Welcome, media representatives!
Professor John McMurray delivers an exciting preview of ESC Congress 2024, where so much is set to unfold!
Press conferences
Thursday 29 August 15:30 to 16:30 - Hot Line Press Conference 1
Chairperson: Prof Bianca Rocca (Rome, Italy)
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Friday 30 August 11:00 |
HELIOS-B - Primary results from phase 3 study of vutrisiran in patients with transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy |
Prof Marianna Fontana (London, UK) |
| Friday 30 August 11:22 |
Beta blocker interruption in patients with prior myocardial infarction: results of the ABYSS trial and effect on blood pressure and heart rate control |
Prof Johanne Silvain (Paris, France) |
| Friday 30 August 11:47 | STOP-or-NOT - Impact of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors continuation versus discontinuation on postoperative complications: a multicenter randomised, controlled trial | Prof Matthieu Legrand (San Francisco, USA) |
Thursday 29 August 17:00 to 18:00 - Hot Line Press Conference 2
Chairperson: Prof Bianca Rocca (Rome, Italy)
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| Saturday 31 August 09:09 | QUADRO - A single 4-drug combination in hypertension | Prof Stefano Taddei (Pisa, Italy) |
| Saturday 31 August 08:30 | Meta-analysis of trials of antihypertensive medication bedtime dosing including individual-patient data from BedMed and BedMed-Frail | Dr Ricky Turgeon (Vancouver, Canada) |
| Saturday 31 August 08:15 | The BedMed and BedMed-Frail randomised controlled trials - Effect of antihypertensive timing on mortality and morbidity | Prof Scott Garrison (Edmonton, Canada) |
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Saturday 31 August 08:54 |
GMRx2 - Efficacy and safety of a novel triple single pill combination | Prof Anthony Rodgers (Sydney, Australia) |
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Saturday 31 August 09:21 |
VERONICA-Nigeria - deliVERy of Optimal blood pressure coNtrol in afrICA | Dr Dike Bevis Ojji (Abuja, Nigeria) |
Friday 30 August 13:30 to 14:30 - Hot Line Press Conference 3 and 4
Chairperson: Prof Steen Dalby Kristensen (Aarhus, Denmark)
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| Saturday 31 August 11:44 |
Tri.fr trial - Multicentric randomised evaluation of the transcatheter edge-to-edge repair in the treatment of severe isolated secondary tricuspid regurgitation |
Prof Erwan Donal (Rennes, France) |
| Saturday 31 August 11:22 |
MATTERHORN - Transcatheter versus surgical mitral valve repair in patients with heart failure and secondary mitral regurgitation |
Prof Volker Rudolph (Bad Oeynhausen, Germany) |
| Saturday 31 August 11:00 |
RESHAPE-HF2 - Percutaneous repair of moderate-to-severe or severe functional mitral regurgitation in patients with symptomatic heart failure |
Prof Stefan Anker (Berlin, Germany) |
| Saturday 31 August 16:15 |
ASSURE DES - Perioperative antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary stents before non-cardiac surgery
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Ass Prof Jung-Min Ahn (Asan, Korea) |
| Saturday 31 August 16:37 |
SWEDEGRAFT - No-touch vein grafts in coronary artery bypass grafting
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Prof Stefan James (Uppsala, Sweden) |
| Saturday 31 August 16:59 |
The TIGHT-K trial - Potassium supplementation and the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery
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Prof Benjamin O'Brien (Berlin, Germany) |
Friday 30 August 15:00 to 16:00 - Hot Line Press Conference 5
Chairperson: Prof Steen Dalby Kristensen (Aarhus, Denmark)
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| Saturday 31 August 17:57 |
POPular PAUSE TAVI - Continuation or interruption of oral anticoagulation during TAVI? |
Dr Dirk Jan van Ginkel (Nieuwegein, Netherlands) |
| Saturday 31 August 17:35 |
NOTION-3 - Percutaneous coronary intervention in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation |
Dr Jacob Thomsen Loenborg (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| Saturday 31 August 18:19 |
RHEIA - Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in women with severe aortic stenosis |
Prof Helene Eltchaninoff (Rouen, France) |
Saturday 31 August 12:30 to 13:30 - ESC Guidelines Press Conference
Chairperson: Eva Prescott (Copenhagen, Denmark)
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Friday 30 August 08:15 |
ESC Guidelines on Elevated blood pressure and hypertension |
Bart S. |
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Friday 30 August 08:15 |
ESC Guidelines on Atrial fibrillation |
Inge Molgaard |
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Friday 30 August 08:15 |
ESC Guidelines on Chronic coronary syndromes |
Hywel W. Jones |
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Friday 30 August 08:15 |
ESC Guidelines on Peripheral arterial and aortic diseases |
Francoise Steinbach |
Saturday 31 August 15:00 to 16:00 - Hot Line Press Conference 6 and 7
Chairperson: Prof Carlos Aguiar (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| Sunday 1 September 08:15 |
STEEER-AF - Stroke prevention and rhythm control therapy |
Prof Dipak Kotecha (Birmingham, UK) |
| Sunday 1 September 08:40 |
OCEANIC-AF - Asundexian versus apixaban in patients with atrial fibrillation |
Dr Manesh Patel (Durham, USA) |
| Sunday 1 September 09:16 |
EPIC-CAD - Edoxaban monotherapy vs. dual antithrombotic therapy for atrial fibrillation and stable coronary arthery disease |
Prof Gi-Byoung Nam (Seoul, Korea) |
| Sunday 1 September 11:00 |
FINEARTS-HF - Finerenone in heart failure with mildly reduced and preserved ejection fraction |
Prof Scott Solomon (Boston, USA) |
| Sunday 1 September 11:22 |
MRAs in heart failure - An individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised trials |
Prof Pardeep Jhund (Glasgow, UK) |
| Sunday 1 September 11:44 |
FINE-HEART - Participant-level pooled analysis of finerenone in heart failure and chronic kidney disease trials |
Dr Muthiah Vaduganathan (Boston, USA) |
Saturday 31 August 16:30 to 17:30 - Hot Line Press Conference 8 and 9
Chairperson: Dr Emma Svennberg (Stockholm, Sweden)
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Sunday 1 September 16:59 |
SCOFF - Fasting or no fasting before cardiac catherisation procedures |
Dr David Ferreira (Wantirna, Australia) |
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Sunday 1 September 16:37 |
EARTH-STEMI - Complete vs. culprit-only revascularization in older STEMI patients |
Prof Gianluca Campo (Cona, Italy) |
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Sunday 1 September 16:15 |
SENIOR RITA - Older patients with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction randomised interventional treatment trial
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Prof Vijay Kunadian (Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK) |
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Sunday 1 September 17:50 |
GUARD-AF - ReducinG stroke by screening for UndiAgnosed atRial fibrillation in elderly inDividuals |
Prof Renato Lopes (Durham, USA) |
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Sunday 1 September 17:35 |
STROKESTOP II - Randomised systematic NT-proBNP and ECG screening for atrial fibrillation among 75 year-olds
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Dr Katrin Kemp Gudmundsdottir (Reykjavik, Iceland) |
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Sunday 1 September 18:14 |
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Prof Minglong Chen (Nanjing, China) |
Sunday 1 September 15:00 to 16:00 - Hot Line Press Conference 10 and 11
Chairperson: Prof Steen Dalby Kristensen (Aarhus, Denmark)
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Monday 2 September 11:22 |
SUPPRESS-AF - The efficacy of low-voltage-area ablation on atrial tachyarrhythmias recurrence in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation |
Dr Masaharu Masuda (Nishinomiya-Shi, Japan) |
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Monday 2 September 11:44 |
CRABL-HF - Cryoballoon vs. Radiofrequency Ablation of AF in Patients with Heart Failure | Dr Kengo Kusano (Suita, Japan) |
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Monday 2 September 11:00 |
SHAM-PVI - A randomised sham-controlled study of pulmonary vein isolation in symptomatic atrial fibrillation |
Dr Radjip Dulai (London, UK) |
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Monday 2 September 13:45 |
OCCUPI - Optical coherence tomography-guided coronary intervention in patients with complex lesions |
Prof Kim Byeong-Keuk (Seoul, Korea) |
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Monday 2 September 14:05 |
INFINITY-SWEDEHEART - Percutaneous coronary intervention with a bioadaptor compared to a contemporary drug eluting stent- one year primary outcomes |
Prof David Erlinge (Lund, Sweden) |
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Monday 2 September 14:25 |
REC-CAGEFREE I - Drug-coated balloon angioplasty with rescue stenting versus intended stenting for the treatment of de novo coronary artery lesions: a multicenter, non-inferiority trial |
Prof Ling Tao (Xi'an, China) |
Sunday 1 September 16:30 to 17:30 - Hot Line Press Conference 12
Chairperson: Dr Rafael Carlos Vidal-Perez (A Coruna, Spain)
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Monday 2 September 15:15 |
PROTEUS - A prospective randomised controlled trial evaluating the use of artificial intelligence in stress echocardiography |
Dr Ross Upton (Oxford, UK) |
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Monday 2 September 15:37 |
RAPIDxAI - Re-engineering the clinical approach to suspected cardiac chest pain assessment in the emergency department by expediting evidence to practice using artificial intelligence |
Prof Derek Chew (Adelaide, Australia) |
| Monday 2 September 15:59 |
WESTCOR-POC - Point of care versus centralised high-sensitivity cardiac troponin in the emergency department |
Dr Viola Thulin (Paradis, Norway) |
New 2024 ESC Guidelines
Publication Friday 30 August at 08:15 BST
Elevated blood pressure and hypertension
Chairpersons: John William McEvoy and Rhian Touyz
Atrial fibrillation
Chairpersons: Isabelle C. Van Gelder and Dipak Kotecha
Chronic coronary syndromes
Chairpersons: Felicita Andreotti and Christiaan Vrints
Peripheral arterial and aortic diseases
Chairpersons: Lucia Mazzolai and José Rodriguez Palomares
Our mission: To reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease.