Conference Program
Event Venue - Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel (Fr. R. Kreutzwaldi 23)
| 09.11.2023 | |
| 13:30-14:00 | Registration, welcome coffee |
| 14:00-15:45 | Conference pre-session „Primary and secondary dyslipidemia in Baltic States" |
| 15:45-16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00-17:30 | Conference pre-session „Familial hypercholesterolemia round-table" |
| 16:00-16:30 | „FH patients, is special focus needed?“ - Alberico Catapano, Professor of Pharmacology and Director of the Center of Epidemiology and Preventive Pharmacology at the University of Milan, Italy |
| 16:30-18:00 | „Baltic approach to handle FH patients.“ Discussion. |
| 18:00-18:30 | Baltic Atherosclerosis Society Board Meeting |
| 10.11.2023 | |
| 09:00-09:30 | Registration, welcome coffee |
| 09:30-09:45 | Opening of the conference Margus Viigimaa, President of the BAS (Tallinn, Estonia), Olena Mitchenko, Chairman of the Ukrainian Atherosclerosis Society (Kyiv, Ukraine) |
| 09:45-11:00 | Satellite session Novartis „Reducing plaque burden: lower is better” Chairman: Margus Viigimaa (Tallinn, Estonia) |
| 09:45-09:50 | Introduction. Margus Viigimaa |
| 09:50-10:20 | „Reaching LDL-C goals: good enough?” - Alberico Catapano (Milan, Italy) |
| 10:20-10:40 | „Present Dyslipidemia treatment: siRNA in theory and practice.” - Kārlis Trušinskis (Riga, Latvia) |
| 10:40-11:00 | Panel discussion: Kārlis Trušinskis, Margus Viigimaa |
| 11:00-11:20 | Coffee, exhibition |
| 11:20-11:45 | Keynote lecture "How low can and how low shall LDL levels get in patients with diagnosed atherosclerosis?" Dan Atar, Head of Research and Professor of Cardiology at the University of Oslo, Norway Chairman: Margus Viigimaa (Tallinn, Estonia) |
| 11:45-13:15 | III session „Dyslipidemia in Baltic countries and Ukraine” Chairmen: Olena Mitchenko (Kyiv, Ukraine), Gustavs Latkovskis (Riga, Latvia), Žaneta Petrulionienė (Vilnius, Lithuania) |
| 11:45–12:05 | „Primary and secondary dyslipidemia in Ukraine: prevalence, features of diagnosis and modern treatment.” - Olena Mitchenko (Kyiv, Ukraine) |
| 12:05–12:25 | „Management of dyslipidemia in Latvia.” - Gustavs Latkovskis (Riga, Latvia) |
| 12:25–12:45 | „Treatment of dyslipidemia in Lithuania.” - Žaneta Petrulionienė (Vilnius, Lithuania) |
| 12:45–13:05 | „Treatment of dyslipidemia in post-MI and FH patients in Estonia.” - Martin Serg (Tallinn, Estonia) |
| 13:05–13:15 | Discussion |
| 13:15-14:00 | Lunch, exhibition |
| 14:00-15:30 | IV session “Cardiometabolic risk and treatment of type 2 diabetes” Chairmen: Rimvydas Šlapikas (Kaunas, Lithuania), Margus Viigimaa |
| 14:15–14:35 | „Patients at high cardiometabolic risk in Ukraine: prevalence, new diagnostic and treatment options.” - Tetiana Kolesnyk (Dnipro, Ukraine) |
| 14:35–14:55 | „News in the 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes.” - Rimvydas Šlapikas (Kaunas, Lithuania) |
| 14:55–15:20 | „Cardiovascular protection by novel antidiabetic drugs” - Margus Viigimaa (Tallinn, Estonia) |
| 15:20-15:30 | Discussion |
| 15:30-15:50 | Coffee, exhibition |
| 15:50-17:00 | V session “Update on treatment of ischemic heart disease” Chairmen: Anu Hedman (Tallinn, Estonia), Alexandr Parkhomenko (Kyiv, Ukraine) |
| 15:50–16:10 | „Ischemic heart disease patients with very high cardiovascular risk: optimization of management.” - Alexandr Parkhomenko (Kyiv, Ukraine) |
| 16:10–16:30 | „Treatment of ischemic heart disease in Latvia.” - Andrejs Ērglis (Riga, Latvia) |
| 16:30–16:50 | „Treatment for angina - which treatment for which patient?” - Anu Hedman (Tallinn, Estonia) |
| 16:50-17:00 | Discussion |
| 17:00-17:20 | Coffee, exhibition |
| 17:20-18:10 | VI session “Cardiovascular prevention and precision medicine” Chairmen: Iveta Mintāle (Riga, Latvia), Dovilė Karčiauskaitė (Vilnius, Lithuania), Martin Serg (Tallinn, Estonia) |
| 17:20–17:40 | „Lifestyle in cardiovascular prevention.” - Iveta Mintāle (Riga, Latvia) |
| 17:40–18:00 | „Precision medicine in cardiovascular field.” - Andres Metspalu (Tartu, Estonia) |
| 18:00-18:10 | Discussion |
| 18:10-18:45 | VII session “25th anniversary of the Baltic Atherosclerosis Society” Chairmen: Andrejs Ērglis (Riga. Latvia), Žaneta Petrulionienė (Vilnius, Lithuania), Sergei Nazarenko (Tallinn, Estonia) |
| 18:10–18:30 | „25 years of the Baltic Atherosclerosis Society” - Margus Viigimaa (Tallinn, Estonia) |
| 18:30-18:45 | Discussion |
| 18:45-18:55 | Concluding remarks. Margus Viigimaa (Tallinn, Estonia), Olena Mitchenko (Kyiv, Ukraine) |
| 19:00 | Networking event (foyer area of the venue) |
Conference Speakers
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Schdule of the conference
| 09 November, 10:30-13:00 | Tallinn Old-Town Walking Tour (pre-registration, with extra charge) | in front of Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel (Fr. R. Kreutzwaldi 23) |
| 09 November, 16:00-18:00 | Conference Scientific Programme, Conference Satellite Symposium | Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel |
| 10 November, 09:30-18:55 | Conference Scientific Programme | Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel |
| 10 November, 19:00-21:00 | Networking Event | Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel, foyer |
| 11 November, 09:00-15:00 | Daytrip to Lahemaa National Park and Manor Tour (pre-registration, with extra charge) | in front of Hilton Tallinn Park Hotel |
The main subjects of the conference are:
- Personal prevention of atherosclerosis
- Diagnosis and treatment of familial hypercholesterolemia
- Biological treatment of dyslipidemia - PCSK9 inhibitors and inclisiran
- Prevention of atherosclerosis and heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes
- Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) registries in Baltic countries
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