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Program - 2025

Maurice McGregor Cardiovascular Research Day

Registration is required! Please make sure to register at the following link:ÌýÌý-ÌýDeadline to register is Tuesday, May 27, 2025 @ 11h30pm.

Oral Presentations as well as the Lucian Lecture will be held in the Cruess amphitheatre located in the E block of the RI-MUHC (ES1.1129)
Poster Presentations will be held in the Atrium - E block located at the Research Institute of the MUHC (GLEN)

Learning Objectives
To outline the cardiovascular research performed at ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï
To develop research activities for students, residents, and faculty within the Faculty of Medicine
To discuss updates on new findings, new technologies and new approaches to the detection and management of patients with cardiovascular disease

8:00 -Ìý 8:25

Registration

Research Institute of the ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Health CentreÌý(1001 Decarie Blvd, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3J1)
Atrium - E block in front of the security desk

8:25Ìý- 8:30 Introduction / Opening Remarks

Abhinav Sharma, MD, PhD

8:30Ìý-10:00

Oral Presentations - Session #1
moderated by Judy Luu, MD PhD

(Presenters will have a 5-minute question period)

8:30 -ÌýTa-Yu Yang: The Genetic Etiology of Dilated Cardiomyopathy: A Whole-Exome Sequencing Study

8:45 -ÌýKevin Perez:ÌýIndexation of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Parameters by AI-Derived Lean Body Mass as a Predictor for Heart Failure

9:00 -ÌýJae Hyun Byun: Single-cell Transcriptomic Characterization of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque Instability

9:15 -ÌýZakaria Ratemi:ÌýIdentifying Clinical Predictors of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Following Major Thoracic Surgery

9:30 -ÌýAmir Razaghizad:ÌýPlasma proteomics, myocardial structure, and clinical outcomes in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: insights from the NETDiamond cohortÌý

9:45 -ÌýAnna Shanelova:ÌýLinking obesity and cardiovascular diseases: Defining underlying mechanisms and therapeutic potential of anorexigenic neuropeptidesÌý

10:00 - 10:15 Break Ìý
10:15 - 12:00

Poster finalists session
(10:15 - 10:55)

Poster viewing session
(10:55 -12:00)

moderators Mohsen Damavandi, PhD and Dominique Joyal, MD

(Poster finalistsÌýwill have a 4-minute question period)

10:15 –ÌýTara Serafi -ÌýFractional Flow Reserve-Guided Complete versus Culprit-Only Revascularization in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and Multivessel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

10:23 –ÌýMehran MottahediÌý-ÌýUnraveling Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Predictive Plasma Biomarkers for Enhanced Diagnosis

10:31 –ÌýChristoforos TravlosÌý-ÌýImpact of Atrial Fibrillation on Cardiac Remodeling in Patients on Dialysis: Insights from a Longitudinal Study

10:39 –ÌýSaumya Naik -ÌýThe impact of type 2 diabetes on the gut microbiome in a mouse model of cardiac surgery

10:47 –ÌýMarcus SaldanhaÌý-ÌýUtility of non-invasive MRI assessment of tenosynovial amyloidosis for early detection of cardiac amyloidosis: UNRAVEL, a pilot study

12:00 - 1:00

Louis & Artur Lucian Award Lecture

The Lucian Award Lecture will be hybrid

Zoom link:Ìý

2024 Lucian Award Recipient

Joseph C. Wu, MD, PhD
Director,ÌýStanford Cardiovascular Institute
Professor ofÌýMedicineÌýandÌýRadiology.Ìý
Stanford University

Stem Cells & Genomics: From Precision Medicine to Clinical Trials in Dish

PDF icon lucian award 2024 dr joseph wu fr
PDF icon poster lucian award 2024 dr joseph wu eng

1:00 - 1:30

Lunch

Lunch will be served to participants in the Atrium E blockÌýnear Presse Café.

Only registered participants will be served a lunch upon presentation of their meal ticket.

1:30 - 3:00

Oral Presentations - Session #2

moderated by Stéphanie Lehoux, MD PhD

(Presenters will have a 5-minute question period)

1:30 -ÌýHarry Moroz:ÌýLifespan Multimorbidity Trajectories in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Pathways to Precision Care

1:45 -ÌýÌýJonathan O’Connor Miranda: Mannose decreases inflammatory immune cell recruitment and regulates their mitochondrial function leading to reduced atherosclerosis in ApoE-/- mice.

2:00 -ÌýVanessa Debay: Family Engagement in the Cardiac ICU: Insights from the FAME Study

2:15 -ÌýÌýKate Lindsay: Baseline Breath-Hold Heterogeneity of Myocardial Oxygenation as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Risk - a Study Using Oxygenation-Sensitive Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

2:30 -ÌýMyriam Bellemare: Impact of a Cloud-Based Care Coordination Platform on Treatment Delays for STEMI Patients Identified in the Field and Transferred Directly to Cath Lab within a Hub-and-Spoke System

2:45 -ÌýLudovic Mouttet: Unraveling Cardiotoxicity Mechanisms in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Cardiomyocytes Derived from Patients With Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiomyopathy

3:00 - 3:15

Break

Ìý
3:15Ìý- 3:20

Awards

Abhinav Sharma, MD, PhD
3:25Ìý- 3:30

Closing remarks

Stella Daskalopoulou, MD, PhD

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