Cardiovascular medicine is still among the most vibrant fields in internal medicine due to the worldwide prevalence of heart disease and its complications. This session will emphasize the newest advances in cardiovascular diagnosis, such as state-of-the-art imaging techniques and biomarker-guided risk assessment. Participants will discuss how precision medicine is revolutionizing the treatment of hypertension, arrhythmias, and heart failure. Special attention will also be given to interventional cardiology, stent technology, minimal invasive procedures, and electrophysiological techniques for the correction of arrhythmia.
The session will also emphasize prevention strategies, such as cholesterol control, lifestyle therapies, and pharmacological developments in statins, anticoagulants, and antiplatelet therapy. Since cardiovascular disease is the global leading cause of death, the session brings together clinical acumen with translational research with the goal of empowering internal medicine physicians with the means to enhance outcomes among their patients and minimize cardiovascular threats.