Baltic Atherosclerosis Conference 2021

03.12.2021 - 04.12.2021 Tallinn, Estonia

Information about conference room

Name	Cauldron Hall
Venue name	Tallinn Creative Hub, Põhja pst 27a, Estonia, Tallinn
Coordinates	59.444281 ,24.751121

Day 1 - 03.12.2021

18:00 - 22:00	Cauldron Hall Reception 🕺💃

Information about conference room

Name	Atrium
Venue name	Tallinn Creative Hub, Põhja pst 27a, Estonia, Tallinn
Coordinates	59.444281 ,24.751121

Day 1 - 03.12.2021

09:00 - 09:30	Atrium Registration, Welcome Coffee and Exhibition
11:15 - 11:45	Atrium Coffee Break and Exhibition
13:15 - 14:15	Atrium Lunch and Exhibition
15:45 - 16:05	Atrium Coffee Break and Exhibition

Day 2 - 04.12.2021

11:30 - 11:45	Atrium Coffee Break and Exhibition

Information about conference room

Name	Small Hall
Venue name	Tallinn Creative Hub, Põhja pst 27a, Estonia, Tallinn
Coordinates	59.444281 ,24.751121

Day 1 - 03.12.2021

09:30 - 09:45	Plenary session, Small Hall Opening of the conference Chairpersons: Gustavs Latkovskis (Latvia), Žaneta Petrulionienė (Lithuania), Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) Introduction
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 Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) Introduction 09:50 - 10:20 François Mach (Switzerland) Aggressive combination treatment following the dyslipidemia guidelines 10:20 - 10:40 Gustavs Latkovskis (Latvia) Aggressive combination treatment in FH patients 10:40 - 11:00 Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) Aggressive combination treatment post MI 11:00 - 11:15 Gustavs Latkovskis (Latvia), François Mach (Switzerland), Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) Panel discussion
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) Evija Knoka (Latvia) Genetics and atherosclerotic plaque composition. Is there a link? Annika Adoberg (Estonia) Atherosclerosis - The Cunning Attack of Chronic Kidney Disease Mikk Jürisson (Estonia) Personal prevention of CV diseases Laima Caunīte (Latvia) Lessons learned from Latvian Early Atherosclerosis registry Discussion
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 Žaneta Petrulionienė (Lithuania), Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) Welcome 14:20 - 15:00 Ulrich Laufs (Germany) SiRNA in theory and practice 15:00 - 15:20 Ulrich Laufs (Germany), Žaneta Petrulionienė (Lithuania), Kārlis Trušinskis (Latvia), Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) Discussion and Q&A 15:20 - 15:30 Žaneta Petrulionienė (Lithuania) The gap between dyslipidemia guidelines and clinical practice: causes and possible solutions 15:30 - 15:40 Kārlis Trušinskis (Latvia) First clinical experience with inclisiran 15:40 - 15:45 Žaneta Petrulionienė (Lithuania), Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) Session closing
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 Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) Introduction 16:10 - 16:30 Gustavs Latkovskis (Latvia) Interpretation of HFpEF data in type 2 diabetic patients 16:30 - 16:50 Anu Hedman (Estonia) HF with reduced EF in diabetics: a double trouble 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 Rimvydas Šlapikas (Lithuania) Updated CV prevention in the ESC 2021 CVD Prevention guidelines 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)

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 Dovilė Karčiauskaitė (Lithuania) Update about laboratory diagnostics of atherosclerosis risk 10:20 - 10:40 Kairit Joost (Estonia) Advances in genetic testing of familial hypercholesterolemia 10:40 - 11:00 Andrei Šamarin (Estonia) Imaging of the coronary plaque vulnerability using CTA 11:00 - 11:20 Kārlis Trušinskis (Latvia) What's hidden behind yellow pixel? From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient 11:20 - 11:30 Discussion
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 Žaneta Petrulionienė (Lithuania) Management of FH: an update about FH registries in the world 12:05 - 12:15 Martin Serg (Estonia) FH registries in Baltic countries - Estonia 12:15 - 12:25 Gustavs Latkovskis (Latvia) FH registries in Baltic countries - Latvia 12:25 - 12:35 Žaneta Petrulionienė (Lithuania) FH registries in Baltic countries - 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) Margus Viigimaa (Estonia) Conference Wrap-up