Day 2 : Friday 13 October 2023


8:30 - 9:00 Registration

Moderators: Dr. Mohamed Al Jarallah, Dr. Wael Al Mahmeed, Dr. Abdulah Shehab


9:00 - 11:00 Heart Failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) session

  • HFREF: the four pillars. Do we know how to use them? (10 min) Dr. Hani Sabbour UAE
  • SGLT2 across the spectrum of HF (10 min) Amr Badr Qatar
  • ARNI: what we expect (10 min) Leila Abid Tunis
  • HFREF with LV thrombus: what to do? (10 min) Fahmi Othman Qatar
  • Conquering your heart with BB in Heart Failure (10 min) Amr Badr Qatar
  • Stress Cardiomyopathy (10 min) Fahd Alkindi Oman

Discussion (20 min)


11:00 - 12:00 (Jomaa Prayer)


12:00 - 1:00 Lunch


1:00 - 2:00 Symposium (ALDANA MEDICAL )


2:00 - 3:30 Cardiomyopathy and imaging session

Moderators: Dr. Kadhim Sulaiman, Dr. Fahd Alkendi, Dr. Ashfaq Patel, Prof. Ziyad Hijazi

  • Diagnostic conundrums in HFPEF (10 min) Khaldon AlHumood Kuwait
  • HFPEF Does it really works. (10 min) Dr. Hani Sabbour UAE
  • Cardiomyopathy: Cardiac amyloid ATTR, all we need to know (10 min) Mohammed AL Hashimi Qatar
  • A Case-based Approach to Diagnosis and Management of Cardiac Amyloidosis (10 min) Abdelhalim Hamada Qatar
  • Role of echocardiography in heart failure management (10 min) Sherif Helmy Qatar
  • Heart Failure in adult congenital heart disease (10 min) Raghda AlSheikh Egypt

Discussion ( 20 min)


3:30 - 5:00 Heart Transplant session

Moderators: Dr. Amr Badr, Dr. Ali Nasir

  • Heart transplant candidate (10 min) Ali Nasir USA
  • Heart Transplant Donor (10 min) Ali Kendawai Qatar
  • Challenges immediately post heart transplant (10 min) Mitash Bedwala UAE
  • Heart Transplant: Imaging the transplanted heart for rejection, dysfunction and vasculopathy (10 min) Samah F A Mohamad Qatar
  • Heart transplant rejection, vasculopathy and drugs they live with (10 min) Ali Nasir USA

Discussion (20 min)


Faculty Dinner on Friday night