Events

Heart Summit 2025

REGISTRATION

To attend in person, please visit https://heartsummit2025.squarespace.com/

To attend online, please visit https://www.medcafe.ie/

To view the full agenda, please see below.

AGENDA

Opening: 8.45am - 9am

Introduction - Prof. Robert Byrne, Prof. Borja Ibanez and Prof. Brendan McAdam, President, Irish Cardiac Society

Session 1: 9am - 10am

State of the art: antiplatelet treatment in ACS and PCI – Prof. Adnan Kastrati, German Cardiac Centre (DHM), Munich, Germany

Update on heart disease in women – Dr. Róisín Colleran, MPN

The left atrial appendage: past, present, future – Dr. John P Foran, MPN

Session 2: 10am - 11am

Complex PCI in the cath lab – Dr. Colm Hanratty, MPN

Recent developments in catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmia – Prof. Gábor Széplaki, MPN

Cardio-Oncology: A new medical sub-specialty – Dr. Alexander Lyon, Royal Brompton Hospital, UK

Session 3: 11.30am - 12.30pm (Keynote presentation)

Evolving challenges in health and disease: technology and education – Prof. Valentin Fuster, Mount Sinai Hospital, USA, and National Centre for Cardiovascular investigation, Madrid, Spain

Session 4: 1.30pm - 3pm

Recent developments in the treatment of heart failure and what is in the pipeline – Prof. John McMurray, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK

Menopause, the heart of the matter? – Dr. Nicola Cochrane, GP Specialist in Complex Menopause

Exercise as medicine – Andrew Dunne, Chief Exercise Officer, Personal Health Medical Exercise Clinic

Each session to be followed by panel discussion / Q&A. Questions can be submitted in advance to events@materprivate.ie

POSTER PRESENTATIONS INVITED

Submissions of abstracts on any topic in cardiovascular medicine for poster presentations on the day are invited via email to cvri@materprivate.ie by Monday 17th March. The presenter of the best abstract will receive a €500 conference travel voucher.

Heart Summit 2025

REGISTRATION

To attend in person, please visit https://heartsummit2025.squarespace.com/

To attend online, please visit https://www.medcafe.ie/

To view the full agenda, please see below.

AGENDA

Opening: 8.45am - 9am

Introduction - Prof. Robert Byrne, Prof. Borja Ibanez and Prof. Brendan McAdam, President, Irish Cardiac Society

Session 1: 9am - 10am

State of the art: antiplatelet treatment in ACS and PCI – Prof. Adnan Kastrati, German Cardiac Centre (DHM), Munich, Germany

Update on heart disease in women – Dr. Róisín Colleran, MPN

The left atrial appendage: past, present, future – Dr. John P Foran, MPN

Session 2: 10am - 11am

Complex PCI in the cath lab – Dr. Colm Hanratty, MPN

Recent developments in catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmia – Prof. Gábor Széplaki, MPN

Cardio-Oncology: A new medical sub-specialty – Dr. Alexander Lyon, Royal Brompton Hospital, UK

Session 3: 11.30am - 12.30pm (Keynote presentation)

Evolving challenges in health and disease: technology and education – Prof. Valentin Fuster, Mount Sinai Hospital, USA, and National Centre for Cardiovascular investigation, Madrid, Spain

Session 4: 1.30pm - 3pm

Recent developments in the treatment of heart failure and what is in the pipeline – Prof. John McMurray, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK

Menopause, the heart of the matter? – Dr. Nicola Cochrane, GP Specialist in Complex Menopause

Exercise as medicine – Andrew Dunne, Chief Exercise Officer, Personal Health Medical Exercise Clinic

Each session to be followed by panel discussion / Q&A. Questions can be submitted in advance to events@materprivate.ie

POSTER PRESENTATIONS INVITED

Submissions of abstracts on any topic in cardiovascular medicine for poster presentations on the day are invited via email to cvri@materprivate.ie by Monday 17th March. The presenter of the best abstract will receive a €500 conference travel voucher.