day 1 agenda

Scientific Program
Challenges & Advancements in Cardiology: Cardio World Congress-2025
July 07–08, 2025 | Vienna, Austria
Day-1 (July 07, 2025)
Meeting hall - II
08:30-09:00                             Registrations 
09:00-09:15 Moderator:  Celia Carminda Lima Dos Santos, International European University, United Kingdom 
Keynote Forum
Om P. Dhingra, Marius Pharmaceuticals, United States 09:15-09:45 Testosterone: The Most Misunderstood Hormone for Cardiovascular Health and Overall Wellbeing!
Gotabhaya Ranasinghe, National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka 09:45-10:15 Navigating Beyond CADASIL and SCAD Towards a New Medical Frontier
Vasiliy V Polosukhin, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA 10:15-10:45 Pulmonary Vascular Disease in Veterans with Post-Deployment Respiratory Syndrome
Group Photo & Refreshment Break (10:45-11:00)
Technical Session-I 
Session: Cardiovascular Diseases and Disorders
Session Chairs: Om P. Dhingra, Marius Pharmaceuticals, United States 
                                              Gotabhaya Ranasinghe, National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Milos Mijalkovic, Polyclinic Kardio Medika, Nish, Serbia  11:00-11:20 A new potential cause of secondary hypertension
Fenghua Zhou, Southern Medical University, China  11:20-11:40 Dingxin Recipe III, a traditional Chinese medicine compounds, could alleviate hyperlipodemia and atherosclerosis mainly through the regulation of gut barrier and lipid metabolism
Celia Carminda Lima Dos Santos, International European University, United Kingdom  11:40-12:00 Impact of Demographic factors on Coronary Artery Disease
Meir Frankel, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel  12:00-12:20 Thyroid Dysfunction and Mortality In Cardiovascular Hospitalized Patients
Meaad Almusined, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia 12:20-12:40 Investigation of Circulating Biomarkers in Combination with Imaging Markers to Improve Diagnosis of Ischaemic Stroke
Radko Komadina, SB CELJE, Slovenia 12:40-13:00 The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: sixth edition
Lunch Break @ Restaurant (13:00-14:00)
Technical Session-II
Session: Cardiovascular Imaging and Analysis,
                 Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy,
                    Interventional Cardiology and Radiology
                                  Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease
Session Chairs: Jie Zheng, Washington University in St. Louis, United States,
                                  Vasiliy V Polosukhin, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA 
Gilberto Del Campo Ortega, Hospital Puebla, Mexico 14:00-14:20 Unprotected Left Main Coronary Angioplasty In Type Iv Non Stemi Infarct, And Circumflex Total Coronary Chronic Ocluted With Dk Crush Technique, Optimization With Ivus
Abbas H. Zaidi, Nemours Children's Health/Thomas Jefferson University, USA 14:20-14:40 Understanding Parent and Clinician Perspectives to Improve Pediatric Hypertension Detection
Jie Zheng, Washington University in St. Louis, United States 14:40-15:00 Cardiac Magnetic Resonance imaging of myocardial tissue and microvasculature beyond heart contraction
Jinbao Zong, Qingdao Hiser Hospital Affiliated of Qingdao University, China  15:00-15:20 Methazolamide Can Treat Atherosclerosis by Increasing Immunosuppressive Cells and Decreasing Expressions of Genes Related to Proinflammation, Calcification, and Tissue Remodeling
Juan Cong, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, China  15:20-15:40 The three-year follow-up of a fully biodegradable implantable device closure for perimembranous ventricular septal defects in children by echocardiography
Ami Aronheim, Tecnion-Israel institute of Technology, Israel 15:40-16:00 Harnessing cancer paradigms for the treatment of heart failure and fibrosis
Refreshment Break (16:00-16:10)
Pawe? Kowalczyk, The Kielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland 16:10-16:30 Comet assay, qPCR and enzymatic triad as new useful tools for analysis oxidoreductive effects of novel HNO donors in thrombotic rats
Himani V. Bhatt, Mount Sinai Health Systems, USA 16:30-16:50 Erector Spinae Plane (ESP) Block Decreases Narcotic Requirement in Patients Undergoing Subcutaneous ICD Placement Under Sedation
Harold L Kennedy, University of Missouri School of Medicine, United States 16:50-17:10 Gravitational Medicine:  Origin, Evolution, and Future Opportunity 
Ani Stepanyan, Institute of Molecular Biology NAS RA, Armenia 17:10-17:30 Evaluating sex-specific responses to western diet across the lifespan: impact on cardiac function and transcriptomic signatures in C57BL/6J mice
Sarah M. Bernhard, University Hoapital Bern, Switzerland  17:30-17:50 Revision of the phlebographic classification of congenital venous malformations
Panel Discussions

day 2 agenda

Day-2 (July 08, 2025) 
Meeting hall - II
Moderators:  Ioana Dumitru, University of South Florida, United States
                                                                Niloofar Nobakht, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California,USA
Keynote Forum
Richard Saumarez, Fen EP, United Kingdom 09:45-10:15 Decision making in Sudden Cardiac Death prevention
Chunming Dong, University of Miami, USA 10:15-10:45 Extracellular Vesicles as Delivery Systems in Disease Therapy
Refreshment Break (10:45-11:05)
Technical Session-III
Session Chair: Ioana Dumitru, University of South Florida, United States
Abbas H. Zaidi, Nemours Children's Health/Thomas Jefferson University, USA 11:05-11:25 Social Determinants of Health Including Child Opportunity Index Leading to Gaps in Care for Patients With Significant Congenital Heart Disease
Yao-Hua Song, Soochow University, China  11:25-11:45 The role of TECRL in skeletal muscle regeneration
Kelsey Gore, Ochsner Health System, United States 11:45-12:05 Risk for Renal Replacement Therapy during Mechanical Circulatory Support
Vytautas Ostasevicius, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania 12:05-12:25 Noninvasive Hemotherapy
Yifei Hu, China Capital Medical University, China  12:25-12:45 Sex-specific differences in left ventricular mass and volumes with body mass index among children aged 6 to 8: a cross-sectional study in China
Lunch Break @ Restaurant (12:45-13:45)
Technical Session-IV
Session Chair: Richard Saumarez, Fen EP, United Kingdom
Yangxin Li, Soochow University, China 13-45-14:05 Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes regulates membraneless organelle metabolism and promotes cardiac regeneration through the formation of RhoA liquid-liquid phase separation 
Ioana Dumitru, University of South Florida, United States 14:05-14:25 Impella 5.5 as a bridge-to-surgery in acute ischemic mitral regurgitation post-percutanous coronary intervention: a case report
Niloofar Nobakht, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, USA 14:25-14:45 Prevention and Management of Hypertension for Women
Afaf Smail, Cardio Vein Center, Algiers, Algeria 14:45-15:05 Redefining Blood Pressure Targets in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Clinician’s Perspective
Jonathan D. Brown, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States 15:05-15:25 Transcriptional mechanisms of proinflammatory activation in vascular endothelium
Poster Presentations (15:25-15:55)
Qiao Fan, Naval Medical University, China  15:55-16:15 Transjugular Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Implantation of LuX?Valve Bioprosthesis in a Preclinical Model
Nilza Rosa Teixeira, São Lucas University Center School of Medicine, Brazil 16:15-16:35 Analysis of hospital admissions for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Brazil. Period: 2008-2023
Closing Ceremony 
NOTE: This is Tentative program and subject to change

posters agenda

Poster Presentations (15:05-15:30)
Poster Judges : TBA
Hela Bouzidi, Habib Thameur University Hospital, Tunisia  WCAC -I Association between health-related quality of Life and history of coronary artery disease in Tunisian patients
Arely Anayancy Méndez Mercado, Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico  WCAC -III Prevalence and clinical profile of patients diagnosed with coronary ectasia at the hospital of specialties Puebla from 2020 to 2023
Eranda Ranasinghe Arachchi, Northern Ireland Medical, United Kingdom WCAC -III NT-pro BNP as a prognostic indicator for chronic heart failure in elderly population

Scientific Program
Challenges & Advancements in Cardiology: Cardio World Congress-2025
July 07–08, 2025 | Vienna, Austria
Day-1 (July 07, 2025), (CET Time zone)
Jihong Hu, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, China 12:00-12:20 Association between salt sensitivity of blood pressure and dietary habits in survey population: A case-control study
Youngsun Kim, Kyung Hee Medical Center/Kyung Hee University, South Korea 12:20-12:30 E-Poster: Clinical Significance of MicroRNAs, Long Non-Coding RNAs, and CircRNAs in Cardiovascular Diseases
Guo-Wei He, Tianjin University, China 12:30-12:50 Metabolomics and Biomarkers for Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Kangmo Huang, Nanjing University, China 12:50-13:10 Angiography-based hemodynamic features predict recurrent ischemic events after angioplasty and stenting of intracranial vertebrobasilar atherosclerotic stenosis
Fatemeh Chichagi, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran 13:10-13:30 Physical cardiac rehabilitation effects on cardio-metabolic outcomes in the patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a systematic review 
Assaf Govari, Johnson & Johnson MedTech, Israel 13:30-13:50 Pulsed Field Ablation Index–Guided Ablation for Lesion Formation: Impact of Contact Force and Number of Applications in the Ventricular Model
  13:50-14:10 Slot available
Margaux Fabre, Clinique l'Oliveraie des Cayrons, France 14:10-14:30 Pharmacist involved in therapeutic and educative workshops for heart failure patients  
Giuseppina Laganà, University of Messina, Italy 14:30-14:50 Polyphenols and healthy life: flavonoids biochemical effects on cardiovascular health
Spyros Papazoglou, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, United Kingdom 14:50-15:00 E-Poster: Hemodynamics of Aortic Valve Stenosis and Contralateral Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  15:00-15:20 Slot available
Nathan J. VanDusen, Wells Center for Pediatric Research - Indiana University School of Medicine, United States 15:20-15:40 In vivo dissection of a CRISPR/Cas9-mediated precise genome editing mechanism
Isabella Grumbach, University of Iowa, United States 15:40-16:10 Keynote: Radiation-induced micro- and macrovascular injury
Lindsey A. Fitzsimons, University of New England, United States 16:10-16:30 Cardiomyocyte primary cilia: Orchestrators of ventricular development?
Dinakaran Umashankar, Wayne State University, United States 16:30-16:50 E-Poster: Hidden Hazards: The Ambiguous Link Between Mitral Annular Calcification and Infection
David M. Williams, University of Michigan School of Medicine, United states 16:50-17:20 Keynote: Pathologic characteristics of human venous in-stent stenosis and stent occlusion  
Amir Kazory, University of Florida, USA 17:20:17:50 Keynote: HepatoCardioRenal Syndrome; An Overlooked Entity
Arthur Jay Siegel, MASS GENERAL PHYS ORG, USA 17:50-18:10 Aspirin use guided by coronary artery calcium scoring for primary prevention in persons at risk due to subclinical coronary heart disease  
Sam Schulman, McMaster University, Canada 18:10-18:30 International guidelines for antithrombotic treatment in COVID-19
  18:30-18:50 Slot available
NOTE: This is Tentative program and subject to change
Day-2 (July 08, 2025), CET  Time zone
Fan Xu, Chengdu Medical Collegue, China 10:00-10:20 Cardiac sound monitoring for Dynamic Assessment of Prosthetic Valve Degradation After Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Chenliang Ge, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, China 10:20-10:40 Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Mortality in Cancer Survivors
Xiaoqi Cai, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, China 10:40-11:00 E-Poster: Endothelial dysfunction was associated with over 10-year prognosis in southern Chinese: a retrospective cohort study
Shivam Thaker, Kasturba Medical College, India 11:00-11:20 A randomised cross-over mannequin-based trial exploring the impact of hand preference of health care professionals on the effectiveness of chest compressions
Saleh Mudawi Alqahtani, King Faisal Medical city for Southern Region, Saudi Arabia 11:20-11:40 Molecular docking analysis of AGTR1 antagonists
Tal Caller, Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center, Israel 11:40-12:00 Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases Are Associated With Incident Metastatic and Nonmetastatic Cancer
Orna Reges, Ariel University, Israel  12:00-12:20 Trends in the Incidence of Cardiovascular Diagnoses and Procedures over the Years 2012–2021 in Israel: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Loay Eleyan, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom 12:20-12:40 Exercise training in heart failure: current evidence and future directions
Muhammad Salman Saleem, TAMESIDE, United Kingdom 12:40-13:00 Unveiling Congenital Heart Disease in an Octogenarian: A Case of Late Diagnosis of Patent  Ductus Arteriosus Presenting With Heart Failure With a Preserved Ejection Fraction
Gemma Arderiu Marques, Institut de Recerca Sant Pau (IR SANT PAU), Spain 13:00-13:20 Harnessing Subcutaneous and Visceral Adipose Stem Cells for Angiogenesis and Cardiovascular Disease Therapy: The Role of miRNAs in Endothelial 
Soumya Patnaik, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, United States 13:20-13:40 Role of extracellular heat shock proteins in cardiovascular disease
Beatriz Amaral Costa Savino, Hospital de Clinicas of the State University of Campinas, Brazil 13:40-14:00 E-Poster: Anthracycline-Related Cardiotoxicity in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Case Report                   
Jihyun Park, University of California San Diego/Rady Children's Hospital, USA 14:00-14:20 Fine tuning ECG interpretation for young athletes: ECG screening using Z-score-based analysis
Deepak K. Gupta, Vanderbilt University Medical Center,  14:20-14:40 Correlates of plasma NT-probnp to cyclic GMP Ratio in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Phillip Abarca, Keck school of Medicine of USC, USA 14:40-15:00 Accuracy and correlation of bed and standing scale weights in monitoring volume status in heart failure patients
Alexandra Nicholas, University of Pittsburgh, United States 15:00-15:20 A case series of parturients with mechanical mitral valves: anticoagulation management during labor and delivery
Nhung Nguyen, University of Chicago, United States 15:20-15:40 Computational modeling for cardiovascular surgery: from understanding disease mechanism to planning surgical treatment
Suman Srinivasa, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA 15:40-16:00 The MIRABELLA HIV Study: Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonism to Lower Arterial Inflammation in The MIRABELLA HIV Study HIV
Reza Avazmohammadi, Texas A&M University, United States 16:00-16:20 TBA
NOTE: This is Tentative program and subject to change

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