Program
Please note: This Program is shown in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).
*This program is subject to change.
Thursday, August 6, 2026
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Track 4
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| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
President's Reception
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Track 2
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President's Reception
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Track 3
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Track 4
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| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
President's Reception
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Track 5
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Track 6
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| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
President's Reception
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Track 7
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Track 8
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| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
President's Reception
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Track 9
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Track 10
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| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
President's Reception
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| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
President's Reception
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Track 2
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President's Reception
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Track 3
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| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
President's Reception
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Track 4
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| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
President's Reception
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Track 5
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| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
President's Reception
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Track 6
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| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
President's Reception
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Track 7
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| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
President's Reception
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Track 8
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| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
President's Reception
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Track 9
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| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
President's Reception
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Track 10
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| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
President's Reception
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Friday, August 7, 2026
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Track 4
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Track 5
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| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM |
Opening Ceremony
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| 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science | |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM |
Morning Tea - Friday
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| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Clinical / Surgical: Women’s cardiovascular disease | Heart Failure: The acutely failing heart |
| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Clinical / Surgical: Aortic stenosis - the increasing complexities of managing this common condition | Heart Failure: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Friday
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| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Clinical / Surgical: Late breaking clinical trials, innovations and equity | Heart Failure: Gaston Bauer Lecture and Heart Failure Prize session |
| 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM |
CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars
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Track 6
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Track 7
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| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM |
Opening Ceremony
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| 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science | |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM |
Morning Tea - Friday
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| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Imaging: Cardiac CT state-of-the-art and Cardiac Imaging Prize session | Multidisciplinary: Allied Health, Science and Technology Prize session |
| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Imaging: AI in imaging | Multidisciplinary: Management of hypertension |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Friday
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| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Imaging: Imaging for the non-imager – practical pearls | Multidisciplinary: Increasing equity in cardiac rehabilitation (Joint session with the Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association) |
| 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM |
CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars
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Track 8
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Track 9
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| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM |
Opening Ceremony
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| 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science | |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM |
Morning Tea - Friday
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| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Paediatric and Congenital Prize session | Innovation combined session with Multidisciplinary: Sub-specialty clinics - care fragmentation or super-specialised: Towards achieving equity of access |
| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Aortopathy and aortic valve surgery in children and young adults | Innovation: Early detection and treatment of coronary artery disease before a heart attack |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Friday
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| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Innovation in childhood onset heart disease: Thinking for the future | Innovation: Innovation to enhance women's heart health |
| 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM |
CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars
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Track 10
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| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM |
Opening Ceremony
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| 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM |
Morning Tea - Friday
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| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Genetics Prize session |
| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Pacific Prize session |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Friday
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| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Preventative Cardiology Prize session |
| 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM |
CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars
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Track 2
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| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM |
Opening Ceremony
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| 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM |
Morning Tea - Friday
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| Returned Traveller Session: Interventional/Structural | |
| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Arrhythmia / EP: ECGs in the EP lab: All you need to know |
| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Arrhythmia / EP: Heart Rhythm Prize session |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Friday
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| Returned Traveller Session: Electrophysiology | |
| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Arrhythmia / EP combined session with Genetics: SCD risk assessment and managing arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies in adults |
| 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM |
CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars
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Track 3
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| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM |
Opening Ceremony
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| 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM |
Morning Tea - Friday
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| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Cardio-oncology - new mechanistic insights and therapeutic opportunities |
| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery combined session with Genetics: Gene therapies for cardiovascular disease |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Friday
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| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Inflammation, fibrosis and cardiovascular function: new insights into old concepts |
| 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM |
CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars
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Track 4
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| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM |
Opening Ceremony
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| 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM |
Morning Tea - Friday
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| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Clinical / Surgical: Women’s cardiovascular disease |
| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Clinical / Surgical: Aortic stenosis - the increasing complexities of managing this common condition |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Friday
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| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Clinical / Surgical: Late breaking clinical trials, innovations and equity |
| 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM |
CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars
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Track 5
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| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM |
Opening Ceremony
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| 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM |
Morning Tea - Friday
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| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Heart Failure: The acutely failing heart |
| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Heart Failure: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Friday
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| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Heart Failure: Gaston Bauer Lecture and Heart Failure Prize session |
| 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM |
CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars
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Track 6
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| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM |
Opening Ceremony
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| 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM |
Morning Tea - Friday
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| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Imaging: Cardiac CT state-of-the-art and Cardiac Imaging Prize session |
| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Imaging: AI in imaging |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Friday
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| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Imaging: Imaging for the non-imager – practical pearls |
| 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM |
CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars
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Track 7
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| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM |
Opening Ceremony
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| 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM |
Morning Tea - Friday
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| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Multidisciplinary: Allied Health, Science and Technology Prize session |
| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Multidisciplinary: Management of hypertension |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Friday
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| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Multidisciplinary: Increasing equity in cardiac rehabilitation (Joint session with the Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association) |
| 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM |
CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars
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Track 8
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| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM |
Opening Ceremony
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| 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM |
Morning Tea - Friday
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| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Paediatric and Congenital Prize session |
| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Aortopathy and aortic valve surgery in children and young adults |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Friday
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| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Innovation in childhood onset heart disease: Thinking for the future |
| 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM |
CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars
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Track 9
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| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM |
Opening Ceremony
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| 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM |
Morning Tea - Friday
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| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Innovation combined session with Multidisciplinary: Sub-specialty clinics - care fragmentation or super-specialised: Towards achieving equity of access |
| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Innovation: Early detection and treatment of coronary artery disease before a heart attack |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Friday
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| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Innovation: Innovation to enhance women's heart health |
| 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM |
CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars
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Track 10
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| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM |
Opening Ceremony
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| 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary: RT Hall Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Basic and Translational Science |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM |
Morning Tea - Friday
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| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Genetics Prize session |
| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch - Friday
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| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Pacific Prize session |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Friday
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| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Preventative Cardiology Prize session |
| 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM |
CSANZ and ANZET Cocktail Party: A Night Under the Stars
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Saturday, August 8, 2026
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Track 10
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| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | |
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Morning Tea - Saturday
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| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
APSC Session: Testing pathways for patients with suspected CAD in clinic setting: Variation across the Asia–Pacific region
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| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch - Saturday
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| 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
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| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Interventional / ANZET for the general cardiologist |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Saturday
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| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Heart Lung and Circulation – European Heart Journal 2026 Joint Session |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Paediatric and Congenital Dinner
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| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
ISHR AGM & Dinner
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Track 2
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| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | Breakfast session: Arrhythmia / EP: Debate: Stroke prevention in AF |
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Morning Tea - Saturday
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| Returned Traveller Session: Heart Failure | |
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Arrhythmia / EP: EP for the non-EPs |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch - Saturday
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| 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
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| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Arrhythmia / EP: Advances in AF management |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Saturday
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| Returned Traveller Session: Cardiac Imaging | |
| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Arrhythmia / EP: Advances in ventricular arrhythmia management |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Paediatric and Congenital Dinner
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| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
ISHR AGM & Dinner
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Track 3
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| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | Breakfast Session: Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Spatial transcriptomics - key considerations before you start |
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Morning Tea - Saturday
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| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Winifred G. Nayler Lecture and ISHR Student Investigator Finalists session |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch - Saturday
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| 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
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| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Future diagnostics and treatments: Enabling power of spatial biology and multiomics |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Saturday
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| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: Interactive session: Forward and reverse translation |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Paediatric and Congenital Dinner
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| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
ISHR AGM & Dinner
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Track 4
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| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | Breakfast Session: Clinical / Surgical: Digital health, AI and data science |
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Morning Tea - Saturday
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| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Clinical / Surgical: Victor Chang Memorial Lecture and Clinical Prize finalists |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch - Saturday
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| 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
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| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Clinical / Surgical: The great debate: Coronary artery disease - are we getting it wrong? |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Saturday
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| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Clinical / Surgical: Pulmonary thromboembolism - challenges in diagnosis and management |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Paediatric and Congenital Dinner
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| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
ISHR AGM & Dinner
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Track 5
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| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | Breakfast Session: Heart Failure: Heart failure for outpatient cardiologist - what you need to know |
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Morning Tea - Saturday
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| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Heart Failure: Cardio-oncology |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch - Saturday
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| 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
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| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Heart Failure combined session with Genetics: Heart failure through to transplant and beyond |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Saturday
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| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Heart Failure combined session with Imaging: (see Imaging stream)
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| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Paediatric and Congenital Dinner
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| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
ISHR AGM & Dinner
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Track 6
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| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | Breakfast Session: Imaging: Rural, remote and outreach |
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Morning Tea - Saturday
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| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Imaging: Structural and strain the echocardiographic frontier |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch - Saturday
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| 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
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| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Imaging: Controversies, standard care and the future |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Saturday
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| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Imaging combined session with Heart Failure and Genetics: Inflammatory and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Paediatric and Congenital Dinner
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| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
ISHR AGM & Dinner
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Track 7
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| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | Breakfast Session: Multidisciplinary: Structural heart disease: Case study: Multiple dilemmas |
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Morning Tea - Saturday
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| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Multidisciplinary: Patricia M. Davidson Lecture and Nursing Prize session |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch - Saturday
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| 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
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| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Multidisciplinary: Obesity and cardiometabolic health |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Saturday
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| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Multidisciplinary: Complexities and challenges in decision making |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Paediatric and Congenital Dinner
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| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
ISHR AGM & Dinner
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Track 8
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| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | Breakfast Session: Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Intervention in adults with congenital heart disease |
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Morning Tea - Saturday
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| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Paediatric / Adult Congenital combined session with Genetics: Ventricular arrhythmia, sudden death and genetics: A focus on children and young people |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch - Saturday
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| 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
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| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Heart failure and cardiac transplantation in children and congenital heart disease |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Saturday
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| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Neonates with critical heart disease |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Paediatric and Congenital Dinner
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| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
ISHR AGM & Dinner
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Track 9
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| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | |
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Morning Tea - Saturday
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| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Innovation: Measuring the impact of innovation in our health system - dashboards to drive prioritisation |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch - Saturday
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| 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
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| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Innovation - A joint session of CSANZ and ACvA: Connecting Australian and NZ research and innovation to the "health system dial" |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Saturday
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| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | International Session - with ESC, ACC, CCS: Heart failure without borders: Can global guidelines be harmonised? |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Paediatric and Congenital Dinner
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| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
ISHR AGM & Dinner
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Track 10
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| 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM | |
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Plenary: Kempson Maddox Lecture and Ralph Reader Prize Session: Clinical |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Morning Tea - Saturday
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| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
APSC Session: Testing pathways for patients with suspected CAD in clinic setting: Variation across the Asia–Pacific region
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| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch - Saturday
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| 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
CSANZ AGM and Prize Ceremony
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| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Interventional / ANZET for the general cardiologist |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Afternoon Tea - Saturday
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| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Heart Lung and Circulation – European Heart Journal 2026 Joint Session |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Paediatric and Congenital Dinner
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| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
ISHR AGM & Dinner
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Sunday, August 9, 2026
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Track 3
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Track 4
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Track 5
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Track 6
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Track 7
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Track 8
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast Session: HLC 2026: Special focus issues | ||||||
| 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM |
MBS Compliance Q&A Presented by the Department of Health |
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| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Arrhythmia / EP: Implantable devices: What's the latest? | Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: New therapeutic targets and treatments for CVD | Clinical / Surgical combined session with Multidisciplinary: Cardiac surgical care | Heart Failure: Practical management in and out of hospital | Imaging: State of Origin Cardiovascular Imaging Jeopardy | Multidisciplinary: Rapid-fire: Acute clinical care (In association with Australasian Cardiovascular Nursing College) | Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Managing risk in childhood-onset heart disease: Lifelong care |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Morning Tea - Sunday
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| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Closing Plenary:
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Track 3
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast Session: HLC 2026: Special focus issues | |
| 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM |
MBS Compliance Q&A Presented by the Department of Health |
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| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Arrhythmia / EP: Implantable devices: What's the latest? | Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: New therapeutic targets and treatments for CVD |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Morning Tea - Sunday
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| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Closing Plenary:
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Track 4
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Track 5
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | ||
| 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM | ||
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Clinical / Surgical combined session with Multidisciplinary: Cardiac surgical care | Heart Failure: Practical management in and out of hospital |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Morning Tea - Sunday
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| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Closing Plenary:
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Track 6
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Track 7
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | ||
| 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM | ||
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Imaging: State of Origin Cardiovascular Imaging Jeopardy | Multidisciplinary: Rapid-fire: Acute clinical care (In association with Australasian Cardiovascular Nursing College) |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Morning Tea - Sunday
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| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Closing Plenary:
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Track 8
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | |
| 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Managing risk in childhood-onset heart disease: Lifelong care |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Morning Tea - Sunday
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| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Closing Plenary:
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | |
| 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM |
MBS Compliance Q&A Presented by the Department of Health |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Arrhythmia / EP: Implantable devices: What's the latest? |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Morning Tea - Sunday
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| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Closing Plenary:
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Track 3
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast Session: HLC 2026: Special focus issues |
| 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Mechanisms and Preclinical Discovery: New therapeutic targets and treatments for CVD |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Morning Tea - Sunday
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| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Closing Plenary:
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Track 4
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | |
| 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Clinical / Surgical combined session with Multidisciplinary: Cardiac surgical care |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Morning Tea - Sunday
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| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Closing Plenary:
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Track 5
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | |
| 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Heart Failure: Practical management in and out of hospital |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Morning Tea - Sunday
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| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Closing Plenary:
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Track 6
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | |
| 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Imaging: State of Origin Cardiovascular Imaging Jeopardy |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Morning Tea - Sunday
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| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Closing Plenary:
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Track 7
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | |
| 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Multidisciplinary: Rapid-fire: Acute clinical care (In association with Australasian Cardiovascular Nursing College) |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Morning Tea - Sunday
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| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Closing Plenary:
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Track 8
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| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | |
| 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Paediatric / Adult Congenital: Managing risk in childhood-onset heart disease: Lifelong care |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Morning Tea - Sunday
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| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Closing Plenary:
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