Sessions

Day 1: Friday, 19 September

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Pacemaker and Cardiac Device programming/OCT Hands

Dr Devendra Singh Bisht

3:00 PM - 4:00PM

Understanding Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Dr Kamal Kishor

4:00 PM - 5:25 PM: Evolving Paradigms in Cardiology

Chairpersons : Dr BS Bhatia, Dr AP Sanwaria

Panelists : Dr RP Singh, Dr Karandeep Syal, Dr Asees Pal Singh, Dr Amardeep Garg, Dr Mahesh Garg, Dr Akhil Gautam

4:00 PM – 4:15 PM

Natriuretic Peptides: Current Role in Diagnosis and Management

Dr Ashwini Kumar

4:15 PM – 4:30 PM

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Cardiovascular Disease

Dr Arijit Ghose

4:30 PM – 4:45 PM

Managing the CKM Spectrum: Integrating Cardiology, Nephrology, and Diabetology

Dr Ashutosh Tripathi

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM

AI in Cardiac Evaluation

Dr Sanjeev Asotra

5:00 PM – 5:15 PM

Microvascular Angina in Females

Dr Geeta Subramaniam

5:15 PM – 5:25 PM: Session Wrap-up

5:25 PM - 6:35 PM: Electrophysiology Horizons: From Drugs to Devices to Genes

Chairpersons : Dr Puneet Verma, Dr SS Sodhi

Panelists : Dr Ankur Ahuja, Dr Amit Soni, Dr Kapil Dev Doomra, Dr Ashwini Kumar, Dr Arjit Ghose, Dr Ruchir Rastogi

5:25 PM – 5:40 PM

Contemporary Management of Atrial Arrhythmias

Dr Parag Barwad

5:40 PM – 5:55 PM

Sudden Cardiac Death – AICD Guidelines

Dr Harpreet Gilhotra

5:55 PM – 6:10 PM

Pharmacologic Management of Complex Arrhythmias: Beyond Amiodarone

Dr Saurabh Mehrotra

6:10 PM – 6:25 PM

Genetics of Cardiomyopathy

Dr Ajay Bahl

6:25 PM – 6:35 PM: Session Wrap-up

6:35 PM - 6:45 PM: Welcome Speech

6:45 PM - 7:20 PM: Symposium: Role of ARNI in Indian Clinical Setting

Moderator : Dr Mayank Singhal

Panelists : Dr Sudhir Verma, Dr KC Mukharjee, Dr Manish Singla

7:20 PM - 8:30 PM: Frontiers in Interventional and Structural Cardiology

Chairpersons : Dr (Maj. Gen.) Naveen Aggarwal, Dr RK Gokhroo

Panelists : Dr Himanshu Gupta, Dr Mayank Singhal, Col (Dr) Vivek Singh Guleria, Dr Karun Behal, Dr Ashwini Kumar, Dr Rajesh Nandal

7:20 PM – 7:35 PM

LASER in Coronary and Peripheral Interventions

Dr Puneet Verma

7:35 PM – 7:50 PM

Pre-procedural CT-based Analysis for TAVR

Dr Rajat Datta

7:50 PM – 8:05 PM

Left Main CAD: PCI vs CABG

Dr Rajesh Vijayvergiye

8:05 PM – 8:20 PM

Real Challenges, Real Solutions with Inclisiran

Dr RK Jaswal

8:20 PM – 8:30 PM: Session Wrap-up

After 8:30 PM

Dinner

Day 2: Saturday, 20 September

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Abstract Session for Fellows

Jury : Dr Deepak Padmanabhan, Dr Ashwini Kumar, Dr A Avinash

8:00 AM – 8:10 AM

Two Case of Early Pacemaker Induced Cardiomyopathy: Importance Of Left Bundle Branch Pacing

Dr Akash Swain

8:10 AM – 8:20 AM

South African Flag Sign - A Red Flag in ECG

Dr Aditya Agarwal

8:20 AM – 8:30 AM

Kounis syndrome: Acute myocardial infarction following multiple bee stings

Dr Mavani Kishan Kumar Dineshbhai

8:30 AM – 8:40 AM

Anomalous Aortic Origin of Right Pulmonary Artery

Dr Mohd Kazim

8:40 AM – 8:50 AM

A Complication of Pacemaker Lead Extraction: Lead Fragment Embolization

Dr. Sweta M. Patel

8:50 AM – 9:00 AM

Wide Complex Tachycardia Requiring Multiple DC Cardioversions in a 6 Year Old: A Case Report

Dr. Yudhishther Kuntal

9:00 AM – 10:10 AM: Preventive Cardiology: Beyond the Basics

Chairpersons : Dr RK Gokhroo, Dr Arvind Kaul

Panellist : Dr Amardeep Garg, Dr MG Agarwal, Dr Mohit Walia, Dr Rajesh Nandal, Dr Ashok Aggarwal, Dr Vishal Bhambri

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM

Dyslipidemia in Women

Dr Shibha Thakkar

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM

Non-Pharmacological Management of Hypertension

Dr S.K. Kaushik

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM

Latest in Hypertension Guidelines

Dr Sajid Ansari

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM

Cardio-renal Benefits of Finerenone

Dr Khurshid Iqbal

10:00 AM – 10:10 AM: Session Wrap-up

10:10 AM - 11:40PM: From Valves to Voltage: Recent Advances in Cardiology

Chairpersons : Dr SK Kaushik, Dr Aditya Kapoor, Dr Parminder Singh Otaal'z

Panellist : Dr Manish Vinayak, Dr Kailash Chand Garhwal, Dr Dinkar Bhasin, Dr Sajal Gupta, Dr Jaskaran Gujral

10:10 AM – 10:25 AM

Selecting a TAVR Valve

Dr Ravinder Rao

10:25 AM – 10:40 AM

Choosing the Right Anticoagulant for Atrial Fibrillation

Dr Nitin Kabra

10:40 AM – 10:55 AM

Conduction System Pacing

Dr Ulhas Pandurangi

10:55 AM – 11:10 AM

Recent Advances in Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Dr Deepak Padmanabhan

11:10 AM – 11:25 AM

Indications and Patient Selection for Leadless Pacemakers

Dr Vanita Arora

11:25 AM – 11:40 AM: Session Wrap-up

11:40 AM – 12:50 PM: Complex Decision-Making in Coronary Artery Disease

Chairpersons : Dr Ravinder Rao, Dr HK Bali

Panellist : Dr Tarandeep Singh, Dr. Rajinder Thaplo, Dr Hira Lal dalodria, Dr. Tariq Mohammad Tasleem, Dr. Shankha Shubhra Sen, Dr. Abhishek Gupta

11:40 AM – 11:55 PM

Coronary Revascularization in Patients with LV Dysfunction

Dr Mukesh Sharma

11:55 PM – 12:10 PM

When Not to Intervene in Stable CAD

Dr Sahil Sareen

12:10 PM – 12:25 PM

Viability Assessment in Remodeled LV

Dr Sunil Jain

12:25 PM – 12:40 PM

PTCA in Chronic Total Occlusion

Dr Jeet Ram Kashyap

12:40 PM – 12:50 PM: Session Wrap-up

12:50 PM – 1:15 PM: ISC Oration

12:50 PM – 1:15 PM

CTO PCI in India – Past, Present and Future Aspects

Dr Surya Prakasa Rao

1:15 PM – 1:45 PM

Lunch

1:45 PM – 2:55 PM: Complex Coronary Interventions

Chairpersons : Dr Mukesh Sharma, Dr MS Ravi, Dr Puneet Verma

Panellist : Dr Sonu Sharma, Dr Rakendra Singh, Dr Sajal Gupta, Dr Ashu Gupta, Dr Har Simran Singh, Dr Santhosh Kumar P

1:45 PM – 2:00 PM

Calcified Lesions: Rotablation, IVL, Orbital Atherectomy

Dr Tanuj Bhatia

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM

Algorithm for Management of Calcified Lesion

Dr Himanshu Gupta

2:15 PM – 2:30 PM

OCT Guided Management of Calcified Bifurcation Lesions

Dr Prince Kumar

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM

Left Main Bifurcation Stenting

Dr Sreenivas Reddy

2:45 PM – 2:55 PM: Session Wrap-up

2:55 PM – 4:25 PM: Guidelines & Emerging Therapies

Chairpersons : Dr Yash Paul Sharma, Dr A P Sanwaria, Dr V K Arya

Panellist : Dr Ankit Mahajan, Dr Dinkar Bhasin, Dr Manjeet Trehan, Dr Vijay Harjai, Dr Rajneesh Sehgal, Dr Himanshu Tanwar

2:55 PM – 3:10 PM

ACS 2025 Guidelines

Dr Aditya Kapoor

3:10 PM – 3:25 PM

Soul of Progress: Transforming Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Health with Oral Semaglutide

Dr Ashok Kumar

3:25 PM – 3:40 PM

Iron Therapy in Heart Failure: Current Guidelines

Dr Pawan Suri

3:40 PM – 3:55 PM

Newer Non-Statin Drugs for LDL-C Reduction

Dr Akshaya Pradhan

3:55 PM – 4:10 PM

Post-PCI Antiplatelet Therapy

Dr Surender Deora

4:10 PM – 4:25 PM: Session Wrap-up

4:25 PM – 4:50 PM

Presidential Oration

Dr RK Gokhroo

4:50 PM – 6:15 PM: Special Populations & Emerging Topics

Chairpersons : Dr Rajat Datta, Dr AP Sanwaria

Panellist : Dr Ashish Kumar, Dr Amit Kumar, Dr Ankit Gupta, Col (Dr) Mukesh Dhillon, Dr Sachin Verma, Dr Gyaneshwar Maini

4:50 PM – 5:05 PM

Pregnancy & Heart Disease

Dr VE Dandapani

5:05 PM – 5:20 PM

Diagnosis of HFpEF – Simplified Approach

Dr Sanjay Mittal

5:20 PM – 5:35 PM

Rheumatic Fever/RHD: Current Perspectives and Future Directions

Dr Anil Grover

5:35 PM – 5:50 PM

Optimizing WHF patient care: Translating evidence into clinical practice

Dr Rajiv Passey

5:50 PM – 6:05 PM

Post-MI VSR: Transcatheter Options

Dr A Avinash

6:05 PM – 6:15 PM: Session Wrap-up

6:15 PM

Inauguration / Fellowships / Awards

Gala Dinner

Day 3: Sunday, 21 September

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Abstract Session for Fellows

Jury : Dr Basant Kumar, Dr Kunal Mahajan, Dr Tanuj Bhatia

8:00 AM – 8:10 AM

Global Longitudinal Strain in Mitral Stenosis of Rheumatic Etiology

Dr. Sunil Kapoor

8:10 AM – 8:20 AM

The Diagnostic Accuracy of Global Longitudinal Strain Imaging in Predicting Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Chronic Coronary Syndrome with Preserved LV Ejection Fraction: A Cross-Sectional Study

Dr. Kanika Kukreja

8:20 AM – 8:30 AM

More than just heart failure; A case of cardiac amyloidosis

Dr. Himanshu Dhiman

8:30 AM – 8:40 AM

Dilated cardiomyopathy in a young athlete with rapid progression to end-stage heart failure: a case report

Dr. Mamta Suryavanshi

8:40 AM – 8:50 AM

Transseptal Triumph: Overcoming the Challenges of Balloon Mitral Valvotomy in a Rigid Interatrial Septum

Dr. Mavani Kishan Kumar Dineshbhai

8:50 AM – 9:00 AM

Comparative Study of CEA Levels in patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Stable Angina

Dr. Arpit Gupta

9:00 AM – 10:10 AM: Beyond the Usual – Contemporary Approaches in CAD and AF

Chairpersons : Dr A K Singhal, Dr Mukul Bhatnagar

Panelists : Dr Munish Dev, Dr Sankalp Sharma, Dr Mohit Bhutani, Dr Ankur Gupta, Dr Vikram Kala, Dr Amit Gupta, Dr Manish Vinayak

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM

TEER therapy: case selection and TEE-based pre-procedural evaluation

Dr Kailash Garhwal

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM

METAL-LESS (DCB) PCI: Current and Evolving Indications

Dr Animesh Aggarwal

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM

TAVR in Hostile anatomy

Dr HK Bali

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM

What should we consider when managing stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation, kidney impairment and diabetes mellitus

Dr Sandeep Parikh

10:00 AM – 10:10 AM: Session Wrap-up

10:10 AM – 11:35 PM: Cardio-Metabolic Therapeutics – From Lipids to Novel Agents

Chairpersons : Dr SK Gupta, Dr Rajnish Sehgal

Panelists : Dr Rakesh Sharma, Dr Kapil Chateri, Dr Amit Soni, Dr Suraj, Dr Anil Sood, Dr Kunal Makkar

10:10 AM – 10:25 AM

Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome: Evolving Concepts and Clinical Updates

Dr BS Bhatia

10:25 AM – 10:40 AM

Does HDL-C matter?

Dr Anurag Sharma

10:40 AM – 10:55 AM

Diabetic Dyslipidemia

Dr Atit A Gawalkar

10:55 AM – 11:10 AM

Have SGLT2i DELIVERed an EMPhatic Win Over Heart Failure and Chronic Kidney Disease?

Dr Sandeep Suri

11:10 AM – 11:25 PM

GLP-1 RA/NuSH Therapy and CV Outcomes

Dr Barun Kumar

11:25 AM – 11:35 PM

Session Wrap-up

11:35 AM - 1:00 PM: Innovations and Challenges in Cardiology

Chairpersons : Dr Lalit Mohan, Dr Rohit Parthi

Panelists : Dr Sudhanshu Budakotty, Dr Rajat Jain, Dr Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Dr Jaskaran Gujral, Dr P Jothinath, Dr Surender Himral, Dr Arun Sirohi

11:35 AM – 11:50 AM

Early Combination Lipid-Lowering Therapy in ACS

Dr Kunal Mahajan

11:50 AM – 12:05 PM

Advances in lipid management and LDL-c target

Dr Ankur Gupta

12:05 PM – 12:20 PM

Translating guidelines recommendations to clinical practice with incliseran

Dr Ankur Ahuja

12:20 PM – 12:35 PM

Indian Heart failure challenge: manageing comorbidities with ARNI

Dr Vivek Singla

12:35 PM – 12:50 PM

HFpf: demystifying the diagnostic dilemma

Dr Sanjeev Mittal

12:50 PM – 1:00 PM

Session Wrap-up

1:00 PM - 1:30PM: Complex Cases

Jury : Dr Basant Kumar, Dr Harpreet Gilhotra, Dr Rohit Parthi

1:00 PM - 1:10 PM

Beyond the usual- A case of rescue pediatric percutaneous coronary intervention

Dr Mohit Bhutani

1:10 PM - 1:20 PM

Complex Rota-ablation case

Dr Sankalp Sharma

1:20 PM - 1:30 PM

Expanding Access: Percutaneous Trans-axillary TAVI using Evolut

Dr. Kailash Chandra

1:30 PM - 1:40 PM

Uncommon Anatomy Meets Common Emergency: A Case of Dextrocardia with Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock

Dr. Aarish Gujjar

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM: AWARDS for best abstarcts AND VOTE OF THANKS