Baltic Atherosclerosis Conference 2021

03.12.2021 - 04.12.2021 Tallinn, Estonia

2021-12-03
2021-12-04

Day 1 - 03.12.2021
09:00 - 09:30	Atrium Registration, Welcome Coffee and Exhibition
09:30 - 09:45	Plenary session, Small Hall Opening of the conference Chairpersons: Gustavs Latkovskis (Latvia), Žaneta Petrulionienė (Lithuania), Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) Introduction Margus Viigimaa (Estonia)
09:45 - 11:15	Plenary session, Small Hall S1 - Aggressive combination treatment of dyslipidemias Chairpersons: François Mach (Switzerland), Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) 09:45 - 09:50 Introduction Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) 09:50 - 10:20 Aggressive combination treatment following the dyslipidemia guidelines François Mach (Switzerland) 10:20 - 10:40 Aggressive combination treatment in FH patients Gustavs Latkovskis (Latvia) 10:40 - 11:00 Aggressive combination treatment post MI Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) 11:00 - 11:15 Panel discussion Gustavs Latkovskis (Latvia), François Mach (Switzerland), Margus Viigimaa (Estonia)
11:15 - 11:45	Atrium Coffee Break and Exhibition
11:45 - 13:15	Plenary session, Small Hall S2 - Early atherosclerosis, hypertension and personalised prevention Chairpersons: Gustavs Latkovskis (Latvia), Rimvydas Šlapikas (Lithuania), Kārlis Trušinskis (Latvia) Genetics and atherosclerotic plaque composition. Is there a link? Evija Knoka (Latvia) Atherosclerosis - The Cunning Attack of Chronic Kidney Disease Annika Adoberg (Estonia) Personal prevention of CV diseases Mikk Jürisson (Estonia) Lessons learned from Latvian Early Atherosclerosis registry Laima Caunīte (Latvia) Discussion
13:15 - 14:15	Atrium Lunch and Exhibition
14:15 - 15:45	Plenary session, Small Hall S3 - Future of dyslipidemia treatment is today: siRNA in theory and practice Chairpersons: Žaneta Petrulionienė (Lithuania), Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) 14:15 - 14:20 Welcome Žaneta Petrulionienė (Lithuania), Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) 14:20 - 15:00 SiRNA in theory and practice Ulrich Laufs (Germany) 15:00 - 15:20 Discussion and Q&A Ulrich Laufs (Germany), Žaneta Petrulionienė (Lithuania), Kārlis Trušinskis (Latvia), Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) 15:20 - 15:30 The gap between dyslipidemia guidelines and clinical practice: causes and possible solutions Žaneta Petrulionienė (Lithuania) 15:30 - 15:40 First clinical experience with inclisiran Kārlis Trušinskis (Latvia) 15:40 - 15:45 Session closing Žaneta Petrulionienė (Lithuania), Margus Viigimaa (Estonia)
15:45 - 16:05	Atrium Coffee Break and Exhibition
16:05 - 17:05	Plenary session, Small Hall S4 - Prevention of atherosclerosis and heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes Chairpersons: Anu Hedman (Estonia), Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) 16:05 - 16:10 Introduction Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) 16:10 - 16:30 Interpretation of HFpEF data in type 2 diabetic patients Gustavs Latkovskis (Latvia) 16:30 - 16:50 HF with reduced EF in diabetics: a double trouble Anu Hedman (Estonia) 16:50 - 17:05 Discussion
17:05 - 17:45	Plenary session, Small Hall S5 - Atherosclerosis and ESC 2021 CVD Prevention guidelines Chairpersons: Andrejs Ērglis (Latvia), Iveta Mintāle (Latvia), Rimvydas Šlapikas (Lithuania) 17:05 - 17:35 Updated CV prevention in the ESC 2021 CVD Prevention guidelines Rimvydas Šlapikas (Lithuania) 17:35 - 17:45 Discussion
17:45 - 18:00	Plenary session, Small Hall Wrap-up and Concluding Remarks of the 1st Day Chairperson: Margus Viigimaa (Estonia)
18:00 - 22:00	Cauldron Hall Reception 🕺💃

Day 2 - 04.12.2021
10:00 - 11:30	Plenary session, Small Hall S6 - Advances in atherosclerosis diagnostics Chairpersons: Dovilė Karčiauskaitė (Lithuania), Sergei Nazarenko (Estonia), Kārlis Trušinskis (Latvia) 10:00 - 10:20 Update about laboratory diagnostics of atherosclerosis risk Dovilė Karčiauskaitė (Lithuania) 10:20 - 10:40 Advances in genetic testing of familial hypercholesterolemia Kairit Joost (Estonia) 10:40 - 11:00 Imaging of the coronary plaque vulnerability using CTA Andrei Šamarin (Estonia) 11:00 - 11:20 What's hidden behind yellow pixel? From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient Kārlis Trušinskis (Latvia) 11:20 - 11:30 Discussion
11:30 - 11:45	Atrium Coffee Break and Exhibition
11:45 - 12:50	Plenary session, Small Hall S7 - Familial hypercholesterolemia registries in Baltic countries Chairpersons: Gustavs Latkovskis (Latvia), Žaneta Petrulionienė (Lithuania), Martin Serg (Estonia) 11:45 - 12:05 Management of FH: an update about FH registries in the world Žaneta Petrulionienė (Lithuania) 12:05 - 12:15 FH registries in Baltic countries - Estonia Martin Serg (Estonia) 12:15 - 12:25 FH registries in Baltic countries - Latvia Gustavs Latkovskis (Latvia) 12:25 - 12:35 FH registries in Baltic countries - Lithuania Žaneta Petrulionienė (Lithuania) 12:35 - 12:50 Discussion
12:50 - 13:00	Plenary session, Small Hall Wrap-up and Concluding Remarks of the 2nd Day and Whole Conference 💝 Chairpersons: Martin Serg (Estonia), Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) Conference Wrap-up Margus Viigimaa (Estonia)