Scientific Program
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List view: Thursday | Friday | List of speakers and chairs
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Program Overview
Thursday, 17.03.2021 | Friday, 18.03.2021
Thursday, 17.03.2022
| 11:30-12:30 | Registration | |
| 12:30-12:35 | Opening Comments Markus Schwerzmann, Bern |
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| 12:35-14:30 12:35-13:05 13:05-13:40 13:40-14:05 14:05-14:30 |
Session 1: Definition of PH Chairs: Markus Schwerzmann, Bern | Andrea Azzola, Lucerne How Should we (re)define PH? Frédéric Lador, Geneva New Definition of PH Under Stress – Excercice & Hypoxia Silvia Ulrich Somaini, Zurich Implications of the Proposed New Definition on PH in Left Heart Disease Jean-Luc Vachiery, Bruessels, BE Implications of the Proposed New Definition on PH in Lung Disease Horst Olschewski, Graz, AT |
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| 14:30-15:00 | Coffee Break & Poster Viewing | |
| 15:00-15:45 | Satellite Symposium organized by Janssen | |
| 15:45-17:25 15:45-16:10 16:10-16:35 16:35-17:00 17:00-17:25 |
Session 2: Chronic Thromboembolic PH Chairs: Isabelle Opitz, Zurich | Anne-Lise Hachulla, Geneva From Acute PE to CTEPH: Who needs screening? John-David Aubert, Lausanne Novel Insight From the Pathogenesis of CTEPH Joanna Pepke-Zaba, Cambridge, GB Multimodal Invasive Therapy in CTEPH Philippe Brenot, Paris, FR Anticoagulation in CTEPH Helia Robert-Ebadi, Geneva |
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| 17:25-18:00 | Apéro | Exhibition | Poster Viewing | |
| 18:00-18:45 | General Assembly | |
| 19:00 | Transfer to Networking Dinner |
Friday, 18.03.2022
| 08:55-09:00 | Welcome and Opening Comments Silvia Ulrich Somaini, Zurich |
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| 09:00-10:20 09:00-09:20 09:20-09:40 09:40-10:00 10:00-10:20 |
Session 3: PH During Lifetime Chairs: Margret Riboch, Locarno | Jean-Marc Fellrath, Neuchâtel Adolescence – Young Patients with PH- Transition Maurice Beghetti, Geneva Living with PAH in Adulthood- a Special Challenge for SSc-PAH Robin Condliffe, Sheffield, UK Elderly Patients with PH- Comorbidities and Other Special Aspects of Care Ekkehard Grünig, Heidelberg, DE Palliative Care – Principals of Pallative Care in PH Wendy Gin-Sing, London, GB |
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| 10:20-10:50 | Coffee Break | Poster Viewing | |
| 10:50-12:30 10:50-11:15 11:15-11:40 11:40-12:05 12:05-12:30 |
Session 4: Special Monitoring Situations Chairs: Mona Lichtblau, Zurich | Benoit Lechartier, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France Novel Imaging Modalities for the Pulmonary Vasculature: The Radiologists View Jens Vogel-Claussen, Hannover, DE Non Invasive Assessments and Early Detection - Echo in Clinics and Reasearch Patrick Yerly, Lausanne Complex Assessment of the Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Vascular Unit – The Value of Pressure Volume Loops Khodr Tello, Giessen, DE Perioperative Threat in PH – the Anaesthetist State of the Art Rolf Schüpbach, Zurich |
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| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | Poster Viewing | |
| 13:30-14:15 | Satellite Symposium organized by Gebro Pharma AG | |
| 14:15-15:25 14:15-14:40 14:40-15:05 15:05-15:25 |
Session 5: Up-to Date Therapy in PAH Chairs: Simone Stickel, Zurich | Michael Tamm, Basel Risk Stratification in PH - Pitfalls and recommendation from registries Marion Delcroix, Leuven, BE Novel Pathogenetic Insights in PAH - Upcoming Novel Therapies from the Bench to Bedside Marc Humbert, Paris, FR Current Medical Therapy in PAH: State-of the Art Olivier Sitbon, Paris, FR |
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| 15:25-15:40 | Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks Silvia Ulrich Somaini, Zurich | Markus Schwerzmann, Bern |