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Yale Researchers at European Society of Cardiology Conference 2024

August 06, 2024
by Rachel Martin

On August 30 – September 2, Yale researchers will be presenting research and moderating sessions at the European Society of Cardiology’s (ESC) Congress 2024 in London. The focus of this year’s conference is personalizing cardiovascular care for patients.

Yale faculty members and trainees will participate in the following sessions:

August 30, 2024

8:15 – 9:15 a.m.*
Risk stratification models after acute coronary syndrome
Alexandra Lansky, MD, professor of medicine (cardiovascular medicine)

8:15 – 9:45 a.m.
Innovations and future frontiers in aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valve therapies
Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM
, Harold H. Hines, Jr. Professor of Medicine (cardiovascular medicine)

8:15 - 9:45 a.m.
Revolutionising cardiac diagnosis: exploring deep learning in electrocardiography and beyond

Veer Sangha, researcher

11:10 - 11:50 a.m.
ESC TV Roundtable on Cardiology Today and Tomorrow: how will artificial intelligence change the practice of cardiology
Rohan Khera, MD, MS
, assistant professor of medicine (cardiovascular medicine) and biostatistics

3:15 – 4 p.m.
Innovative digital health research studies using smartwatches
Phyllis Thangaraj, MD, PhD, fellow (cardiovascular medicine)

Rohan Khera, MD, MS

August 31, 2024

8:15 – 9:45 a.m.
Late-Breaking Science: Highlighted registries, observational, and other studies
Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM

10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
Risk factors, predictive models, and clinical outcomes in acute coronary conditions
Alexandra Lansky, MD

11 – 11:50 a.m.
Cardiovascular disease in women
Basmah Safdar, MD
, professor of emergency medicine

12 – 2 p.m.
Young Investigator Award Session in Population Science, Genetics and Epidemiology
Phyllis Thangaraj, MD, PhD

2 – 2:50 p.m.
Sex differences and ethnic disparity in acute coronary syndromes
Samit Shah, MD, PhD
, assistant professor of medicine (cardiovascular medicine)

3 – 3:50 p.m.
Cardiac amyloidosis: how to stage and score
Evangelos Oikonomou, MD, DPhil
, fellow (cardiovascular medicine)

September 1, 2024

8:15 – 9:45 a.m.
Fixing the obesity crisis: Joint session with the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA)
Keith Churchwell, MD, associate clinical professor (cardiovascular medicine)

8:15 – 9:15 a.m.
Imaging to improve diagnosis and risk-stratification of cardiomyopathies
Evangelos Oikonomou, MD, DPhil

8:15 – 9:45 a.m.
Integration of artificial intelligence in electrocardiography: state of the art
Rohan Khera, MD, MS

11 – 12 p.m.
Digital tools to inform decisions in aortic stenosis
Evangelos Oikonomou, MD, DPhil

September 2, 2024

8:15 – 9:45 a.m.
Great Debates: diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes
Alexandra Lansky, MD

8:15 – 9:45 a.m.
Enhancing personalised cardiovascular care with artificial intelligence
Rohan Khera, MD, MS

8:15 - 9:45 a.m.
Smaller trials and trial updates on shock, surgery, and other interventions
Eric Velazquez, MD,
Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine (cardiovascular medicine) and chief, cardiovascular medicine

8:15 a.m.
Digitising heart failure: from diagnosis to treatment
Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM

12 - 12:50 p.m.
Cardiovascular assessment and intervention: from computational modeling to wearable technology

Veer Sangha

1:15 – 2:15 p.m.
Cardiovascular risk of cancer therapy
Evangelos Oikonomou, MD, DPhil

1:45 – 3 p.m.
Great Debates: preventing sudden cardiac death in competitive sports and athletes competing with an ICD
Rachel Lampert, MD,
Robert W Berliner Professor of Medicine (cardiovascular medicine)

11 a.m.
Diagnosis and management of acute Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in the intensive cardiac care unit
Alexandra Lansky, MD

*All times local to London, UK