Scientific Programme

APAHFF 2019
0845 - 0850 Welcome and Introduction
0850 - 0900 Speech by Guest of Honour & inauguration of ACGA
Jackie Taylor
0900 - 0930 Keynote Lecture
Practice-Changing Clinical Trials, and The Future of Therapeutics and Interventions for Heart Failure
Marc A Pfeffer
Session I:
HOT TOPICS & UPDATES
Moderators: Apple HY Cheng, Erik Fung, Mário Évora
British Geriatrics Society-Asian CardioGeriatric Association Session:
Moderators: Nigel Beckett, Lara Mitchell, TW AuYeung, Victor Sim
0930 - 0945 Paradigms in Integration of Cardiac and Geriatric Care and Management of The Elderly
Jackie Taylor
Targets for Hypertension in Older Adults - Hit or Miss?
Nigel Beckett
0945 - 1000 Multi-Modality Imaging in the Workup of Cardiomyopathies and Advanced Heart Failure
Timothy C Wong
Transient Loss of Consciousness in the Older Adult
Lara Mitchell
1000 - 1015 Q & A Q & A
1015 - 1030 Quality of Life Post LVAD
Ka Lee Kerk
The Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease among Older Adults in Hong Kong
Jenny Lee
1030 - 1045 Updates on Transplant Priority Listing, and Management of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy and Graft Rejection
Michael KL Wong
Special Considerations for Elderly Patients with Heart Failure
Victor Sim
1045 - 1100 Q & A Q & A
1100 - 1115 Coffee Break
Session II
KIDNEYS & THE HEART
Moderators: Cheuk-Chun Szeto, Brian Tomlinson
Session III
ADVANCED HEART FAILURE MANAGEMENT PATHWAYS
Moderators: Erik Fung, Wei-Ting Wang
1115 - 1130 KDIGO Perspective on Heart Failure in Chronic Kidney Disease
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Updates on Trends and Developments in Heart Transplant and VAD Implantations across Europe
Steven SL Tsui
1130 - 1145 Metabolic Alterations and Therapeutics Interventions in Heart Failure and Diabetes
Mónica Cristina Pon Nunes
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Finn Gustafsson
1145 - 1200 Managing Hyponatraemia in Advanced Heart Failure
Cheuk-Chun Szeto
Developing a Comprehensive Mechanical Cardiac Support Programme
Ka Lee Kerk
1200 - 1215 Renal Disease in Heart Transplant Recipients
Narittaya Varothai
Combined Heart and Kidney Transplantation in Australia
Peter S Macdonald
1215 - 1230 Roundtable Discussion: Chronic Kidney Disease in Heart Failure
Discussants: Cheuk-Chun Szeto, Narittaya Varothai
Roundtable Discussion: Management of Frailty in Heart Failure
Discussants: Jackie Taylor, Peter S Macdonald
1230 - 1245 Q & A Q & A
1245 - 1330 Lunch
1330 - 1400 Distinguished Professorial Lecture
A Four-Decade Journey in the Study of Diastolic Dysfunction and Heart Failure with Normal (Preserved) Ejection Fraction
John E Sanderson
Session IV
DIABETES & THE HEART
Moderators: Juliana CN Chan, Andrea OY Luk, Toi Meng Mok
Session V
SURGICAL AND DEVICE INTERVENTIONS FOR HEART FAILURE
Moderators: Guangming Tan
1400 - 1415 Roundtable Discussion: Management of Heart Failure in Diabetics
Discussants: Juliana CN Chan, Toi Meng Mok
Roundtable Discussion: Novel Surgical and Catheter-based Interventions in Advanced Heart Failure
Discussants: Narongrit Kantathut, Goro Matsumiya, Steven SL Tsui
1415 - 1430 GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and SGLT2 Inhibitors in Heart Failure: 2019 Updates
Erik Fung
Mechanical Circulatory Support and Quality Measures
Narongrit Kantathut
1430 - 1445 Epidemiology of Heart Failure and Kidney Disease in the Hong Kong Diabetes Register
Ronald CW Ma
Surgical Management of Functional Mitral & Tricuspid Regurgitation in Advanced Heart Failure
Goro Matsumiya
1445 - 1500 Cardiogenic Shock in Diabetics
Wei-Ting Wang
Management of the Difficult LVAD Cases at the National Heart Centre Singapore
Cumaraswamy Sivathasan
1500 - 1515 Coffee Break
Session VI
CARDIOMYOPATHIES, PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND RIGHT HEART FAILURE
Moderators: Polakit Teekakirikul
Session VII
END-OF-LIFE AND ADVANCED SUPPORT FOR HEART FAILURE
Moderators: Raymond SK Lo, Erik Fung
1515 - 1530 Pulmonary Endarterectomy Programme at Royal Papworth Hospital, UK
Steven SL Tsui
Inotropic Support Options for End-Stage Heart Failure Patients
Finn Gustafsson
1530 - 1545 Hong Kong Experience with Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for CTEPH
Guangming Tan
Management of Treatment-Refractory, End-Stage CTEPH Patients: Experience from Kobe, Japan
Yu Taniguchi
1545 - 1600 Q & A Q & A
1600 - 1615 Atrial Flow Regulators for HFpEF and Pulmonary Hypertension
Gary SH Cheung
Palliative Management of End-stage Heart Failure Patients at Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok
Teerapat Yingchoncharoen
1615 - 1630 Management of Pulmonary Hypertension: Macau Experience
Toi-Meng Mok
The Impact of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Clinical Outcomes in LVAD Patients
Yang-Hyun Cho
1630 - 1645 What's New in Pulmonary Hypertension
Priscilla CH Wong
Management of End-stage Rheumatic Heart Disease
Ganesan Karthikeyan
1645 - 1700 Mitral Valve Interventions in Heart Failure
Alex PW Lee
APAHFF 2019 notable abstract:
Right Heart Failure is A Predictor of Mortality in Adult Atrial Septal Defects: Insight of COHARD-PH Registry
Anggoro Budi Hartopo
1700 Closing Remarks

* Please note that the Organising Committee reserves the right to change the programme without prior notice.