ISCMF Congress 2025

Program    Chuichi Kawai Memorial Symposium

B1F, Room of “Hojyu”

10:20-10:25  Opening Remarks

  • Sidney Smith Jr.
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Past President, World Heart Federation; Past President, American Heart Association

10:25-11:45  Cardiomyopathy, Myocarditis and Heart Failure

Chair
  • Toshio Shimada
    Shizuoka General Hospital Clinical Research Center, Japan
  • Koji Hasegawa
    National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Japan
Speaker
  • Akira Matsumori
    National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Japan
    Infectious Immune Mechanisms of Myocarditis and Cardiomyopathies:
    Past, Present and Future- In Memory of Professor Chuichi Kawai
  • Leslie T Cooper Jr,
    Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, USA
    The ACC Expert Decision Care Pathway Stages and Management Changes
  • Tohru Izumi,
    Kitasato University/Niigata Minami Hospital, Japan
    DOPPO Rehabilitation for Octogenarian with Heart Failure
  • Peter Liu,
    University of Ottawa and University of Toronto, Canada
    Myocarditis: from Coxsackie to COVID – an Onward Journey

11:45-12:00  Lunch box provision/distribution

12:00-13:00  Luncheon Seminar by Bayer Pharma Japan

Bidirectional Links Between Cardio-Renal and Metabolic Diseases:
Underlying Evidence and Implications for Management

13:05-14:05  Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure

Chair Speaker
  • Sivadasanpillai Harikrishnan
    Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, India
    Endomyocardial Fibrosis – Vanishing entity?
  • Tatsuya Morimoto
    University of Shizuoka, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Japan
    Novel Heart Failure Therapy targeting signaling pathways in cardiomyocytes.
  • Jianzeng Dong
    Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, China
    Interaction Between Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation

14:05-14:20  Coffee Break

14:20-15:20  Coffee Break Seminar I by Bristol-Myers Squibb

Management of Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
-What is new in 2024 AHA/ACC Guideline? -

15:25-16:25  Heart Failure and Cardiovascular Surgery

Chair
  • Tatsuya Morimoto
    University of Shizuoka, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Japan
Speaker
  • Hisayoshi Suma,
    Medock Healthcare Clinic Tokyo Japan
    The Rise and Fall of Ventriculoplasty for Heart Failure
  • Öztekin Oto
    President, Heart and Health Foundation of Turkey
    Cardiovascular Surgery for Heart Failure: What can We Do?
  • Masashi Komeda
    Fukuda General Hospital Japan
    Surgical Treatment for DCM and HCM/HOCM

16:25-16:40   Coffee Break

16:40-17:40   Coffee Break Seminar II by Novartis Pharma

Lipids and Lipoproteins in ischemic heart disease:
from mechanistic insights to therapeutic targeting

17:45-18:25   For Cardiovascular Health in the World

Chair Speaker
  • Sidney Smith Jr..
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    AHA Second Century Vision: Advancing Quality Improvement Heart Failure Work in Asia
  • Koji Hasegawa
    National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center
    Pharmacotherapy for HFpEF in Different Region of the World

18:25-18:30  Closing Remarks

  • Akira Matsumori
    National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Japan

1F Room of “CUDDY COURT”

19:15-19:45  General Abstract Award Competition

Judge Committee Chair: