| 13:30 – 15:30 Rheumatic: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Prevention of Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease | |
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| 13:30 – 13:50 | Novel immunological aspects in Acute Rheumatic Fever |
| 13:50 – 14:10 | Genetic Susceptibility to Rheumatic Heart Disease |
| 14:10 – 14:30 | Vaccine against RF current status and future hope |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Penicillin: forms, supply, safety and frequency |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | RHD registries: lessons from successful registry systems |
| 15:10 – 15:30 | Discussion |
| 10:00 – 12:00 Rheumatic: Diagnosis and treatment of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease | |
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| 10:00 – 10:20 | Physicians, health care workers, and the public: how to teach about ARF and RHD? |
| 10:20 – 10:40 | Echocardiographic cases of RHD and their differential diagnosis |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Rheumatic heart disease in pregnancy |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Access to catheterization for RHD patients in low-income countries |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Mitral valve repair and replacement in low-income countries |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Postoperative anticoagulation: safety and sustainability |
| 13:30 – 15:30 Imaging & Rheumatic Bridging Together Session | |
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| 13:30 – 13:50 | Latest Acute Rheumatic Fever Guidelines (2015 Jones Criteria and others): Role of echocardiography in diagnosis of ARF around the globe |
| 13:50 – 14:10 | Global burden of RHD: Lessons learned from echocardiography-based screening |
| 14:10 – 14:30 | Echo screening for RHD practical in low and middle-income countries: technology and task shifting |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Coronary artery lumen and vessel wall imaging in children and adolescents using MRI and CT |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Imaging Guidance of Interventional Treatment of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Low Resource Settings |
| 15:10 – 15:30 | Discussion |
| 10:00 – 12:00 Rheumatic: Oral Abstracts and Keynote Addresses | |
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| 10:00 – 11:00 | Abstracts: 1-4 |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Keynote 1: Eradication of RHD: A reality - RHD should be a disease of the past |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Keynote 2: Surgery for RHD- the need, the outcomes and the future |
| 13:30 – 15:30 Rheumatic: Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: Controversies and Hope | |
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| 13:30 – 13:50 |
Primary prevention (strep treatment) holds best hope for eradication of RHD
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| 13:50 – 14:10 |
Echo screening/secondary prevention holds best hope for eradication of RHD
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| 14:10 – 14:30 |
Ideal ARF Criteria are the 2015 Jones Criteria
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| 14:30 – 14:50 | Implementing a comprehensive RHD control program |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Patients, advocacy groups and global action initiatives |
| 15:10 – 15:30 | Discussion |