Overview



The 1st Post-Graduate Course Update in Pulmonary Hypertension, organized by the Association for Research and Development of the Faculty of Medicine (AIDFM), scientific coordination of the Heart and Vascular Department of CHULN E.P.E. (Santa Maria University Hospital and Pulido Valente Hospital) Lisbon Academic Medical Centre(CAML), and the Cardiovascular Centre of the University of Lisbon (CCUL)

This important meeting for the national medical and scientific panorama has the ingredient to become a mark as all the invited speakers are the national and International senior leaders/researchers/opinion makers in Pulmonary Hypertension in Europe bringing to the Faculty of Medicine of the Lisbon University a great moment of discussion that offer an unique opportunity for a postgraduate training in the field of pulmonary vascular disease and right heart failure.



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Introduction



Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common and widely under-recognised hemodynamic condition that results from a surprisingly large number of disease processes. All age groups are affected with rapidly growing importance in elderly people, particularly in countries with ageing populations. In recent years we have come a long way in our understanding of PH. As a result of ever-increasing experience in treating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic PH (CTEPH), and the availability of new treatment options, there have been continual improvements in patient outcomes.

Our Teaching Hospital integrates a national expert referral PH centre that provides care by a multiprofessional team with experience in pulmonary circulation and right heart failure, enabling the organization of a postgraduate course on PH. Clinical experts are invited to present an up-to-date overview on cutting edge PH therapies and best practice strategies in the evaluation and management of pulmonary vascular disease from early diagnosis, risk stratification and long-term surveillance. 

This postgraduate course is intended for cardiologists, pulmonologists, internists, rheumatologists and other affiliated healthcare professionals who are involved in the care of PH patients or have a special interest in this area.

Learning Objectives



  • Describe the epidemiology and pathophysiology of PH.
  • Determine who is at risk for PH.
  • Correct clinical and hemodynamic diagnosis of PH.
  • Recognize the difference between PAH and other PH forms.
  • Evaluate current pharmacologic and percutaneous/surgical management strategies for patients with PH.
  • Outline the current approach to PH treatment in the presence of comorbidities.
  • Incorporate novel therapies into patient care for improved outcomes.

Programme



1st DAY

8:30 WELCOME AND REGISTRATION
9:15 INTRODUCTION / LEARNING OBJECTIVES
9:30 MECHANISMS AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL BASES OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chairs: Prof. Fausto J. Pinto (Lisbon, CHULN); Dr. António Nunes Diogo (Lisbon, CHULN)
09:30 Pathobiology of pulmonary vascular disease
Prof. Peter Dorfmuller (Paris, Marie Lannelongue Hospital)
09:50 Genetics and genomics in pulmonary hypertension
Dr. Oana Moldovan (Lisbon, CHULN)
10:10 Environmental and other extrinsic factors - what is the link with pulmonary vasculopathy?
Prof. Rui Baptista (Coimbra, HUC)
10:30 The main target of pulmonary vascular disease - the right ventricle
Dr. Rui Plácido (Lisbon, CHULN)
10:50 Discussion
11:00 - 11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 FROM HEMODYNAMIC DEFINITION TO CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chairs: Dr. Nuno Lousada (Lisbon, CHULN); Dr. Filipa Ferreira (Almada, Hospital Garcia Orta)
11:30 Right heart catheterization: the key role of hemodynamic phenotyping – Right Catheterization Simulator
Dr. Rui Plácido (Lisbon, CHULN)
11:50 Updated clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension. Anamnesis and physical examination: what to look for?
Dr. Tatiana Guimarães (Lisbon, CHULN)
12:05 My patient with pulmonary hypertension: which exams should I prescribe?
Dr. Ana Dias (Lisbon, CHULN)
12:20 Discussion
12:30 THE FUNDAMENTAL ROLE OF IMAGING IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chairs: Dr. Isabel Sousa (Lisbon, CHULN); Dr. Rui Plácido (Lisbon, CHULN);
12:30 Conventional radiography and computed tomography
Dr. Paula Campos (Lisbon, CHULN)
12:50 Echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance
Prof. Ana G. Almeida (Lisbon, CHULN)
13:10 Nuclear Imaging
Prof. Guilhermina Cantinho (Lisbon, CHULN)
13:20 Discussion
13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH
14:30 PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Chairs: Dr. Graça Castro (Coimbra, HUC); Dr. Fabienne Gonçalves (Porto, Hospital Santo António)
14:30 Idiopathic / hereditary pulmonary hypertension with and without overt features of venous/capillaries involvement
Dr. Susana Martins (Lisbon, CHULN)
Clinical case cross-talk: 'prescription' of genetic testing to my patient with pulmonary hypertension
Dr. Oana Moldovan (Lisbon, CHULN)
14:50 Pulmonary hypertension associated with connective tissue diseases
Dr. Catarina Resende (Lisbon, CHULN)
Clinical case cross-talk: success of immunosuppressors, vasodilators or both?
Dr. Susana Martins (Lisbon, CHULN)
15:10 Portopulmonary hypertension
Dr. Rui Plácido (Lisbon, CHULN)
Clinical case cross-talk: should my PoPH patient be a candidate for liver transplantation?
Dr. Sofia Carvalhana (Lisbon, CHULN)
15:30 Pulmonary hypertension associated with HIV infection
Dr. Sérgio Paulo (Lisbon, CHULN); Dr. Diogo Mendes Pedro (Lisbon, CHULN)
15:50 Pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital heart disease
Dr. Ana Agapito (Lisbon, CHLC)
16:10 Discussion
16:30 – 17:00 COFFEE BREAK
17:00 PULMONARY HYPERTENSION DUE TO LEFT HEART DISEASE
Chairs: Prof. Dulce Brito (Lisbon, CHULN); Prof. Rui Baptista (Coimbra, HUC)

Prof. JL Vachiery (Brussels, Erasme Hospital)
17:20 Discussion
17:30 PULMONARY HYPERTENSION DUE TO LUNG DISEASES ANG/OR HYPOXIA
Chairs: Prof. Cristina Bárbara (Lisbon, CHULN); Dr. Teresa Shiang (Vila Nova de Gaia, CHVNG)

Dr. Ana Mineiro (Lisbon, CHULN)
17:50 Discussion


2nd DAY

09:00 CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION (CTEPH)
Chairs: Dr. Maria José Loureiro (Almada, Hospital Garcia Orta); Dr. Ricardo Arruda Pereira (Lisbon, CHULN)
09:00 Definition, epidemiology and risk factors
Dr. Sofia Alegria (Almada, Hospital Garcia Orta)
09:20 How to confirm and investigate?
Dr. Filipa Ferreira (Almada, Hospital Garcia Orta)
          Mechanical approach for CTEPH:
09:40        A. Surgical treatment of CTEPH with live in the box session of pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
      Dr. David Jenkins (Cambridge, Papworth Hospital)
10:00        B. Percutaneous treatment of CTEPH with live in the box session of balloon pulmonary angioplasty
      Dr. Cláudia Jorge (Lisbon, CHULN) / Dr. Miguel Menezes (Lisbon, CHULN)
10:20 Discussion
10:30 SPECIFIC PULMONARY VASODILATOR THERAPY IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chairs: Prof. Abílio Reis (Porto, Hospital Santo António); Dr. António Nunes Diogo (Lisbon, CHULN);

Prof. Gérald Simonneau (Paris, AP-HP)
10:50 Discussion
11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 RISK STRATIFICATION AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE FIELD OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chairs: Prof. Gérald Simonneau (Paris, AP-HP); Dr. Susana Martins (Lisbon, CHULN)

Prof. Abílio Reis (Porto, Santo António Hospital)
11:50 Discussion
12:00 PULMONARY HYPERTENSION & SPECIAL POPULATIONS / CONDITIONS
Chairs: Dr. Ana Mineiro (Lisbon, CHULN); Dr. Ana Agapito (Lisbon, CHLC)
12:00 Pregnancy
Dr. Maria José Loureiro (Almada, Hospital Garcia Orta)
12:15 The patient with arrhythmias
Dr. Nuno Cortez-Dias (Lisbon, CHULN)
12:30 The elderly patient
Dr. Nuno Lousada (Lisbon, CHULN)
12:45 The patient undergoing non-cardiac surgery
Dr. Mariana Rodrigues (Lisbon, CHULN)
13.00 The patient at high altitude
Dr. Susana Moreira (Lisbon, CHULN)
13:15 Discussion
13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH
14:30 PULMONARY HYPERTENSION & CRITICAL CARE
Chairs: Dr. João Ribeiro (Lisbon, CHULN); Dr. Hugo Côrte-Real (Lisbon, CHULN)
14:30 Focus on medical therapy
Dr. Doroteia Silva (Lisbon, CHULN)
14:50 CUTTING THE EDGE - right ventricular assistance
Prof. Jens Garbade (Leipzig, HELIOS Heart Center)
15:10 Discussion
15:20 PULMONARY TRANSPLANTATION & PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chairs: Dr. Luísa Semedo (Lisbon, CHLC); Dr. Ângelo Nobre (Lisbon, CHULN)

Dr. David Jenkins (Cambridge, Papworth Hospital)
15:40 Discussion
15:50 CARDIO-RESPIRATORY REHABILITATION AND PHYSICAL EXERCISE IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chairs: Dr. Nuno Lousada (Lisbon, CHULN); Dr. Sandra Miguel (Lisbon, CHULN); Dra. Marta Ramalhinho (Lisbon, CHULN)

Prof. Ana Abreu (Lisbon, CHULN)
16:10 Discussion
16:20 LOOKING AT THE FUTURE... NEW HORIZONS IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Chairs: Prof. Fausto J. Pinto (Lisbon, CHULN); Dr. Rui Plácido (Lisbon, CHULN)

Prof. Gérald Simonneau (Paris, AP-HP)
16:40 Discussion
16:50 TAKE HOME MESSAGES / CLOSING REMARKS
Prof. Fausto J. Pinto (Lisbon, CHULN); Dr. Nuno Lousada (Lisbon, CHULN); Dr. Rui Plácido (Lisbon, CHULN)



Accreditation

eaccme

This event has been accredited by the EACCME® - European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education .

Scientific Committee

Prof. Fausto J. Pinto

Chairman
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal), and Full Professor of Cardiology, Head of the Cardiology Department and of the Heart and Vascular Department of Santa Maria University Hospital, CHULN E.P.E., President Elect of the World Heart Federation (WHF), National Coordinator of the Medical Schools Council and President of the Executive Board of the Lisbon Academic Medical Centre (CAML)

Dr. Nuno Lousada

Co-Chairman
Senior Cardiologist at the CHULN, E.P.E (Hospital Santa Maria and Hospital Pulido Valente)

Dr. Rui Plácido

Course Director
Cardiologist at the CHULN, E.P.E (Hospital Santa Maria and Hospital Pulido Valente)

International Faculty

Dr. David Jenkins

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Clinical Director Surgery and Transplantation
Director National Pulmonary Endarterectomy Service
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Papworth Everard, Cambridge, UK

Prof. Jean-Luc Vachiéry

Head, Pulmonary vascular diseases and heart failure Clinic
Department of Cardiology
CUB - Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
808 Route de Lennik
1070 Brussels - Belgium

Prof. Gérald Simonneau

Univ. Paris-Sud, AP-HP, Centre de Référence de l'Hypertension Pulmonaire Sévère, Service de Pneumologie, Département Hospitalo-Universitaire (DHU) Thorax Innovation (TORINO), Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, Paris, France

Prof. Jens Garbade

Medical director of cardiac surgery
Heart Center
Leipzig, Germany

Prof. Peter Dorfmüller

Universitätsklinikum Giessen / Marburg
und Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung (DZL)
Institut für Pathologie



National Faculty

Prof. Abílio Reis

Unidade de Doença Vascular Pulmonar, CHUP, Porto

Prof. Ana Abreu

Serviço de Cardiologia, CHULN, Lisboa

Dra. Ana Agapito

Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisboa

Dra. Ana Dias

Serviço de Pneumologia, CHULN, Lisboa

Prof. Ana G. Almeida

Serviço de Cardiologia, CHULN, Lisboa

Dra. Ana Mineiro

Serviço de Pneumologia, CHULN, Lisboa

Dr. Ângelo Nobre

Serviço de Cirurgia Cardio-Torácica, CHULN, Lisboa

Dr. António Nunes Diogo

Dra. Catarina Resende

Serviço de Reumatologia, CHULN, Lisboa

Dra. Cláudia Jorge

Serviço de Cardiologia, CHULN, Lisboa

Prof. Cristina Bárbara

Serviço de Pneumologia, CHULN, Lisboa

Dr. Diogo Mendes Pedro

Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas, CHULN, Lisboa

Dra. Doroteia Silva

Serviço de Medicina Intensiva, CHULN, Lisboa

Prof. Dulce Brito

Serviço de Cardiologia, CHULN, Lisboa

Dra Fabienne Gonçalves

Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital Santo António, Porto

Dra. Filipa Ferreira

Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Garcia Orta, Almada

Dr. Graça Castro

Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra

Prof. Guilhermina Cantinho

Serviço de Medicina Nuclear

Dr. Hugo Côrte-Real

Serviço de Cirurgia Cardio-Torácica, CHULN, Lisboa

Dra. Isabel Sousa

Serviço de Radiologia, CHULN, Lisboa

Dr. João Ribeiro

Serviço de Medicina Intensiva, CHULN, Lisboa

Dra. Maria José Loureiro

Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Garcia Orta, Almada

Dra. Marta Ramalhinho

Fisioterapeuta, Serviço de Medicina Física e Reabilitação, CHULN, Lisboa

Dr. Miguel Menezes

Serviço de Cardiologia, CHULN, Lisboa

Dr. Nuno Cortez-Dias

Serviço de Cardiologia, CHULN, Lisboa

Dra. Oana Moldovan

Serviço de Genética Médica, Hospital de Santa Maria, CHULN, Lisboa

Dra. Paula Campos

Serviço de Radiologia, CHULN, Lisboa

Dr. Ricardo Arruda Pereira

Serviço de Cirurgia Cardio-Torácica, CHULN, Lisboa

Prof. Rui Batista

Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra

Dra. Sandra Miguel

Serviço de Medicina Física e Reabilitação, CHULN, Lisboa

Dr. Sérgio Paulo

Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas, CHULN, Lisboa

Dra. Sofia Alegria

Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Garcia Orta, Almada

Dra. Sofia Carvalhana

Serviço de Gastrenterologia, CHULN, Lisboa

Dra. Susana Martins

Serviço de Cardiologia, CHULN, Lisboa

Dra. Susana Moreira

Serviço de Pneumologia, CHULN, Lisboa

Dra. Tatiana Guimarães

Serviço de Cardiologia, CHULN, Lisboa

Dra. Teresa Schiang

Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital de Vila Nova de Gaia

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