy)           Marc Pfeffer (USA)                  Sakis Themistoclakis (Italy)
         Pasquale Caldarola (Italy)          Massimo Grimaldi (Italy)            Paolo G. Pino (Italy)               Luigi Tavazzi (Italy)
         Roberto Caporale (Italy)            Gabriele Guardigli (Italy)          Fausto J. Pinto (Portugal)          Stefano Urbinati (Italy)
         Riccardo Cappato (Italy)            Michele M. Gulizia (Italy)          Calogero Puntrello (Italy)          Ugo Vairo (Italy)
         Alessandro Carbonaro (Italy)        Massimo Imazio (Italy)              Enrico Pusineri (Italy)             Serafina Valente (Italy)
         Paul Casale (USA)                   Ciro Indolfi (Italy)                Serena Rakar (Italy)                Michael Valentine (USA)
         Giancarlo Casolo (Italy)            Benny Levenson (Germany)            Antonio Rapacciuolo (Italy)         Marina Angela Viccione (Italy)
         Domenico Catanzariti (Italy)        Fabiana Lucà (Italy)                Antonio Raviele (Italy)             Maurizio Volterrani (Italy)
         Roberto Ceravolo (Italy)            Maurizio Lunati (Italy)             Renato Pietro Ricci (Italy)         Giovanni Battista Zito (Italy)
         Mario Chiatto (Italy)               Aldo Pietro Maggioni (Italy)        Carmine Riccio (Italy)              Guerrino Zuin (Italy)
         Manlio Cipriani (Italy)             Attilio Maseri (Italy)
         Furio Colivicchi (Italy)            Giuseppe Mercuro (Italy)
         Marco Corda (Italy)                 Vincenzo Montemurro (Italy)
         Raffaele De Caterina (Italy)        Loredana Morichelli (Italy)
         Pietro Delise (Italy)               Ernesto Mossuti (Italy)
                                                                                     Allied Professionals Course Coordinators
         Giovanni De Luca (Italy)            Adriano Murrone (Italy)
         Leonardo De Luca (Italy)            Francesco Musumeci (Italy)          Giuseppina Maura Francese (Italy)
         Stefania A. Di Fusco (Italy)        Giuseppe Musumeci (Italy)           Angelo Gambera (Italy)
         Andrea Di Lenarda (Italy)           Cosimo Napoletano (Italy)           Loredana Morichelli (Italy)
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         Maurizio Giuseppe Abrignani, Trapani     Roberto Caporale, Cosenza            Corrado Dell’ Ali, Avola             Domenico Gabrielli, Fermo
         Gianfranco Alunni, Assisi                Riccardo Cappato, Rozzano            Giuseppe Di Dio, Catania             Daniele Galatà, Catania
         Antonio Francesco Amico, Copertino       Alessandro Carbonaro, Catania        Stefania Angela Di Fusco, Rome       Angelo Gambera, Catania
         Francesco Amico, Catania                 Scipione Carerj, Messina             Alessandro Di Giorgio, Taormina      Gianfranco Gensini, Florence
         Vincenzo Amodeo, Reggio Calabria         Paul Casale, Lancaster (USA)         Carmelo Di Gregorio, Catania         Giovanna Geraci, Palermo
         Salvatore Anastasi, Catania              Giancarlo Casolo, Lido Di Camaiore   Orazio Di Gregorio, Pedara           Gino Gerosa, Padua
         Luigi Aquilanti, Ancona                  Leonarda Cassaniti, Augusta          Antonino Di Guardo, Catania          Giuditta Gianì, Catania
         Marcello Arca, Rome                      Gavino Casu, Nuoro                   Andrea Di Lenarda, Trieste           Guido Giordano, Catania
         Giuseppe Arcidiacono, Catania            Calogero Catalano, Agrigento         Maria Letizia Di Liberti, Palermo    Simona Giubilato, Catania
         Giuseppe Arena, Massa                    Massimo Catanuso, Catania            Marco Di Luozzo, Rome                Angelo Giuffrida, Catania
         Nadia Aspromonte, Rome                   Domenico Catanzariti, Rovereto       Matteo Dario Di Minno, Naples        Clea Giuffrida, Catania
         Mario Audoly, Catania                    Roberto Ceravolo, Catanzaro          Roberto Di Paola, Catania            Bulent Gorenek, Eskisehir (Turkey)
         Cesare Baldi, Salerno                    Francesca Cerruto, Pedara            Salvatore Di Rosa, Agrigento         Giovanni Gregorio, Vallo della Lucania
         Sabrina Barro, San Donà Di Piave         Mario Chiatto, Cosenza               Giuseppe Di Tano, Cremona            Domenico Grimaldi, Catania
         Cecilia Becattini, Perugia               Carmelo Cinnirella, Caltagirone      Stefano Domenicucci, Genova          Massimo Grimaldi, Acquaviva Delle Fonti
         Claudio Bilato, Arzignano                Manlio Gianni Cipriani, Milan        Gabriele Egidy Assenza, Bologne      Daniele Grosseto, Rimini
         Giuseppina Biondi, Catania               Plinio Cirillo, Naples               Iolanda Enea, Caserta                Gabriele Guardigli, Ferrara
         Irma Bisceglia, Rome                     Furio Colivicchi, Rome               Giuseppe Ettore, Catania             Michele Massimo Gulizia, Catania
         Edoardo Bonsante, Bolzano                Marco Contarini, Siracusa            Francesco Fattirolli, Florence       Massimo Iacoviello, Bari
         Roberto Bordonaro, Catania               Vincenzo Contursi, Bari              Silvia Favilli, Florence             Massimo Imazio, Turin
         Francesco Borrello, Reggio Calabria      Marco Corda, Cagliari                Francesco Fedele, Rome               Ciro Indolfi, Catanzaro
         Antonio Boscolo Anzoletti, Chioggia      Salvatore Corrao, Palermo            Salvatore Felis, Catania             Nadia Ingianni, Marsala
         Concetto Cacia, Catania                  Carmelo Cottone, Palermo             Claudio Ferri, L’Aquila              Antonietta Ledda, Palermo
         Francesco Caiazza, Scafati               Claudio Cricelli, Florence           Damiana Fiscella, Catania            Giuseppe Leonardi, Catania
         Giacinto Calculli, Matera                Cristiano Crisafulli, Catania        Alessandro Fontana, Catania          Chiara Lestuzzi, Pordenone
         Pasquale Caldarola, Bitonto              Francesca Currenti, Catania          Giuseppina Maura Francese, Catania   Giulio Vladimiro Lettica, Vittoria
         Giuseppe Calvagna, Taormina              Paolo De Filippo, Bergamo            Claudio Fresco, Udine                Benny Levenson, Berlin (Germany)
         Giuseppina Cantarella, Catania           Giovanni De Luca, Palermo            Francesco Gabbrielli, Rome           Francesco Liberti, Catania
         Ilaria Maria Katya Cantarella, Catania   Leonardo De Luca, Rome               Michele Gabriele, Mazara Del Vallo   Giovanni Licciardello, Augusta

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         Fabiana Lucà, Reggio Calabria        Francesco Patanè, Messina               Luca Sangiovanni, Rome              Sakis Themistoclakis, Venice-Mestre
         Sebastiano Lumera, Vittoria          Leonardo Patanè, Pedara                 Massimo Santini, Rome               Gaetano Todero, Catania
         Maurizio Lunati, Milan               Roberto Franco Enrico Pedretti, Milan   Maurizio Santomauro, Naples         Salvatore Tolaro, Pedara
         Aldo Pietro Maggioni, Florence       Pasquale Perrone Filardi, Naples        Berardo Sarubbi, Naples             Nidal Tourkmani, Guangzhou (China)
         Lorenzo Malatino, Catania            Francesco Perticone, Catanzaro          Filippo Maria Sarullo, Palermo      Stefano Urbinati, Bologne
         Leonardo Mandile, Milan              Marc Alan Pfeffer, Boston (Usa)         Carlo Savini, Bologne               Ugo Vairo, Bari
         Silvia Marchei, Rome                 Paolo Giuseppe Pino, Rome               Tatjana Savli, Gorizia              Serafina Valente, Florence
         Attilio Maseri, Rome                 Mariaconcetta Pittera, Catania          Natala Savoca, Catania              Michael Valentine, Lynchburg (USA)
         Nicola Maurea, Naples                Giovanni Polizzi, Partinico             Marilena Scarabelli, Catania        Ludovico Vasquez, Milazzo
         Liboria Mirabella, Catania           Anna Portale, Catania                   Vincenzo Schillaci, Avellino        Paolo Verdecchia, Assisi
         Vincenzo Montemurro, Scilla          Calogero Puntrello, Trapani             Fortunato Scotto Di Uccio, Naples   Marina Angela Viccione, Isernia
         Loredana Morichelli, Rome            Enrico Pusineri, Milan                  Luca Severi, Rome                   Eugenio Vinci, Siracusa
         Andrea Mortara, Monza                Giuseppe Raffa, Palermo                 Marco Sforza, Rome                  Maurizio Volterrani, Rome
         Ernesto Mossuti, Siracusa            Serena Rakar, Trieste                   Antonio Silvia, Catania             Gabriele Zanotto, Legnago
         Gian Francesco Mureddu, Rome         Antonio Rapacciuolo, Naples             Elisabetta Simonetti, Ancona        Giovanni Battista Zito, Pompei
         Adriano Murrone, Città Di Castello   Maria Agata Rapisarda, Catania          Corrado Tamburino, Catania          Anna Zorzin Fantasia, Trieste
         Gianfranco Muscio, Siracusa          Antonio Raviele, Venice-Mestre          Pier Luigi Temporelli, Veruno       Guerrino Zuin, Venice-Mestre
         Giuseppe Musumeci, Cuneo             Renato Pietro Ricci, Rome               Antonio Terranova, Rome
         Cosimo Napoletano, Teramo            Carmine Riccio, Caserta
         Federico Nardi, Casale Monferrato    Carla Riganti, Naples
         Antonino Nicosia, Ragusa             Veronica Rizzo, Rome
         Zelda Noto, Catania                  Francesco Romeo, Rome
         Fabrizio Oliva, Milan                Loris Roncon, Rovigo
         Rosario Lamberto Oliveri, Catania    Giuseppe Rosano, London (UK)
         Giuseppe Pajes, Albano Laziale       Roberta Rossini, Cuneo
         Giuseppe Palazzo, Catania            Antonino Salvatore Rubino, Naples
         Antonio Palermo, Catania             Maria Giovanna Russo, Naples
         Antonio Vittorio Panno, Palermo      Silvia Russotto, Catania
         Iris Parrini, Torino                 Michele Saitta, Taormina

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                                                                                                                              INFORMATION

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        2019
         CONGRESS VENUE                                                             SECRETARIAT AND REGISTRATION DESK OPENING HOURS
         FOUR POINTS by SHERATON CATANIA
         HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER                                                  For Groups 			                April 12, 2019 2.30 pm - 6.30 pm
         Via Antonello da Messina, 45 - 95021 Catania                               For appointment please contact the Organizing Secretariat
         Tel. +39 095 7114111 - Fax. +39 095 271380
         www.sheratoncatania.com                                                    For Individuals 		                 April 13, 2019 7.30 am - 7.00 pm
                                                                                    				                               April 14, 2019 8.00 am - 7.00 pm
         SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT
         MICHELE M. GULIZIA                                                         				                               April 15, 2019 8.00 am - 5.00 pm
         Cardiology Division - “Garibaldi-Nesima” Hospital
         Via Palermo, 636 - 95122 Catania, Italy                                    INFORMATION DESK
         Tel. +39 095 7598502 - Fax + 39 095 7598505                                An information desk will be available at the Congress Venue for
         e-mail: michele.gulizia60@gmail.com                                        restaurant reservations, travel services, hotel accommodation and
                                                                                    general information.
         ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT
         ADRIA CONGREX                                                              FUTURE MEETING DESK
         Via Sassonia, 30 - 47922 Rimini, Italy                                     All programs of future events will be displayed in the appropriate
         Tel. +39 0541 305812 - 305811 - Fax + 39 0541 305894                       desk located in the Exhibition Area. Any distribution not confirmed
         e-mail: info@mcmweb.it - Web site: www.mcmweb.it                           by the Organizing Secretariat will not be allowed.

         OFFICIAL LANGUAGES                                                         TELEPHONES AND MOBILES
         The Meeting official languages are English and Italian with simultaneous   MOBILE PHONES MUST BE KEPT IN SILENT MODE IN THE
         translation in plenary room.                                               MEETING ROOMS.

         EXHIBITION                                                                 ELECTRICITY
         The technical and pharmaceutical exhibition area is located at the         In Italy, the electrical current is 220 Volts.
         Congress Venue, close to the conference rooms. The exhibition
         opening hours will follow the timetable of the scientific sessions.        TIPPING
                                                                                    Service is generally included in the bill, tips are welcome if you wish
                                                                                    to show your appreciation for a good meal or a special service.

                                                                                    CREDIT CARDS
                                                                                    Major credit cards are accepted in hotels, restaurants and shops. If
                                                                                    you wish to use your credit card to pay for a taxi, please inform the
                                                                                    driver before starting the journey.

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                                                                                                                         INFORMATION

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        2019
         SAFETY AND SECURITY                                                     OPENING CEREMONY
         Catania is as safe as any other European tourist resort and delegates   Saturay, April 13th 2019
         are advised to take the usual sensible precautions. All the hotels      The Opening Ceremony will take place at 4.30 pm in Pegaso Room
         can offer security facilities for valuable goods.                       at the Sheraton Hotel and it is open to all registered participants.
         INSURANCE                                                               PROJECTION
         Responsibility for personal accidents and for losses or damages         The slides center opening hours will follow the timetable of the
         to the private belongings of participants and exhibitors cannot         scientific sessions and it is located at Sestante Suite.
         be accepted. Participants and exhibitors are advised to make            Only PC data projection is available in every room. All slides must
         their own insurance arrangements, if considered useful.                 be worded in English only; please copy your work - prepared in
                                                                                 Power Point - on a USB Pendrive.
                                                                                 The Slide Centre will be available for speakers to preview their
                                                                                 slides and to become familiar with the audiovisual equipment.
                                                                                 THE USE OF PERSONAL LAPTOPS IN THE WORKSHOP ROOMS
                                                                                 IS NOT PERMITTED.

                                                                                 LUNCHEON PANEL
                                                                                 The admission to the luncheon panels (limited to seat availability)
                                                                                 is free for all the registered participants.

                                                                                 CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
                                                                                 We applied for CME accreditation (Italian Physicians only) for
                                                                                 the following disciplinary areas: cardiology, internal medicine,
                                                                                 emergency and first aid medicine, sport medicine, cardiac surgery,
                                                                                 surgery, practitioners, geriatrics, nephrology. 6 CME credits with
                                                                                 a participation of 23 hours. The Allied Professional Couse has a
                                                                                 different CME accreditation (Italian Allied Professionals only).
                                                                                 7 CME credits with a participation of 7 hours.

                                                                                 ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATES
                                                                                 Attendance certificates will be distributed to all the registered
                                                                                 delegates at the end of the Meeting.

                                                                                 PROGRAM CHANGES
                                                                                 The information published in this program is correct at time of print.
                                                                                 The Scientific Committee reserves the right to change the program
                                                                                 at any time.
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REGISTRATION
                                                                                                                         INFORMATION

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        2019
         Congress Registration Modalities

         DELEGATE                             € 680,00 Vat 22% not included       SPECIALISING MD                                       complimentary

         Registration fee includes: attendance to all the scientific sessions     Registration fee is free for the first 100 specialising MD which
         including the luncheon panels (limited to seat availability), entrance   will contact the Organising Secretariat. In order to confirm your
         to the exhibition area, attendance certificate, badge and congress
                                                                                  participation it is necessary to send a proof of the university sign
         kit, Opening Ceremony and Welcome Opening Reception, coffee
         breaks at the Venue, CME Certificate (for Italian participants).         up (e.g. University booklet).
                                                                                  Registration fee includes: attendance to all the scientific sessions,
                                                                                  entrance to the exhibition area and badge.

         AL PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
         Registration for 1 day                € 60,00 Vat 22% not included
         Registration for 2 day                € 100,00 Vat 22% not included

         Registration fee includes: attendance to all scientific sessions,
         entrance to the exhibition area, badge and conference kit, attendance
         certificate, CME certificate (if entitled to - two-day attendance is
         required), coffee breaks and welcome opening ceremony.

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                                                                           SUITE                   SUITE

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                       TIMO ROOM

                                                                     1                                 UPPER FLOOR
                                                                                                         TIMO ROOM

                                                                 2
                                                                                     4
                                                             3                                                        BAR

                                                                                    5
                                                                                                                                         PLENARY ROOM                   PLENARY ROOM
                                                                                    6                                                        ETNA                          PEGASO
                                                                                                                          WARDROBE
                                                                                EXHIBITION                        7     BAG COLLECTION
                                        REGISTRATION DESK                         AREA
                                                                                                                                                   EXHIBITION AREA

                                                                                                                                                                                        ZONA ESCLUSA

                                                                                                                                               8        9          10
            Exhibitors and Sponsors Booth number
                                                                                                     ORGANIZING
            Assita..................................................1                                SECRETARIAT                                                              17
            Astrazeneca....................................... 5                                                                         11   12   13   14 15           16
            Bayer.................................................. 4
            Boehringer.Ingelheim...................... 10
            Boston.Scientific................................ 3
            Cardioline.......................................... 11
            Daiichi.Sankyo..................................17                                                                                              NORD                                             BASEMENT
            Doc.Generici...................................... 8                                                                                                                                        CALIPSO ROOM
            Fiab...................................................12                                                BASEMENT
            G..Medical.........................................15                                                CICLOPE ROOM
                                                                                                                 CALIPSO ROOM
            Ibsa.....................................................9
            HCF.-.AHA....................................... 14
            Medico............................................... 7
            Medtronic....................... Orione.Suite
            Menarini.............................................6
            Mortara.Instrument........................... 2                                                                                                                              CICLOPE ROOM
            Nume.Plus....................................... 16
            Philips...............................................13
            Slide.Centre...................Sestante.Suite

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                                                      PROGRAM
                                                     AT A GLANCE

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                                                                                                                                          SATURDAY APRIL 13

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                            Saturday April 13                       PEGASO                                        ETNA                       CALIPSO              CICLOPE

                               7.30 - 9.00                        Registration                                                             Registration

                                                                    Minicourse                         Interactive Meet the Expert
                              9.00 - 10.30      Clinical-diagnostic pathway of acute heart failure          Pericarditis therapy:
                                                    patients: from home to hospital discharge               operating manual

                                                              Invited Joint Session                           Symposium
                              10.30 - 12.00        MCM - American College of Cardiology              Cardiac multimodality imaging:                          Vi.P. ECHO Training
                                                  Intercontinental contribute for a cardiology 3.0            update 2019

                                                                                                      Interactive Meet the Expert
                                                                   Focus On                          Diagnostic-therapeutic pathway
                              12.00 - 13.00         Surgery timing for aortic valvopaties and                of patients with
                                                       pathologies of the ascending tract              ipercholesterolemia in italy
                                                                                                     Cardiocontest - Luncheon Panel
                                                                                                     Direct oral anticoagulation: from
                              13.00 - 14.30                                                           evidence-based medicine to real
                                                                                                                 world data
                              14.30 - 15.00                      Exhibition Visit                                                         Exhibition Visit

                                                               Joint Symposium                                 Cardiocontest
                              15.00 - 16.30                    MCM - ANMCO                           Acute coronary syndrome (ACS)                           Vi.P. ECHO Training
                                                              Update in cardiology                    in different physiologic settings

                                                                 Plenary Lecture
                              16.30 - 17.00       Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction:
                                                          looking back, looking forward

                              17.00 - 18.30                   Opening Ceremony

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                                                                                                                                                     SUNDAY APRIL 14

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        2019
                            Sunday April 14            PEGASO                            ETNA                         CALIPSO                             CICLOPE                  TIMO ALTO

                                                     Symposium                      Cardiocontest
                                                 Oral anticoagulant              Stable coronary heart
                             9.00 - 10.30     therapy in patients with                                                Symposium
                                                                                disease: is the same for    Mitral regurgitation: reparative
                                                atrial fibrillation and                everyone?
                                                     heart failure                                           cardiac surgery or mitraclip?

                             10.30 - 11.00               Exhibition Visit & Coffee Break                                      Exhibition Visit & Coffee Break

                                                 Meet the Expert
                             11.00 - 12.00    Transcatheter ablation                Cardiocontest                                                                                 Casual Meeting
                                              of cardiac arrhythmias             Dapt role in mortality                                             Vi.P. ECHO Training   The role of atrial pacing in CRT:
                                                                                reduction in MI patients                                                                       beyond usual routines
                                                 Meet the Expert
                                               Sacubitril valsartan: the                                           Meet the Expert
                             12.00 - 13.00    therapeutic optimization               Controversies           Cardiopulmonary test: which
                                                to change HF patient             TAVI: an option valid       patients and which protocols
                                                       journey                  for all elderly patients?
                                                 Luncheon Panel
                             13.00 - 14.30      Patient settings where
                                                    safety matters
                             14.30 - 15.00        Exhibition Visit                  Cardiocontest                                                      Exhibition Visit
                                                                                  Patients with high
                                                   Expert panel on                cardiovascular risk:
                                                ICD and CRT-D in heart           which role for PCSK9
                             15.00 - 16.30                                             inhibitors                                                   Vi.P. ECHO Training
                                              failure patients: is it time to
                                                 make new guidelines?
                                                                                   Meet the Expert
                                                                                Iron deficiency diagnosis
                                                 Meet the Expert                  and management in                                                                              Casual Meeting
                                               COMPASS approach                   heart failure patient:          Allied Professional
                                                                                                                       Program                                             Anticoagulation and cancer:
                             16.30 - 17.30    in patient with chronic              when, how, why?                                                                          where do we stand now?
                                                CAD:from NEJM to
                                                daily clinical practic                Focus On
                                                                                 Pacemaker and CRT:
                                                Meet the Expert                 innovative technologies
                                                 Latest in NAO                        compared
                             17.30 - 18.30    management of AF in
                                               patients with PTCA
                                                   and/or ECV

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                                                                                                                                               MONDAY APRIL 15

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                            Monday April 15                       PEGASO                                       ETNA                   CALIPSO               CICLOPE             TIMO ALTO

                                                                                                         Meet the Expert
                                                             Meet the Expert                            Myocarditis: how is
                             9.00 - 10.00          Cardiological emergencies in pediatric             changed the diagnostic-
                                                                                                       therapeutic pathway                             Vi.P. ECHO Training

                                                              Symposium                                   Cardiocontest
                             10.00 - 11.30      Ambulatory practical management of adult              Tailored protection for
                                                       congenital cardiac diseases                    cardiovascular patients
                                                                                                                                                                             Allied Professional
                                                                                                                                                       Vi.P. ECHO Training        Program
                                                                                                          Exhibition Visit
                             11.30 - 12.00            Exhibition Visit & Coffee Break                     & Coffee Break
                                                                                                     Interactive Meet the Expert
                                                             Meet the Expert                            Antithrombotic therapy
                             12.00 - 13.00     Cardioncology: a regional/national pathway to           in patients undergone to
                                                       merge in the clinical practice                   valvular cardiac surgery
                                                                                                     and/or interventional choice      Roll out
                                                                                                                                    BLS instructors
                                                             Luncheon Panel
                             13.00 - 14.30    How and when to treat pulmonary embolism and
                                              chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension

                                                                                                         Meet the Expert
                                                                                                       The fever problem in
                                                                  Symposium                            the management of
                             14.30 - 16.00    The difficult role of the physician in the labyrinth    hospitalized patient in
                                                        of pharmaceutical prescription                      cardiology

                                                                                                            Symposium
                                                                                                      MINOCA, NSTE-ACS,
                                                                 Focus On                              patients always more
                             16.00 - 17.00                      Heart team:                          elderly: how changed our
                                                   love on a shoestring or house divided?            therapeutical strategies?

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GREAT NEWS
                                                                                                        CARDIOCONTEST

                                                               Deal a clinical case with your team!

CATANIA APRIL 13-15 ITALY

        2019
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                “CARDIOCONTEST” is an innovative and engaging activity, where
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                health cardiologists can demonstrate competence and decision-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                making ability, solving various interactive clinical cases in real time.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                For this activity will be used the interactive table Body Interact and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                the innovative high-fidelity simulation system “CLINICA”, also
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                adopted by the AHA and ACC for their training activities.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                In total 6 training sessions are planned spread over three days of
                            “SonoSim is not only one of the best purchases we made for bedside
                             ultrasound education, it is also the most used for our ultrasound
                                                                                                                                      Chi può usare SonoSim?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                activities. Each session will take place in Etna room set up properly
                             elective and at our workshops.”
                                                          – Laleh Gharahbaghian MD, FACEP, FAAEM
                                                                  Stanford University Medical Center
                                                                                                                                                                Individualmente
                                                                                                                                                                     • Medici
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                and will involve a group of 5 participants who will have to solve
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                one or more clinical cases using the interactive table Body Interact,
                                                                                                                                                             • Medici Specializzandi
                                                                                                                                                             • Studenti di Medicina
                                                                                                                                                                   • Infermieri
                                                                                                                                                                   • Veterinari

                                                                                                                                                     Gruppi e Istituzioni
                                                                                                                                         • Università: Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia
                                                                                                                                       • Università: Facoltà di Scienze Infermieristiche
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                placed in the hall stage; a considerable LEDWALL at the front of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                the room allows the audience to view the Body Interact activities;
                                                                                                                                                      • Società Scientifiche
                                                                                                                                                      • Ospedali e Cliniche
                                                                                                                                                    • Centri di Simulazione

                                                                                                                                                                        EMAC
                                                                                                        Emac s.r.l., oltre 30 anni di esperienza nel campo medicale sono la base del nostro know how nella
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                a remote voting system based on I-pad permit to the audience to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                help and to interact with the 5 participants.
                                                                                                        distribuzione e nel supporto delle apparecchiature elettromedicali di ultima generazione.
                                                                                                        Sulla base dell’esperienza acquisita Emac ha ampliato le sue conoscenze, dedicando una linea di
                                                                                                        prodotti alla simulazione avanzata, con un centro politecnologico per la formazione clinica e una serie
                                                                                                        di simulatori di ultima generazione.

                                                                                                                                                                                             Via del Commercio, 25
                                                                                                                                                                                                 16167 Genova
                                                                                                                                                                                              Tel. 010.329.04.21
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The groups will be trained before the event, on a voluntary basis;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                each group will have to solve a different clinical case, for a total of
                                                                                                                                                                                                  www.emac.it

                                                                                                                                                                  SonoSim
                                                                                                        SonoSim si è dedicata al miglioramento dell’attività medico-sanitaria, diventando leader mondiale
                                                                                                        per la simulazione in ecografia. Con il suo staff di ecografisti, informatici, designers, ingegneri e
                                                                                                        softwaristi, SonoSim ha progettato e sviluppato la soluzione più facile, funzionale e conveniente per
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                6 clinical cases for each days. During the resolution of the case,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                the group may ask for support to the audience, by making up to 3
                                                                                                        l’apprendimento dell’ecografia.

                                                                                                                                                                                                   Santa Monica, CA
                                                                                                                                                                                                   1 (323) 473-3800
                                                                                                                                                                                                  info@sonosim.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                  www.sonosim.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                questions whose answer must be YES or NO; audience can express
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                their choice using the dedicated remote voting system.
                                                                                                                         © 2014. SonoSim, Inc. All rights reserved. All trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owner(s).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The time limit to solve the case is 20 minutes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The team that successfully solves the clinical case will receive a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                certificate of competence for that session.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Vi.P (Virtual Patient) ECHO Session
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                During which will be used a latest generation echographic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                simulator. To explain, the echographic simulator, both for TTE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                (trans-thoracic) and TEE (trans-esophageal), allows to simulate
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Echo-oriented operations procedure. The learning method will be
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                extremely educational oriented and through advance and realistic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                simulator, will gives essential theoretical basics and an appropriate
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                practical and clinical knowledge. Individual skilling exercise for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                jugular, subclavian and femoral ECHO-oriented vein puncture
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                and more exercises on Tissue Model mankin, anterograde and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                retrograde tunnelling of central venous catheter, will take place and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                performed during all the session.

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                                                           SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
                                                            APRIL 13, 2019

                                 Legend
                                          PEGASO ROOM
                                          ETNA ROOM
                                          CALIPSO ROOM
                                          CICLOPE ROOM
                                          TIMO ALTO ROOM

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                                                     Saturday April 13 2019                                                            Saturday April 13 2019

7.30 - 9.00   Registration                                        Secretariat Desk   9.00 - 10.30 Interactive Meet the Expert                    Etna Room

                                                                                     PERICARDITIS THERAPY: OPERATING MANUAL
9.00 - 10.30 Minicourse                                           Pegaso Room
                                                                                     Chairmen: G. Guardigli (Ferrara), G. Palazzo (Catania)
CLINICAL-DIAGNOSTIC PATHWAY OF ACUTE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS:
FROM HOME TO HOSPITAL DISCHARGE
                                                                                     Definition and causes of pericarditis
Chairmen: C. Cricelli (Florence), G. Rosano (London, UK),                            F.M. Sarullo (Palermo)

                                                                                     Clinical characteristics and diagnosis
Symptoms onset and the suspicion of acute HF. Pre-hospital diagnosis                 M. Scarabelli (Catania)
A. Mortara (Monza)
                                                                                     Management of medical therapy
Clinical-diagnostic pathway of critical acute heart failure patient                  M. Imazio (Turin)
M.G. Cipriani (Milan)
                                                                                     When we need interventional therapies and pericardiectomy
Clinical-diagnostic pathway of non-critical acute heart failure patient              C. Savini (Bologne)
G. Di Tano (Cremona)
                                                                                     Paradigmatic clinical case
Emergency Room discharge of patients with non-critical acute HF. The right           C. Cinnirella (Caltagirone)
address: Medicine/Cardiology/Emergency Medicine/Intensive Short Observation
wards
M. Iacoviello (Bari)                                                                 Discussion

Extra-hospital pathway after Emergency Room discharge: the role of HF
ambulatory clinic
N. Aspromonte (Rome)

Discussion

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                                                      Saturday April 13 2019                                                       Saturday April 13 2019

10.30 - 12.00 Invited Joint Session                                Pegaso Room   10.30 - 12.00 Symposium		Etna Room
		            MCM - American College of Cardiology
                                                                                 CARDIAC MULTIMODALITY IMAGING: UPDATE 2019
INTERCONTINENTAL CONTRIBUTE FOR A CARDIOLOGY 3.0
                                                                                 Chairmen: M. Audoly (Catania), F. Gabbrielli (Rome)
Chairmen: M.M. Gulizia (Catania), M. Valentine (Lynchburg - Virginia, USA)

                                                                                 Appropriateness of Multimodality Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndromes
The Greatest Hits of ACC.19: Clinical Trials that Change Your Practice           F. Nardi (Casale Monferrato)
M. Valentine (Lynchburg - Virginia, USA)
                                                                                 Appropriateness of Multimodality Imaging in patients with native valvular pa-
Systems of Care for Acute MI – Building Regional Systems that Work               thologies
P. Casale (Lancaster - USA)                                                      P.G. Pino (Rome)

Multi Vessel vs Culprit Vessel Only for STEMI: The Functional Approach in 2019   Appropriateness of Multimodality Imaging in finding cardiovascular embolic foci
B.Levenson (Berlin - Germany)                                                    S. Carerj (Messina)

Leadless pacemakers: still a hope or a reality in the daily clinical practice?   Appropriateness of Multimodality Imaging in patients with chest pain of suspect
B. Gorenek (Eskisehir -Turkey)                                                   coronary origin
                                                                                 G. Casolo (Lido di Camaiore)
Discussion
                                                                                 Discussion

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    PROGRAM

      CATANIA APRIL 13-15 ITALY

              2019
                                                                                                                                                         Saturday April 13 2019                                                                                                                     Saturday April 13 2019

10.30 - 12.00 Vi.P. ECHO Training		Ciclope Room
                              “SonoSim is not only one of the best purchases we made for bedside
                               ultrasound education, it is also the most used for our ultrasound
                               elective and at our workshops.”
                                                                                                                                       Chi può usare SonoSim?
                                                                                                                                                                 Individualmente
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 12.00 - 13.00 Focus On                                          Pegaso Room
                                                            – Laleh Gharahbaghian MD, FACEP, FAAEM                                                                    • Medici
                                                                    Stanford University Medical Center                                                        • Medici Specializzandi
                                                                                                                                                              • Studenti di Medicina
                                                                                                                                                                    • Infermieri
                                                                                                                                                                    • Veterinari

Tutors: P. G. Pino (Rome), L. Severi (Rome), A. Terranova (Rome)                                                                                      Gruppi e Istituzioni
                                                                                                                                          • Università: Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia
                                                                                                                                        • Università: Facoltà di Scienze Infermieristiche
                                                                                                                                                       • Società Scientifiche
                                                                                                                                                       • Ospedali e Cliniche
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 SURGERY TIMING FOR AORTIC VALVOPATIES AND PATHOLOGIES OF THE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ASCENDING TRACT
                                                                                                                                                     • Centri di Simulazione

                                                                                                                                                                         EMAC
                                                                                                         Emac s.r.l., oltre 30 anni di esperienza nel campo medicale sono la base del nostro know how nella
                                                                                                         distribuzione e nel supporto delle apparecchiature elettromedicali di ultima generazione.
                                                                                                         Sulla base dell’esperienza acquisita Emac ha ampliato le sue conoscenze, dedicando una linea di
                                                                                                         prodotti alla simulazione avanzata, con un centro politecnologico per la formazione clinica e una serie
                                                                                                         di simulatori di ultima generazione.

                                                                                                                                                                                              Via del Commercio, 25

10.30 - 11.15 Individual training with Tutor                                                                                                                                                                                                     Chairmen: L. Patanè (Pedara), F. Scotto Di Uccio (Naples)
                                                                                                                                                                                                  16167 Genova
                                                                                                                                                                                               Tel. 010.329.04.21
                                                                                                                                                                                                   www.emac.it

             • Echography area: 6 workstations complete with
                                                                                                                                                                   SonoSim
                                                                                                         SonoSim si è dedicata al miglioramento dell’attività medico-sanitaria, diventando leader mondiale
                                                                                                         per la simulazione in ecografia. Con il suo staff di ecografisti, informatici, designers, ingegneri e
                                                                                                         softwaristi, SonoSim ha progettato e sviluppato la soluzione più facile, funzionale e conveniente per
                                                                                                         l’apprendimento dell’ecografia.

               Sonosim Live Scan and manikin; interventional                                                                                                                                        Santa Monica, CA
                                                                                                                                                                                                    1 (323) 473-3800
                                                                                                                                                                                                   info@sonosim.com

               area                                                                                                                                                                                                                              International Guidelines on aortic valvopathies
                                                                                                                                                                                                   www.sonosim.com
                                                                                                                          © 2014. SonoSim, Inc. All rights reserved. All trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owner(s).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 F. Romeo (Rome), M. Di Luozzo (Rome)
11.15 - 12.30 Individual training with Tutor
             • 6 vascular access workstations (each equipped                                                                                                                                                                                     Role of the imaging in the study of aortic valvopathies and of pathologies of the
               with Simulab simulators for Central Vascular                                                                                                                                                                                      ascending trunc
               Access, Femoral Vascular Access and for Sub-                                                                                                                                                                                      A. Terranova (Rome)
               clavian Vascular Access)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Surgery of aortic valve and of pathologies of the ascending trunc
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 G. Gerosa (Padua)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Discussion

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                                                                                                                                   PROGRAM

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              2019
                                                    Saturday April 13 2019                                                         Saturday April 13 2019

12.00-13.00 Interactive Meet the Expert		Etna Room                             13.00 - 14.30 Cardiocontest - Luncheon Panel		Etna Room

                                                                               Direct Oral Anticoagulation: From evidence-based medicine to
DIAGNOSTIC-THERAPEUTIC PATHWAY OF PATIENTS WITH                                Real World Data
IPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA IN ITALY
                                                                               Chairmen: M.M. Gulizia (Catania), M. Lunati (Milan)
Chairmen: D. Gabrielli (Fermo), M.M. Gulizia (Catania)

                                                                               Translating trial data into daily clinical practice: evidence from ETNA AF
Miliar stones of the Italian Consensus Document: correct diagnosis and the     F. Nardi (Casale Monferrato)
basic therapy
M.M. Gulizia (Catania)                                                         Latest evidence for the ablation patients: the ELIMINATE AF trial
                                                                               M. Grimaldi (Acquaviva Delle Fonti)
PCSK9i: how to select the right patients under the light of the Italian AIFA
therapeutic registry                                                           A challenging clinical situation
D. Grosseto (Rimini)                                                           S. Di Fusco (Rome)

Alirocumab in the patient with Acute Coronary Syndrome: evidences by the       Discussion
Odissey Outcomes study
C. Ferri (L’Aquila)

Discussion

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                                                                                                                                PROGRAM

      CATANIA APRIL 13-15 ITALY

              2019
                                                   Saturday April 13 2019                                                       Saturday April 13 2019

15.00 - 16.30 Joint Symposium MCM -ANMCO                      Pegaso Room     15.00 - 16.30 Cardiocontest		Etna Room

UPDATE IN CARDIOLOGY                                                          ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME (ACS) IN DIFFERENT PHYSIOLOGIC SETTINGS

Chairmen: D. Gabrielli (Fermo), M.M. Gulizia (Catania), A. Maseri (Rome)      Chairmen: M. Corda (Cagliari), F. Fedele (Rome)

When and how prolonging DAPT in CAD patients                                  Pregnancy
A. Murrone (Città di Castello)                                                A. Ledda (Palermo)

When DAPT, when DOAC in patients with vasculopathy/coronary atherosclerosis   Elderly patient
S. Urbinati (Bologne)                                                         C. Riccio (Caserta)

Up-date on anticoagulation in patients with NVAF                              Frail patient
P. Caldarola (Bitonto)                                                        G. Alunni (Assisi)

When and how closing atrial auriculae in patients affected by AF              Oncologic patient
G. Casu (Nuoro)                                                               V. Amodeo (Reggio Calabria)

Up-date on cardiogenic shock therapy                                          Pacemaker-dependent patient
S. Valente (Florence)                                                         S. Lumera (Vittoria)

Discussion                                                                    Discussion

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  PROGRAM

      CATANIA APRIL 13-15 ITALY

              2019
                                                                                                                                                         Saturday April 13 2019                                                                                                                                   Saturday April 13 2019

15.00 - 16.30 Vi.P. ECHO Training		Ciclope Room
                              “SonoSim is not only one of the best purchases we made for bedside
                               ultrasound education, it is also the most used for our ultrasound
                               elective and at our workshops.”
                                                                                                                                       Chi può usare SonoSim?
                                                                                                                                                                 Individualmente
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 16.30 - 17.00 Plenary Lecture		Pegaso Room
                                                            – Laleh Gharahbaghian MD, FACEP, FAAEM                                                                    • Medici
                                                                    Stanford University Medical Center                                                        • Medici Specializzandi
                                                                                                                                                              • Studenti di Medicina
                                                                                                                                                                    • Infermieri
                                                                                                                                                                    • Veterinari

Tutor: P.G. Pino (Rome), L. Severi (Rome), A. Terranova (Rome)                                                                                        Gruppi e Istituzioni
                                                                                                                                          • Università: Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia
                                                                                                                                        • Università: Facoltà di Scienze Infermieristiche
                                                                                                                                                       • Società Scientifiche
                                                                                                                                                       • Ospedali e Cliniche
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Introducer: M.M. Gulizia
                                                                                                                                                     • Centri di Simulazione

                                                                                                                                                                         EMAC

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction:
                                                                                                         Emac s.r.l., oltre 30 anni di esperienza nel campo medicale sono la base del nostro know how nella
                                                                                                         distribuzione e nel supporto delle apparecchiature elettromedicali di ultima generazione.
                                                                                                         Sulla base dell’esperienza acquisita Emac ha ampliato le sue conoscenze, dedicando una linea di
                                                                                                         prodotti alla simulazione avanzata, con un centro politecnologico per la formazione clinica e una serie
                                                                                                         di simulatori di ultima generazione.

                                                                                                                                                                                              Via del Commercio, 25

15.00 - 15.45 Individual training with Tutor                                                                                                                                                                                                                           looking back, looking forward
                                                                                                                                                                                                  16167 Genova
                                                                                                                                                                                               Tel. 010.329.04.21
                                                                                                                                                                                                   www.emac.it

             • Echography area: 6 workstations complete with                                                                                                                                                                                                           M.A. Pfeffer (Boston - USA)
                                                                                                                                                                   SonoSim
                                                                                                         SonoSim si è dedicata al miglioramento dell’attività medico-sanitaria, diventando leader mondiale
                                                                                                         per la simulazione in ecografia. Con il suo staff di ecografisti, informatici, designers, ingegneri e
                                                                                                         softwaristi, SonoSim ha progettato e sviluppato la soluzione più facile, funzionale e conveniente per
                                                                                                         l’apprendimento dell’ecografia.

               Sonosim Live Scan and manikin; interventional                                                                                                                                        Santa Monica, CA
                                                                                                                                                                                                    1 (323) 473-3800
                                                                                                                                                                                                   info@sonosim.com

               area                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Prof. Marc Pfeffer is the Dzau Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical
                                                                                                                                                                                                   www.sonosim.com
                                                                                                                          © 2014. SonoSim, Inc. All rights reserved. All trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owner(s).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          School, and Senior Physician in the Cardiovascular Division at the Brigham
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          and Women’s Hospital in Boston. A noted researcher, Prof. Pfeffer, along
15.45 - 16.30 Individual training with Tutor                                                                                                                                                                                                                              with his late wife, Dr. Janice Pfeffer, and Eugene Braunwald MD, is credited
             • 6 vascular access workstations (each equipped                                                                                                                                                                                                              with introducing the concept that angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors
               with Simulab simulators for Central Vascular                                                                                                                                                                                                               (ACEIs) could attenuate adverse ventricular remodeling following myocardial
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 infarction and that this use would result in a prolongation of survival and other clinical benefits.
               Access, Femoral Vascular Access and for Sub-                                                                                                                                                                                      Since this initial discovery, he has had a principal role in several practice-changing clinical trials
               clavian Vascular Access)                                                                                                                                                                                                          such as SAVE, CARE, HEART, VALIANT, CHARM, PEACE, ARISE, TREAT, ALTITUDE, TOPCAT and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ELIXA. Prof. Pfeffer is considered as a team builder and takes pride in academic advancement of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 trainees and junior faculty collaborating on the trials. He is known for his fairness in data sharing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 and assisting others in developing meaningful scholarly works from study databases. He sets high
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 standards for relationships with the sponsors whether industry or NHLBI. Prof. Pfeffer serves on the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Data Safety Monitoring Boards of major international trials. An internationally recognized expert in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 the field of cardiology, he was recognized by Science Watch as having the most ‘Hot Papers’ (highly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 cited) in all of clinical medicine. Prof. Pfeffer was listed as one of the highly influential biomedical
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 researchers of 1996-2011 in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 17.00 - 18.30 OPENING CERIMONY		Pegaso Room

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                                                           SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
                                                            APRIL 14, 2019

                                 Legend
                                          PEGASO ROOM
                                          ETNA ROOM
                                          CALIPSO ROOM
                                          CICLOPE ROOM
                                          TIMO ALTO ROOM

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                                                     Sunday April 14 2019                                                              Sunday April 14 2019

9.00 - 10.30 Symposium                                         Pegaso Room      9.00 - 10.30 Cardiocontest		Etna Room

ORAL ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION                 Stable coronary heart disease: is the same for everyone?
AND HEART FAILURE
                                                                                Chairman: M.L. Di Liberti (Palermo), M.M. Gulizia (Catania)
Chairmen: D. Grosseto (Rimini), C. Napoletano (Teramo),

                                                                                Problem numbers: data from the recent START study
Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy in patients with post-ischemic dilated   L. De Luca (Rome)
cardiomyopathy
A. Di Lenarda (Trieste)                                                         Chronic ischemic heart disease between typical and anginal symptoms
                                                                                C. Riccio (Caserta)
Heart failure and left ventricle apical thrombosis: which OAT therapy and for
how long?                                                                       Clinical cases
A. Carbonaro (Catania)                                                          Chronic ischemic heart disease: the patient resigned
                                                                                P.L. Temporelli (Veruno)
Management of oncologic patients affected by Atrial Fibrillation and Heart
Failure                                                                         Chronic ischemic heart disease the heroic patient
C. Lestuzzi (Pordenone)                                                         F. Fattirolli (Florence)

Managing a patient with NVAF and heart failure who develop a pulmonary          Discussion
thromboembolism
I. Enea (Caserta)                                                               Take home message
                                                                                M.M. Gulizia (Catania)
Stroke risk and OAT in patients implanted with a Mitraclip
G. Gensini (Florence)

Discussion

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                                                   Sunday April 14 2019                                                       Sunday April 14 2019

9.30 - 10.30 Symposium                                    Calipso Room    11.00 - 12.00 Meet the Expert		Pegaso Room

MITRAL REGURGITATION: REPARATIVE CARDIAC SURGERY OR MITRACLIP?            TRANSCATHETER ABLATION OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS

Chairmen: L. Patanè (Pedara), E.Pusineri (Milan)                          Chairmen: D. Catanzariti (Rovereto), A. Raviele (Venice-Mestre)

Reparative Cardiac Surgery                                                Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
A. Giuffrida (Catania)                                                    M. Lunati (Milan)

Mitral valve replacement                                                  Persistent atrial fibrillation
F. Patané (Messina)                                                       S. Themistoclakis (Venice-Mestre)

MitraClip                                                                 Ventricular Tachycardia
C. Baldi (Salerno)                                                        R. Cappato (Rozzano)

Discussion                                                                Discussion

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              2019
                                                    Sunday April 14 2019                                                                                                                                                                                  Sunday April 14 2019

11.00 - 12.30 Cardiocontest		Etna Room                                     11.00 - 12.30 Vi.P. ECHO Training		Ciclope Room
                                                                                                      “SonoSim is not only one of the best purchases we made for bedside
                                                                                                       ultrasound education, it is also the most used for our ultrasound
                                                                                                       elective and at our workshops.”
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Chi può usare SonoSim?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Individualmente
                                                                                                                                    – Laleh Gharahbaghian MD, FACEP, FAAEM                                                                    • Medici
                                                                                                                                            Stanford University Medical Center                                                        • Medici Specializzandi
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Studenti di Medicina
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Infermieri
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Veterinari

Dapt role in Mortality reduction in MI patients                            Tutor: P.G. Pino (Rome), L. Severi (Rome), A. Terranova (Rome)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Gruppi e Istituzioni
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Università: Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Università: Facoltà di Scienze Infermieristiche
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               • Società Scientifiche
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               • Ospedali e Cliniche
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             • Centri di Simulazione

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 EMAC

Chairmen: M.M. Gulizia (Catania), C. Indolfi (Catanzaro)
                                                                                                                                                                                 Emac s.r.l., oltre 30 anni di esperienza nel campo medicale sono la base del nostro know how nella
                                                                                                                                                                                 distribuzione e nel supporto delle apparecchiature elettromedicali di ultima generazione.
                                                                                                                                                                                 Sulla base dell’esperienza acquisita Emac ha ampliato le sue conoscenze, dedicando una linea di
                                                                                                                                                                                 prodotti alla simulazione avanzata, con un centro politecnologico per la formazione clinica e una serie
                                                                                                                                                                                 di simulatori di ultima generazione.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Via del Commercio, 25

                                                                           11.00 - 11.45 Individual training with Tutor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          16167 Genova
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Tel. 010.329.04.21
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           www.emac.it

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           SonoSim

                                                                                        • Echography area: 6 workstations complete with                                          SonoSim si è dedicata al miglioramento dell’attività medico-sanitaria, diventando leader mondiale
                                                                                                                                                                                 per la simulazione in ecografia. Con il suo staff di ecografisti, informatici, designers, ingegneri e
                                                                                                                                                                                 softwaristi, SonoSim ha progettato e sviluppato la soluzione più facile, funzionale e conveniente per
                                                                                                                                                                                 l’apprendimento dell’ecografia.

Opening                                                                                   Sonosim Live Scan and manikin; interventional                                                                                                                                     Santa Monica, CA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1 (323) 473-3800
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           info@sonosim.com

C. Indolfi (Catanzaro)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           www.sonosim.com

                                                                                          area                                                                                                    © 2014. SonoSim, Inc. All rights reserved. All trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owner(s).

Clinical case                                                              11.45 - 12.30 Individual training with Tutor
Typical spoke center ACS patient                                                        • 6 vascular access workstations (each equipped
P. Cirillo (Naples)                                                                       with Simulab simulators for Central Vascular
                                                                                          Access, Femoral Vascular Access and for Sub-
Well begun is half done!                                                                  clavian Vascular Access)
C. Bilato (Arzignano)

Clinical case
Patient follow up after discharge
R. Rossini (Cuneo)

DAPT advantages in long term follow up
P. Perrone Filardi (Naples)

Discussion

Take home message
M.M. Gulizia (Catania)

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              2019
                                                       Sunday April 14 2019                                                        Sunday April 14 2019

11.00 - 12.30 Casual Morning Meeting		Timo Alto Room                          12.00 - 13.00 Meet the Expert		Pegaso Room

The role of atrial pacing in CRT: beyond usual routines                       SACUBITRIL VALSARTAN: THE THERAPEUTIC OPTIMIZATION TO CHANGE
                                                                              HF PATIENT JOURNEY
Chairman: R. Ceravolo (Catanzaro), R.P. Ricci (Rome)
                                                                              Chairmen: A. Murrone (Città di Castello), R.F.E. Pedretti (Milan)

Is it always necessary to have a lead in the atrium to get a cardiac
resynchronization?                                                            PARADIGM HF, TRANSITION e PIONEER HF:
G. Zanotto (Legnago)                                                          from clinical studies our corner stones
                                                                              N. Aspromonte (Rome)
Lead complications. Adverse events reduction: because less is better
G. Arena (Massa)                                                              Innovation usage in daily clinical practice
                                                                              G. Leonardi (Catania)
Discussion
                                                                              Discussion

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              2019
                                                  Sunday April 14 2019                                                       Sunday April 14 2019

12.00 - 13.00 Meet the Expert		Calipso Room                              12.30 - 13.00 Controversies		Etna Room

CARDIOPULMONARY TEST: WHICH PATIENTS AND WHICH PROTOCOLS                 TAVI: an option valid for all elderly patients?

Chairmen: M. Chiatto (Cosenza), V. Panno (Palermo), G.B. Zito (Pompei)   Chairmen: G. Gerosa (Padua), C. Riccio (Caserta)

Coronary artery disease patient                                          Pro
G. Arcidiacono (Catania)                                                 C. Tamburino (Catania)

Heart failure patient                                                    Rebuttal
N. Tourkmani (Guangzhou, Cina)
                                                                         Cons
Patient who starts a cardiac rehabilitation                              A.F. Amico (Copertino)
M. Gabriele (Mazara del Vallo)
                                                                         Rebuttal
Discussion

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              2019
                                                    Sunday April 14 2019                                                       Sunday April 14 2019

13.00 - 14.30 Luncheon Panel		Pegaso Room                                  14.30 - 16.00 Cardiocontest		Etna Room

Patient settings where safety matters                                      PATIENTS WITH HIGH CARDIOVASCULAR RISK: WHICH ROLE FOR PCSK9
                                                                           INHIBITORS
Chairmen: R. Cappato (Rozzano), M.M. Gulizia (Catania)
                                                                           Chairmen: M.M. Gulizia (Catania), F. Perticone (Catanzaro)

Focus on fragile patient
P. Verdecchia (Assisi)                                                     Lecture
                                                                           Evolocumab in high risk CV patient
Focus on concomitant antiplatelet therapy patient                          M. Arca (Rome)
G. Musumeci (Cuneo)
                                                                           Clinical Case
Focus on renal patient                                                     Post-MI patient
G. Casu (Nuoro)                                                            R. Caporale (Cosenza)

Discussion                                                                 Clinical Case
                                                                           High CV risk patient who experienced intolerance to statin
                                                                           S. Corrao (Palermo)

                                                                           Discussion

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       CATANIA APRIL 13-15 ITALY

               2019
                                                        Sunday April 14 2019                                                                                                                                                                                            Sunday April 14 2019

15.00 - 16.30 Expert Panel On		Pegaso Room                                               15.00 - 16.30 Vi.P. ECHO Training		Ciclope Room
                                                                                                                    “SonoSim is not only one of the best purchases we made for bedside
                                                                                                                     ultrasound education, it is also the most used for our ultrasound
                                                                                                                     elective and at our workshops.”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Chi può usare SonoSim?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Individualmente
                                                                                                                                                  – Laleh Gharahbaghian MD, FACEP, FAAEM                                                                    • Medici
                                                                                                                                                          Stanford University Medical Center                                                        • Medici Specializzandi
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Studenti di Medicina

ICD AND CRT-D IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS: IS IT TIME TO MAKE NEW
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Infermieri
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Veterinari

                                                                                         Tutor: P.G. Pino (Rome), L. Severi (Rome), A. Terranova (Rome)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Gruppi e Istituzioni
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Università: Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Università: Facoltà di Scienze Infermieristiche

GUIDELINES?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             • Società Scientifiche
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             • Ospedali e Cliniche
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           • Centri di Simulazione

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               EMAC
                                                                                                                                                                                               Emac s.r.l., oltre 30 anni di esperienza nel campo medicale sono la base del nostro know how nella
                                                                                                                                                                                               distribuzione e nel supporto delle apparecchiature elettromedicali di ultima generazione.
                                                                                                                                                                                               Sulla base dell’esperienza acquisita Emac ha ampliato le sue conoscenze, dedicando una linea di
                                                                                                                                                                                               prodotti alla simulazione avanzata, con un centro politecnologico per la formazione clinica e una serie

Chairmen: M. Santini (Rome), M. Santomauro (Naples)
                                                                                                                                                                                               di simulatori di ultima generazione.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Via del Commercio, 25

                                                                                         15.00 - 15.45 Individual training with Tutor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        16167 Genova
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Tel. 010.329.04.21
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         www.emac.it

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         SonoSim

                                                                                                      • Echography area: 6 workstations complete with                                          SonoSim si è dedicata al miglioramento dell’attività medico-sanitaria, diventando leader mondiale
                                                                                                                                                                                               per la simulazione in ecografia. Con il suo staff di ecografisti, informatici, designers, ingegneri e
                                                                                                                                                                                               softwaristi, SonoSim ha progettato e sviluppato la soluzione più facile, funzionale e conveniente per
                                                                                                                                                                                               l’apprendimento dell’ecografia.

QRS duration and morphology have still a role in the contest of CRT pacing?                             Sonosim Live Scan and manikin; interventional                                                                                                                                     Santa Monica, CA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1 (323) 473-3800
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         info@sonosim.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         www.sonosim.com

S. Di Fusco (Rome)                                                                                      area                                                                                                    © 2014. SonoSim, Inc. All rights reserved. All trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owner(s).

Role of Multimodality Imaging evaluation of HF patient to identify candidates to CRT-D   15.45 - 16.30 Individual training with Tutor
D. Fiscella (Catania)                                                                                 • 6 vascular access workstations (each equipped
                                                                                                        with Simulab simulators for Central Vascular
Is useful evaluating clinical response to CRT in a 1 year follow-up?                                    Access, Femoral Vascular Access and for Sub-
G. Muscio (Siracusa)                                                                                    clavian Vascular Access)
When downgrading CRT-D to CRT-P during device replacement
C. Puntrello (Trapani)

Is there an age limit to ICD or CRT-D implant?
S. Di Rosa (Agrigento)

When using a subcutaneous ICD in heart failure patients?
G. Licciardello (Augusta)

ICD and CRT-D remote monitoring: which advantages more than a discovery of
silent AF?
F. Lucà (Reggio Calabria)

The right to refuse ICD implant or to obtain an ICD explant
C. Riganti (Naples)

Discussion
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              2019
                                                      Sunday April 14 2019                                                      Sunday April 14 2019

16.00 - 17.00 Meet the Expert                                     Etna Room   16.00 - 17.30 Casual Afternoon Meeting		Timo Alto Room

Iron deficiency diagnosis and management in heart failure                     Anticoagulation and cancer: where do we stand now?
patient: when, how, why?
                                                                              Chairman: R. Bordonaro (Catania), M.M. Gulizia (Catania)
Chairmen: G. Di Tano (Cremona), G. Zuin (Venice-Mestre)

                                                                              Patient with cancer and VTE
Physiopathology of iron deficiency in heart failure                           M.D. Di Minno (Naples)
A. Mortara (Monza)
                                                                              Patient with cancer and AF
Heart failure and iron deficiency: ESC guideline and key trials               I. Bisceglia (Rome)
M. Volterrani (Rome)
                                                                              Discussion
Management of heart failure patient with iron deficiency:
from key trial to clinical experience
F. Oliva (Milan)

Discussion

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              2019
                                                     Sunday April 14 2019                                                            Sunday April 14 2019

16.30 - 17.30 Meet the expert                                 Pegaso Room       17.00 - 18.00 Focus On 		Etna Room

Compass approach for chronic CAD patient: from New England                      PACEMAKER AND CRT: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES COMPARED
Journal to clinical practice
                                                                                Chairmen: D. Catanzariti (Rovereto), C. Puntrello (Trapani)
Chairmen: S. Domenicucci (Genoa), G.F.Mureddu (Rome)

                                                                                Sleep apnea and arrhythmias
Residual risk in patient with atherothrombotic disease: the synergic approach   A. Rapacciuolo (Naples)
between the anticoagulant and the antiplatelet therapy
F. Colivicchi (Rome)                                                            Cardiac device longevity
                                                                                F. Borrello (Reggio Calabria)
Change of paradigm in the treatment of CAD patient
A.P. Maggioni (Florence)                                                        Automatic CRT optimization in heart failure increases number of responders
                                                                                V. Schillaci (Avellino)
Change of paradigm in the treatment of PAD patient
S. Urbinati (Bologne)                                                           Discussion

Discussion

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