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CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA • Vol 26, No 5, October/November 2015
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AFRICA
TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER 2015
07h00–08h30 REGISTRATION
Chairs:
F Peters, South Africa; M Sani, Nigeria
08h30–10h30
Session X : Interventional Cardiology
Venue: Hibiscus Ballroom
08h30–08h50 The burden and management of ischaemic heart disease in Kenya:
H Otieno, Kenya
08h50–09h10 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in patients with HIV: Pitfalls and Pearls:
M Ntsekhe, S Africa
09h10–09h30 The burden and management of ischaemic heart disease in Tunisia:
H Gamra, Tunisia
09h30–09h50 Contemporary treatment of ST-elevation myocardial infarction:
M Awad, Sudan
09h50–10h10 An approach to difficult balloon mitral valvotomies:
G Karthikeyan, India
10h10–10h30 Panel discussion
10h30–11h30 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
Chairs:
M Awad, Sudan; S Stewart, Australia
Chairs:
C Hugo-Hamman, Namibia; D Ojji, Nigeria
11h30–13h00
Session XI: Cardiac infections
Venue: Hibiscus ballroom
Session XII: Sudden cardiac death, cardiomyopathy and
cardiac electrophysiology
Venue: Barracuda
11h30–11h50 Recent advances in the treatment of tuberculous
pericarditis:
B Mayosi, South Africa
Incidence of sudden cardiac death in sub-Saharan
Africa: The Douala survey:
A Bonny, Cameroon
11h50–12h10 Contemporary approaches to the management of
infective endocarditis:
S Subahi, Sudan
African Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis Registry
Programme: The IMHOTEP study:
S Kraus, South Africa
12h10–12h30 HIV infection and the heart – what are the latest
developments?
M Sani, Nigeria
Lessons from the arrhythmogenic right ventricular
cardiomyopathy registry of South Africa:
A Chin, South Africa
12h30–12h50 Multimodality imaging of cardiac infection:
N Ntusi, S Africa
Training and services for children with heart disease in
Africa:
A Frigiola, Italy
12h50–13h00 Panel discussion
Panel discussion
13h00–14h00 LUNCH AND MODERATED POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Chairs:
S Gunness, Mauritius; B Mayosi, South Africa
14h00–16h30
LATE-BREAKING CLINICAL TRIALS AND REGISTRIES, MEETING HIGHLIGHTS AND CLOSING
PRESS CONFERENCE
Venue: Hibiscus ballroom
14h00–14h30 Late-Breaking clinical trials and registries from Africa
14h30–15h00 Meeting highlights
15h00–15h45 The PASCAR lecture: ‘What will it take to end cardiovascular disease in the world?’
S Yusuf, Canada
15h45–16h30 Closing press conference: Minister of Health of Mauritius (TBC), and presidents of the World Heart
Federation, Pan-African Society of Cardiology, Africa Heart Network, and Cardiovascular Society of
Mauritius
WEDNESDAY 7 OCTOBER 2015
07h00–09h00 REGISTRATION
09h00–13h00
Satellite events
Venue: Orchid
INVICTUS
Session I: INVICTUS trialists investigators meeting
(B Mayosi, G Karthikeyan, S Connolly and S Yusuf)
13h00–14h00 LUNCH
14h00–16h30
INVICTUS
Session II: INVICTUS trialists investigators meeting
(B Mayosi, G Karthikeyan, S Connolly and S Yusuf)