3rd EAS Pediatric Familial Hypercholesterolemia symposium
25th of May 2019, Maastricht, the Netherlands
This event will take place in the Crown Plaza Hotel (Address: De, Ruiterij 1, 6221 EW Maastricht)
Register for FREE here
Registration will close on May 22, 2019
Organized by: Dr A. Wiegman and Dr J. Roeters van Lennep
| Programme | |
|---|---|
| 09.00-09.05 | Welcome and Introduction |
| Symposium Pediatric FH Worldwide (Joep Defesche and Meeike D Kusters) | |
| 09.05-09.30 | Introduction and Clinical Decision Support tool – Michal Vrablik |
| 09.30-09.50 | The Italian Experience – Ornella Guardamagna |
| 09.50-10.10 | The Japanese Experience- Mariko Harada-Shiba |
| 10.10-10.30 | The (homozygous) Israeli Experience – Eldad Dann |
| 10.30-10.55 | Which FH pat is at highest CVD risk? – Amy Peterson |
| 10.55-11.10 | Coffee break |
| 11.10-11.30 | The need to detect early – Bert Wiegman |
| 11.30-11.50 | Results International Children’s registry – Uma Ramaswami |
| 11.50-12.10 | Update treatment pediatric homozygous FH – Jeanine Roeters van Lennep |
| 12.10-12.30 |
Lipiprotein apheresis for homozygous FH in childhood: first results from an international registry – Ilse Luirink |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch |
| Miscellaneous (Barbara Hutten and Euridiki Drogari) | |
| 13.30-13.50 | High lipoprotein (a) in childhood and its consequence – Florian Kronenberg |
| 13.50-14.10 | Update on LAL-deficiency and other FH phenocopies – Mafalda Bourbon |
| 14.10-14.30 | Nutrition in preventing high cholesterol – Kirsten Holven |
| 14.30-14.45 | Tea break |
| Symposium Universal Cholesterol Screening (Petri Kovanen and Tomas Freiberger) | |
| 14.45-15.05 | Universal screening 1-2yr olds (UK) (vaccination) – Steve Humphries |
| 15.05-15.25 | Universal screening 5yr olds (Slov) (yrs of experience) – Urh Groselj |
| 15.25-15.45 | Universal screening in 9-11 yr olds (USA) – Sam Gidding |
| 15.45-16.30 |
Panel discussion Universal cholesterol screening
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| 16.30-17.30 | Network drinks |
*The symposium is free of charge for all delegates. Please note that a no-show fee of €100 will be charged if you cancel your participation later than Friday 17 May or do not show up at the symposium.
The 3rd EAS Pediatric Familial Hypercholesterolemia symposium is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) and is designated for a maximum of, or up to, 5 European external CME credits (ECMEC®). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS): www.uems.net.
