Abu Dhabi Cardiology Forum 2026

10:00 – 11:00

Translating ESC-WCC 2025 Guidelines into Practice: Heart Failure and Acute Cardiac Care

Chairperson: Waleed Shaker

ESC 2025: Heart Failure Highlights

Ahmed Mounir · Mediclinic

25 min

Key Takeaways from ESC-WCC 2025 in Acute Cardiac Care

Abdelrahman Maher · Mediclinic

25 min

11:00 – 12:00

Lowering Risk, Improving Outcomes: Practical Prevention Lessons from ESC 2025

Chairperson: Abdallah Shehab

Key Takeaways from ESC-WCC 2025 in Cardiovascular Prevention

Hani Sabbour · Mediclinic

25 min

2025 Focused Update of the 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidemias

Moataz Kadry · Mediclinic

25 min

12:00 – 13:00

Friday Prayers

13:00 – 13:30

Opening Session

13:30 – 14:30

Obesity Really Matters in Cardiology

Chairperson: Hani Sabbour

ESC Clinical Consensus Statement on Obesity & CVD

Virendra Misra · Burjeel Al Reem

25 min

Management of Obesity in Cardiac Patients: What Cardiologists Should Know?

Adam Navin Mather · Mediclinic

25 min

14:30 – 16:00

Heart, Weight & Risk: Rethinking Old Truths in Cardiometabolic Care

Chairpersons: Abdullah Shehab · Ahmed Mounir

Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Factor and Paradox

Amal Mahmoud · Mediclinic

25 min

Obesity, Inflammation, and CVD — GLP-1 Agonists for Cardiovascular Protection: Beyond Weight Loss and Diabetes Control

Ayman Mohamed · UMC

25 min

Contrast Nephropathy: From Legend to Lie — Rethinking Kidney Risk Beyond the Score

Abdul Rahman Maher · Mediclinic

25 min

16:00 – 17:00

Heart Failure

Chairpersons: Abdullah Shehab · Iman Esmat

HFpEF New Updates

Ali Abdel Aziz · Mediclinic

25 min

Tachycardia Induced Cardiomyopathy — Case Presentation

Ahmed Mounir · Mediclinic

25 min

17:00 – 19:00

From Muscle to Valve: Imaging Insights in Structural Heart Disease

Chairpersons: Abdulrazek Alkaddour · Amal Mahmoud

CMR Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy: The Padua Criteria

Emad Moussa · Mediclinic

25 min

A Case of Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy

Walid Ezzat Nafea · Imperial College

25 min

The Added Value of 3D TEE in the Assessment of Mitral Valve Disease

Fady Gerges · Mediclinic

25 min

The Patient Path to Optimal Outcomes in ATTR Cardiomyopathy

Hani Sabbour · Mediclinic

25 min

19:00 – 20:30

Coronary Controversies: Decision Beyond the Cath Lab

Chairpersons: Hani Sabbour · Tamer Badawy

ST Elevation MI — When Doing an Angiogram Is a Question, and Not the Answer!

Jairam Aithal · NMC

25 min

Stable Coronary MVD – 2025

Abdullah Shehab · UAE University

25 min

Left Main Stent with Longitudinal Compression

Mohamed Andron · Mediclinic

25 min

10:00 – 11:30

Cardiometabolic Crossroads: Weight, Sugar & Pressure

Chairpersons: Fady Gerges · Jairam Aithal

Comparing Weight Loss Ways in Cardiac Patients — GLPs vs Bariatric Surgery vs Different Types of Diet

Mohamed A. Moneim Othman · NMC Royal Khalifa Hospital

25 min

Heart Diseases and Diabetes

Abdul Razzak Alkaddour · Health Plus

25 min

Resistant Hypertension: Updated Guidelines and Cases Presentation

Iman Esmat · Reem Hospital

25 min

11:30 – 13:00

Hidden Risks in the Young: Diagnosing and Managing the Unexpected

Chairpersons: Mohamed Andron · Wissam Al Sahli

Malignant Coronary Malformation as a Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Age

Walid Shaker · Mediclinic

25 min

High Troponin in Children — A Case Presentation

Tamer Badawy · Mediclinic

25 min

Interesting Surgical Challenges — Cases Discussion

Walid Shaker · Mediclinic

25 min

13:00 – 14:00

Beyond Stenosis: Modern CCS Care

Chairperson: Ahmed Mounir

Initial and Long-Term Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy of Chronic Coronary Syndromes: A Comprehensive Approach

Hani Sabbour · Mediclinic

25 min

ANOCA/INOCA Diagnosis & Management

Abdallah Shehab · UAE University

25 min

14:00 – 16:00

Rhythms, Remodeling & Precision: Modern Tools in Cardiomyopathy Care

Chairpersons: Joseph Kurian · Mohamed Abdel Moneim · Walid Nafea

How to Approach Patients with High PVC Burden

Moataz Kadry · Mediclinic

25 min

Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy Evaluation and Key Imaging Findings

Rami Harb · Bashayer Gheyath

25 min

Precision Medicine in HCM and Amyloidosis

Hani Sabbour · Mediclinic

25 min

Too Many Beats

Moataz Kadry

25 min

16:00 – 17:00

3D TEE Workshop

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3D Transesophageal Echocardiography Workshop Facilitator: Fady Gerges · 60 min hands-on session

17:00 – 17:40

Pulmonary Hypertension Updates

Pulmonary Hypertension in the UAE – 2025 Guidelines

Hani Sabbour · Mediclinic

35 min

17:40 – 18:40

Challenging Cases in Dyslipidemia

Chairperson: Ghazi Hassan

An Elderly Patient with Hypercholesterolemia

Maki Alhadethi · Abu Dhabi

25 min

A Patient with HFrEF & Hypertriglyceridemia

Zaher Kindjaki · Abu Dhabi

25 min

18:40 – 19:10

ESC Clinical Consensus Statement on Mental Health & CV Disease

2025 ESC Clinical Consensus Statement on Mental Health & CV Disease

Ghazi Hassan

25 min

19:10 – 19:20

Take Home Message

Presented by: Ahmed Mounir · Hani Sabbour