Atherosclerosis and Cardiometabolic Diseases
- Understanding triggers of atherosclerosis and cardiometabolic diseases including diabetes
- Biomarkers for risk prediction and personalized pharmacogenomics
- Personalizing intervention strategies and innovative devices and tools (including imaging)
Brain and Heart
- Impact of mental illness on cardiovascular disease
- Brain and heart axis in drug use/abuse
- Microvascular disease in stroke, dementia and cognitive impairment
- Rhythm synchrony and dyssynchrony between brain and heart
- Psychological and behavioural interventions to improve mental and cardiovascular health
Arrhythmias
- Causes of atrial fibrillation and reversibility
- Early detection and accurate classification
- Risk prediction rules/devices and personalizing treatment strategies, e.g., 4D molecular imaging
- Prevention strategies including the impact of obesity and lifestyle interventions
Heart Failure
- Improved classification and understanding of major forms of heart failure
- Novel biomarkers and treatment targets
- Personalized medicine through innovative treatment strategies and molecular imaging
- Early detection and treatment of HF, including indigenous populations and new tools
- Cardiac transplant vasculopathy
Valvular Heart Disease
- How valvular diseases develop
- Screening for familial cases
- Personalized risk stratification for best disease management and outcomes
- Innovative surgical and transcatheter therapies