BRAINSTORMING EXPERT MEETING ON

SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS

20/4/2018

ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER

Cardiac tissue characterization and pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis: How can we improve diagnostics and therapeutics?

17:55 – 18:00 Welcome

Vassilis Voudris, Coordinator Director, Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

18.00 – 19.30 Main Presentations

Chair person:

Theodoros Dimitroulas, Assistant Professor of Rheumatology, School of Medicine

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Vassilis Voudris, Coordinator Director, Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

18.00-18.30: The contribution of Greek Rheumatology to the field of cardiovascular disease in systemic sclerosis

Petros P. Sfikakis, Professor of Internal Medicine & Rheumatology, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

18.30 – 19.00: The additive value of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) in Systemic Sclerosis

Sophie Mavrogeni, Deputy Director, Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

19.00-19.30: Heart involvement seen by a rheumatologist in Systemic Sclerosis: signs, symptoms and the additive value of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR)

Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Professor of Rheumatology, Florence University, Italy

19.30 – 19.45 Coffee Break

19.45 – 20.45 Brainstorming discussion: FUTURE DIRECTIONS

(All participants)

Chair persons:

Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Sophie Mavrogeni, Petros Sfikakis

Athanasopoulos George, Deputy Director, Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

Bonios J. Michael, Heart Failure & Transplant Attending, Heart Failure Unit, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

Bournia Lilly, Rheumatologist, Senior Registrar, Laiko General Hospital of Athens, Greece

Demerouti Eftychia, Cardiologist, Clinical Fellow, Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

Dimitroulas Theodoros, Assistant Professor of Rheumatology, School of Medicine

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Fotis Lampros, Academic Scholar in Paediatric Rheumatology, University of Athens, “Attikon” General Hospital, Athens, Greece – Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist, Nottingham University Hospital, UK

Georgountzos Athanassios, Director, Rheumatology Clinic, General Hospital Athens “G. Gennimatas”

Gialafos Elias, Cardiologist, B΄ Cardiology Department, Henry Dunant Hospital, Greece

Karabinis Andreas, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of Medical Services, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

Karageorgas Theofanis, Rheumatologist- Clinical & Research Fellow Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology Unit 4th Dept of Internal Medicine – University Hospital of Athens “Attikon”, Greece

Katsifis Gikas, Director, Rheumatology Clinic, Navy Hospital of Athens, Greece

Kolovou Genovefa, Director, Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

Koutsogeorgopoulou Loukia, Rheumatologist, Senior Registrar, Pathophysiology Clinic, Laiko General Hospital of Athens, Greece

Panopoulos Stylianos, Rheumatologist

Plastiras Sotiris, Cardiologist

Tsagaris Hercules, Pulmonologist – Intensivist, Assistant Professor, Medical School University of Athens, B΄ Intensive Care Clinic

Vartela Vasiliki, Cardiologist, Senior Registrar, Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

20.45 – 21.00 Conclusions

Download programme here: Programme_20-4-2018