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Dear Participants and Esteemed Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to the MasterCourse in Heart Failure, which will be held in Baku from May 30 to June 1, 2025. Organized with the support of London Heart House and Zurich Heart House, this course is designed for physicians looking to deepen their knowledge in the field of heart failure.

Heart failure remains one of the most pressing challenges in modern medicine. Recent scientific and clinical advancements have significantly transformed patient management. The MasterCourse in Heart Failure – Baku 2025 will cover a broad spectrum, from early diagnosis to the management of advanced stages. The program will focus on key topics such as modern pharmacotherapy, device therapy, imaging techniques, and patient care.

The course follows an interactive and practical approach. In addition to lectures, participants will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in Right Heart Catheterization and Transesophageal Echocardiography through "Hands-on" and "Simulator Sessions". Furthermore, the latest advancements in remote monitoring and digital health applications for heart failure patients will be presented.The event will feature internationally renowned experts, including Thomas F. Lüscher, Mandeep Mehra, Theresa McDonagh, Petar Seferovic, Cecilia Linde, and others. We warmly invite you to join the MasterCourse in Heart Failure – Baku 2025 to expand your expertise, engage with global experts, and enhance your professional network!

Yours sincerely,

MD, FESC, FSCAI

Ulvi Mirzoyev

President

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EVENT LECTORS

From Around The Globe Sharing Experience

Thomas Lüscher

Mandeep Mehra

America

Feras Barder

UAE

Cecilia Marianne Linde

Sweden

Ulvi Mirzoyev

Azerbaijan

Petar Seferovic

Shafa Shahbazova

Azerbaijan

Rahima Gabulova

Azerbaijan

Dilek Gursoy

Germany

Shafaq Mustafayeva

Azerbaijan

Aysel Islamli

Azerbaijan

Alison Mary Duncan

Tora Sadigova

Azerbaijan

Francesco Maisano

Italy

Fuad Samedov

Azerbaijan

Ovidiu Chioncel

Romania

Laman Eyvazli

Azerbaijan

Hatem Soliman Aboumarie

Shahla Aghayeva

Azerbaijan

Christine Lohmann

Switzerland

Rusudan Agladze

Geaorgia

Zviad Kipiani

Georgia

Teoman Kilich

Turkey

Yasmin Rustamova Kamran

Azerbaijan

Tofig Jahangirov

Azerbaijan

Jameel Babayev Akif

Azerbaijan

Elnur İsayev

Azerbaijan

Farid Aliyev

Azerbaijan

John Deanfield

Uzeyir Rahimov

Azerbaijan

Khatira Abdulalimova

Azerbaijan

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Event Schedules

10:00 - 12:00

Opening Session: Heart Failure: From Cinderella to Center Stage (Welcome by Course Directors)

moderators

Thomas F. Lüscher, London and Ulvi Mirzoyev, Baku

10:00 - 10:15

Welcome by Course Directors

Ulvi Mirzoyev (Baku ), Thomas F. Lüscher (London), Mandeep Mehra (Boston)

10:15 - 10:30

Learning outcomes

Christine Lohmann (Zurich)

10:30 - 10:50

Heart failure – the new epidemic in our geography and beyond

Ulvi Mirzoyev (Baku)

10:50 - 11:10

Chronic persistent HF to advanced HF: Transition, phenotyping, and prognosis

Mandeep Mehra (Boston)

11:10 - 11:30

What is in the new 2024 ESC HF Guidelines Updates?

Ovidiu Chioncel, Bucharest

11:30 - 12:00

Panel discussion: Reality and future perspectives of HF care in Azerbaijan and Central Asia

12:45 - 14:00

Case-based Interactive Learning

moderators

Breakout Sessions in three groups

12:45 - 14:00

Advanced Echo

Alison Duncan

12:45 - 14:00

Cardiac MRI

Yasmin Rustamova (Baku)

12:45 - 14:00

Multimodality Imaging

Leman Eyvazli (Baku)

14:00 - 16:00

Session 2: Assessing and Diagnosing Heart Failure

moderators

Zviad Kipiani, Tofig Jahangirov, Shafa Shahbazova

14:00 - 14:20

Assessing acute and chronic HF in clinical practice

Ovidiu Chioncel (Bucharest)

14:20 - 14:40

Lifestyle interventions: key issues of diet and exercise

Rahima Gabulova (Baku)

14:40 - 15:00

Role of biomarkers in heart failure

Elnur Isayev (Baku)

15:00 - 15:20

Diagnosing HF with Echocardiography

Alison Duncan (London)

15:20 - 15:40

The spectrum of HF and what it means for practice

Thomas F. Lüscher (London)

15:40 - 16:00

Panel discussion: Diagnosing heart failure

16:30 - 18:30

Session 3: Comorbidities

moderators

Farid Aliyev, Feras Bader

16:30 - 16:50

Obesity and HF: effects of GLP-1 agonists

John Deanfield (London)

16:50 - 17:10

Hypertension and heart failure

Tora Sadigova ( Baku)

17:10 - 17:30

Diabetes and heart failure: effects of SGLT-2i

Petar Seferovic (Belgrade)

17:30 - 17:50

Case Presentation: A patient with HFrEF

Aysel Islamli

17:50 - 18:10

Patient selection for ICD and CRT

Cecilia Linde (Stockholm)

18:10 - 18:30

Panel discussion: Management of comorbidities

09:00 - 10:45

Session 4: Pharmacotherapy

moderators

Uzeyir Rahimov, Cecilia Linde

09:00 - 09:20

Starting drugs in HF: which ones, how fast an in what order?

Thomas F. Lüscher (London)

09:20 - 09:40

SGLT2 inhibitors from HFrEF to HFmrEF and HFpEF

Petar Seferovic (Belgrade)

09:40 - 10:00

Contemporary Management of Heart Failure with HFpEF

Feras Bader (Abu Dhabi)

10:00 - 10:20

Diuretics: Loop diuretics, thiazides and/or acetazolamide?

Rusudan Agladze (Tbilisi)

10:20 - 10:45

Panel discussion: Guideline-based management of heart failure

11:15 - 13:15

Session 5: Devices, Cardiomyopathies

moderators

Zviad Kipiani, Petar Seferovic

11:15 - 11:35

Remote patient management for HF: will digital health revolutionize management of HF patients?

Ulvi Mirzoyev (Baku)

11:35 - 11:55

ICD for primary prevention of SCD

Cecila Linde (Stockholm)

11:55 - 12:15

Atrial fibrillation: Cause, consequence and cure of heart failure

Farid Aliyev (Baku)

12:15 - 12:35

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: clinical predictors and outcome

Fuad Samedov (Bakıu

12:35 - 12:55

Cardiac amyloidosi

Khatira Abdulalimova (Baku)

12:55 - 13:15

Panel discussion

14:00 - 15:15

Case-based Interactive Learning

moderators

Breakout Sessions in three groups

14:00 - 15:15

Advanced Echo

Alison Duncan (London)

14:00 - 15:15

Cardiac MRI

Yasmin Rustamova (Baku)

14:00 - 15:15

Multimodality Imaging

Shafag Mustafayeva (Baku)

15:45 - 17:30

Session 6: Acute and Advanced Heart Failure

moderators

Teoman Kilic, Rusudan Agladze

15:45 - 16:05

Advanced HF: definition and management

Feras Bader (Abu-Dhabi)

16:05 - 16:25

Devices and Beyond in Advanced HF

Mandeep Mehra (Boston)

16:25 - 16:45

Total Artificial Heart

Dilek Gursoy (Düsseldorf)

16:45 - 17:05

Heart transplantation: indications and timing and follow-up

Mandeep Mehra (Boston)

17:05 - 17:30

Panel discussion

09:00 - 10:45

Session 7: Multidisciplinary Procedures and Devices in Heart Failure

moderators

Ilgar Tahiroglu, Ulvi Mirzoyev

09:00 - 09:20

Revascularisation in heart failure

Ulvi Mirzoyev (Baku)

09:20 - 09:40

Imaging of aortic valve disease

Shahla Aghayeva ( Baku)

09:40 - 10:00

When is the right time for SAVR or TAVR?

Teoman Kilich (Izmit)

10:00 - 10:20

Mitral and tricuspid valve disease and heart failure

Francesco Maisano (Milan)

10:20 - 10:45

Panel discussion: Which patients need an intervention?

11:15 - 12:30

Case-based Interactive Learning

moderators

Breakout Sessions in three groups

11:15 - 12:30

Advanced Echo

Hatem Soliman (London)

11:15 - 12:30

Cardiac MRI

Yasmin Rustamova (Baku)

11:15 - 12:30

Multimodality Imaging

Jamil Babayev (Baku)

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