Session II: Debates in Heart Failure
Tracks
Plenary Hall
| Friday, January 16, 2026 |
| 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM |
Overview
First Debate: Use of Micro-axial Flow Pumps is Supported by Evidence in AMI and HF- Related Cardiogenic Shock;
Second Debate: Should Treatment With a Cardiac Myosin Inhibitor Always Precede Septal Reduction Therapy?
Speaker
Diyar Saeed
Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery & Vascular Surgery
Helios Clinic Krefeld
Proponent
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Mandeep Mehra
William Harvey Distinguished Chair in Advanced Cardiovascular Medicine Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Heart Disease at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women’s Hospital
William Harvey Distinguished Chair in Advanced Cardiovascular Medicine Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Opponent
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Diyar Saeed
Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery & Vascular Surgery
Helios Clinic Krefeld
Rebuttal
4:45 PM - 4:50 PM
Mandeep Mehra
William Harvey Distinguished Chair in Advanced Cardiovascular Medicine Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Heart Disease at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women’s Hospital
William Harvey Distinguished Chair in Advanced Cardiovascular Medicine Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Rebuttal
4:50 PM - 4:55 PM
Dr. Ammar Chaudhary
Consultant Cardiologist in Advanced Heart Failure and Echocardiography
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Proponent
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Hussam Ghalib
Director, Cardiomyopathy Center
Consultant Cardiologist, Medical Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Opponent
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Dr. Ammar Chaudhary
Consultant Cardiologist in Advanced Heart Failure and Echocardiography
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Rebuttal
5:30 PM - 5:35 PM
Hussam Ghalib
Director, Cardiomyopathy Center
Consultant Cardiologist, Medical Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Rebuttal
5:35 PM - 5:40 PMSession Chair
Emil Najjar
Consultant Cardiologist, Heart and Vascular Centre, Section for Heart Failure and Valvular disease
Karolinska University Hospital
Aiman Smer
Program Director for Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Program
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
