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In conjunction with the Irish Cardiac Society.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 09.30 – 10.00 | Registration and Coffee |
| 10.00 – 10.05 | Welcome & Opening Address: Ms. Sinéad Teehan, President, INCA |
| 10.05 – 10.15 | Welcome: Prof. Pascal McKeown, President, Irish Cardiac Society |
| 10.15 – 10.35 | No room for error: a target of 0% delirium for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Ms. Fiona Kelly, Structural Heart Specialist Nurse, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast |
| 10.35 – 11.05 | Women and Cardiovascular Disease Ms. Fiona Colbert-Donaghey, ANP Emergency Cardiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin |
| 11.05 – 11.35 | Communicating with hard-to-reach Men with Cardiovascular Disease Ms. Mairead Lehane, ANP Cardiology, Cork University Hospital and Integrated Care |
| 11.35 – 11.50 | Break |
| 11.50 – 12.20 | Amylodosysis and Heart Failure Dr. Sinead Hughes, Consultant Cardiologist, Altnagelvin Hospital, Western Trust |
| 12.20 – 12.50 | Introduction to a PFO Service Ms. Lisa Donaghy, ANP in Stroke, Connolly Hospital, Dublin |
| 12.50 – 13.10 | Living with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – A Patients Journey |
| 13.10 – 13.45 | Lunch/Networking/ Poster viewing |
| 13.45 – 14.15 | Hypertension Guidelines Dr. Susan Connolly, Consultant Cardiologist, Galway |
| 14.15 – 14.50 | Lipid Management Guidelines, Lipoprotein (a), and New and Emerging Therapies Prof Nathan Wong, Professor and Director of Heart Disease Program, University of California |
| 14.50 – 15.20 | Cardiology beyond the guidelines – How to improve CV care delivery Ms. Cathie Biga, President of American College of Cardiology |
| 15.20 – 15.30 | Announcement of Best Poster, and Close: Ms. Sinéad Teehan, President, INCA |