Scientific Program

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
15:25-15:40   Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks
Silvia Ulrich Somaini, Zurich | Markus Schwerzmann, Bern