2026 Cardiovascular Health Programme
Sponsorship
Gold Partner Sanofi
Sanofi is a sponsor for this event but has had no input into the overall agenda or scientific content of the meeting, other than the sponsored promotional symposium.
Stand sponsors: Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Zentiva
Our stand sponsors have had no editorial input into or control over the agenda, content development or choice of speakers, nor opportunity to influence. They have not had any input or influence as to the content of the programme.
09:00 Registration and poster viewing time
09:30 Session 1 What is the latest in Heart Failure care?
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Time09:30 ~ 11:00
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Session 1 What is the latest in Heart Failure care?
Moderators: Dr Atul Anand, Dr Amy Jones
Speakers: Dr Sarah Hudson, Professor Abdallah Al-Mohammad, Dr Sue Piper
Overview of research results in older people’s cardiovascular health: What does this mean for clinical practice
Iron update
The latest NICE Heart Failure guidelines
11:00 Poster viewing time and coffee break
11:30 Session 2 Pillars or Pill Overload?
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Time11:30 ~ 12:45
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Guideline directed medical therapy for older people with HF and frailty
Session 2 Pillars or Pill Overload?
Moderators: Dr Jo Taylor, Ms Ambereen Ajaz
Speakers: Dr Fozia Ahmed, Dr Henry Woodford
Guideline Directed Medical Therapy in Heart Failure
Pragmatic prescribing for older people with Heart Failure
13:00 Lunch
13:30 Sponsored symposium: Sanofi
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Time13:30 ~ 14:00
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From Infection Prevention to Cardio Protection: The True Value of Influenza Vaccination in Older People
This is a promotional symposium fully organised, developed and funded by Sanofi
Sponsored symposium
Moderators: Professor Andrew Ustianowski, Professor
Speakers: Professor Amitava Banerjee, Professor Roy Soiza
From Infection Prevention to Cardio Protection: The True Value of Influenza Vaccination in Older People
From Infection Prevention to Cardio Protection: The True Value of Influenza Vaccination in Older People
14:00 Session 3 Heart Failure in the community
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Time14:00 ~ 15:30
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Latest research and meeting the 10 year plan challenge
14.00 Platform presentations
14.00-14.15 Abstract 5048
Transforming care for older adults with heart failure and frailty through a co-designed
patient-centred MDT pathway
Shirley Sze, Sunanthiny Krishnan, Kaushik Guha, Paul Kalra, Louise Clayton, Carolyn
Tarrant, Simon Conroy, Iain Squire
14.15-14.30 Abstract 5038
Prevalence of frailty in patients with heart failure within a 1.1 million sized adult
population in Mid & South Essex:
S Zaidi; R Thakkar
14.30-14.45 Abstract 5138
Blood pressure trajectory phenotypes from primary care health records to aid cardiovascular
risk stratification in older adults
S A Areekal; O O Asibey; X Liang; J Bowden; J C Delgado; J Masoli
14.45-15.00 Abstract 5117
Deprescribing cardiovascular medications in adults with dementia: evidence from Scottish
electronic health records
SA Parepalli; L Sherlock; T Caparrotta; B Rioux; A Hosking; M Iveson; M Mukherjee; E
Davidson; P Barnaghi; R Tobin; H Whalley; C Grover; B Alex; W Whitele
Session 3
Moderators: Dr Atul Anand, Becky Hyland
Speakers: Dr Sarah Zaidi
Heart Failure Managment in the Community
15:30 Poster viewing time and coffee break
16:00 Session 4 Consider “What to do When....?"
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Time16:00 ~ 16:45
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Case Studies in Heart Failure
Panel Discussion
This MDT panel will consider case studies, discussing the optimal pathway against the real world factors that can impact management and outcomes
- Dr Sue Piper, Consultant Cardiologist, King’s College Hospital, London
- Dr Henry Woodford, Consultant Geriatrician, Northumbria Healthcare
- Faye Windsor, Heart Failure Specialist Pharmacist – Cardiology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Dr Joy Ross, Consultant, St Christopher's Hospice