The European Center for Peace and Development University for Peace established by the United Nations (Belgrade) - ECPD Regional Mediterranean Institute for International Postgraduate Studies and Development Research  (Podgorica), in the framework of the ECPD International Program of Transfer of Knowledge System, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health of Montenegro, Ministry of Health of Serbia, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Republic of Srpska, Ministry of Health of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, University of Berlin (Germany), VAMK University (Finland), Long Island University (USA), Faculty of Medicine, University of Montenegro, Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kragujevac,  Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italy), National School of Public Health of Greece, South-Eastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN), World Heart Federation (WHF) and European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR), organizes

 

XII ECPD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

with the main topic

PREVENTION, DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

(Hotel “Mona” – Zlatibor, 12 - 15 December 2020)

 

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the work of the XII ECPD International School on Cardiovascular Diseases (hereinafter referred to as: School), which ECPD traditionally organizes with the aim to advance the knowledge of primary care providers, specialists in cardiology and other specialties in the latest scientific and technological developments, as well as guidelines for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The five-day program will focus on the latest research, technological advances and case study reviews as well as discussions on the guidelines and latest treatment options regarding the prevention, early detection and management of cardiovascular diseases. The School is intended for primary health care doctors and specialists (cardiologists, endocrinologists, internists, pediatricians, etc.).

President of the School Council is Academician Prof. Dr. Vladimir Kanjuh, SANU, Belgrade, Director of the School is Academician Prof. Dr. Nathan Wong, University of California, USA, and Co-Directors of the School are Prof. Dr. Ian Graham, Trinity College, Ireland, Academician Prof. Dr. Miodrag Ostojić, SANU, Belgrade and Academician Prof. Dr. Duško Vulić, University of Banja Luka.

The School is accredited by the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) with 23 CME credits for the participants. By the Health Council of Serbia, the school is accredited with 14 points for lecturers and 7 points for participants. Accreditation number of the School is A-1-1253/19.

The necessity and justification for this education is confirmed by fact that despite the guidelines for the treatment of acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and prevention of cardiovascular diseases, many patients, especially in the South-East European region remain inadequately treated for risk factors, acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, or atrial fibrillation and adherence to treatments is not optimal. Latest surveys from EUROASPIRE III and EUROASPIRE IV show that many patients with pre-existing coronary artery disease are not on recommended therapies and treatment patterns vary considerably between regions, even within a limited geographic region such as the South-East European (SEE). Data often show that while treatment of individual risk factors may be adequate, combined treatment and goal attainment for multiple risk factors, such as LDL-C, blood pressure and A1C levels together with diabetes is often insufficient, requiring implementation of systemic efforts addressed to all required risk factors both in primary and secondary prevention.

 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

The Program of the School will cover the following topics:

Ÿ     COVID-19 and CVD

Ÿ     Morphologic–Clinical Correlations in Cardiology (II Educative Quiz ‒ An interactive prize–winning competition of the Schools participants)

Ÿ     New US Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

Ÿ     European Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

Ÿ     Strategies for Optimal CVD Risk Reduction in Diabetes

Ÿ     CVD Risk Estimation: European vs. US Approaches

Ÿ     Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 and Cardiovascular diseases

Ÿ     The Obesity Epidemic: Strategies for Prevention and Control

Ÿ     US Cholesterol Guidelines and Newer Therapies

Ÿ     ESC Guidelines for Dyslipidemia Management

Ÿ     Obesity epidemic in the world

Ÿ     Cardiodiabetology: Time for a New Discipline

Ÿ     Psychosocial Factors and Cardiovascular Disease

Ÿ     Auditing of CVD Risk Factors in Secondary Prevention

Ÿ     Epidemiology of Atrial Fibrillation: Traditional and Nontraditional Factors

Ÿ     European and New US Guidelines on Hypertension Management

Ÿ     New Directions in Anticoagulation Therapy for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Ÿ     What is New in Treatment Resistant Hypertension

Ÿ     Prevention and Treatment of Heart Failure

Ÿ     Cardiac Rehabilitation

Ÿ     Pre-hospital Fibrinolysis and Primary PCI for Treatment of STEMI

Ÿ     Acute Coronary Syndrome: Optimizing Early Management in Invasively Managed Patients

Ÿ     Tetralogy and Pentalogy of Fallot: Morphology, Formal Genesis, Hemodynamics, Complications, Blalock – Thomas – Taussig Palliative Anastomosis, Radical Correction and its Consequences in Adult Age (GUCH)

Ÿ     International Best Practices in Prevention, Treatment and Control of Cardiovascular Disease

Ÿ     Pediatric hypertension and Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Disease

Ÿ     New Guidelines for Myocardial Revascularization

Ÿ     Early diagnosis of atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease

Ÿ     Role of stress echocardiography in detecting myocardial ischemia in clinical practice

Ÿ     Myocardial revascularization guided by risk stratification

Ÿ     Widening of Indications for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)

 

LECTURERS

Ÿ     Academician Prof. Dr. Nathan D. Wong, University of California, Irvine, USA

Ÿ     Prof. Dr. Ian Graham, Trinity College, Ireland

Ÿ     Academician Prof. Dr. Vladimir Kanjuh, SANU, Belgrade

Ÿ     Academician Prof. Dr. Miodrag Ostojić, SANU, Belgrade

Ÿ     Academician Prof. Dr. Senka Mesihović-Dinarević, Chairman of the Board for Cardiovascular pathology ASA B&H

Ÿ     Academician Prof. Dr. Duško Vulić, Correspondent member of ANURS, Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka

Ÿ     Prof. Dr. Dan Gaita, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania

Ÿ     Prof. Dr. Mirza Dilić, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sarajevo

Ÿ     Prof. Dr. Milan Nedeljković, Clinical Center of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade

Ÿ     Prof. Dr. Zlatko Fras, University Clinical Center of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana

Ÿ     Prof. Dr. Branko Beleslin, Cardiology Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia

Ÿ     Prof. Dr. Milica Lazović, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade

Ÿ     Prof. Dr. Marina Deljanin Ilić, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Director of the Institute Niška Banja – Radon

Ÿ     Prof. Dr. Ana Djordjevic Dikić, Cardiology Clinic, Clinical Center Serbia

Ÿ     Prof. Dr. Ivan Tasić, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš

 

School Organization

The lectures are held every day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The teaching program includes specialized workshops with panel discussions and presentation of practice case studies, based on the comparative principle of the USA, experiences from the EU and Balkan countries.

School participants will obtain appropriate course handouts and reading materials necessary for effective attendance of the School program. The authorized presentations will be published in the 2nd Proceedings from the ECPD UN University for Peace School.

 

School Certificate

School participants will receive an internationally and nationally accredited Certificate of the European Center for Peace and Development University for Peace established by the United Nations (By the Health Council of Serbia, the school is accredited with 14 points for lecturers and 7 points for participants) and Certificate of the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) which brings 23 CME.

 

Registration Fee and Application Form

The registration fee for the ECPD International School is 390 EUR.

Application should be sent by 30 November 2020 to: European Center for Peace and Development UN University for Peace, Terazije 41, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; Tel: +381 11 3246 041; Fax: +381 11 3240 673, +381 11 3234 082; E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and ecpd@Eunet.rs; Website: www.ecpd.org.rs

 

Hotel Accommodation

The European Center for Peace and Development University for Peace established by the United Nations has provided accommodation for the participants at the Hotel “Mona” – Zlatibor (www.monazlatibor.com), the venue of the School. Accommodation on a bed and breakfast basis will be charged at the reduced price of:

Ÿ     6.770 DIN per day for a single room and

Ÿ     3.970 DIN for a double room, per person, per day.

For lunch it is necessary to pay an additional amount of 1.600 DIN, and for dinner 1.200 DIN. We enclose hereto the hotel booking form and suggest you to make a reservation of your accommodation through the ECPD Secretariat.