YBC Young Baltic Cardio 11–12 Sep 2026 · Klaipėda

YOUNG BALTIC
CARDIO 2026

The first edition of the Young Baltic Cardio Conference brings together leading experts, researchers and clinicians from across the Baltic countries and beyond to share the latest advances in cardiology.

Date
11–12 September 2026
Venue
Victoria Hotel, Klaipėda
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Young Baltic Cardio 2026 conference poster
Organised by
Lithuanian Society of Cardiology
About the conference

General Information

Everything you need to plan your trip to Klaipėda — venue, accommodation, transport and the city itself.

Venue

Victoria Hotel Klaipėda, S. Šimkaus g. 2, LT-92128, Klaipėda, Lithuania.

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Airport

Palanga International Airport is 32 km from the city centre.

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Taxi from airport

Approx. €25–30 to the city centre. Apps recommended: Bolt, eTAKSI, ETRANSPORT.

Public Transport

Train Riga–Klaipėda (1 change in Šiauliai). Buses from Riga & Tallinn via Eurolines / Flixbus.

Accommodation

For a pleasant stay during Young Baltic Cardio 2026 we recommend rooms at the Victoria Hotel, the conference venue.

Discover Klaipėda

Klaipėda's Old Town is unique in Lithuania for its German influence — geometrically straight streets and 18th-century Fachwerk architecture. Historically known as Memel, it briefly served as a temporary capital of the Kingdom of Prussia in the early 19th century.

Klaipėda is Lithuania's gateway to the Baltic Sea. Melnragė I and II beaches are 10–15 minutes from the city centre by bus, and Melnragė I features a long pier — a popular spot to watch ships entering the port.

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Keynote Speakers

Confirmed International Faculty

Internationally recognised experts in heart failure, cardiomyopathies and cardiac amyloidosis.

PE

Perry Elliott

Head of the UCL Centre for Heart Muscle Disease and lead of the Inherited Cardiovascular Disease Unit at Bart's Heart Centre, London, UK

MF

Marianna Fontana

Professor of Cardiology and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, University College London, UK

HSA

Hatem Soliman Aboumarie

Consultant in Intensive Care, Harefield Hospital · Honorary Senior Lecturer, King's College London, UK

EN

Emil Najjar

Karolinska Institute, Sweden — Advanced Heart Failure

Scientific Programme

Two days, three core themes

Heart Failure on Day 1, Cardiomyopathies and Amyloidosis on Day 2 — combining lectures, hands-on sessions and case discussions.

Day 1 · Heart Failure

Friday, 11 September 2026

Start 10:00 · Each lecture 15–20 min
10:00 Opening & Heart Failure — Morning Session
10:00

Welcome & overview

Introduction · 5 min
10:05

Kahoot questionnaire (Heart Failure)

Interactive · 10 min
10:15

HFpEF and HFrEF: news from ESC 2026

20 min
10:35

Residual congestion: where are we?

20 min
10:55

Congestion: what happens in kidneys stays not only in kidneys

Impact of residual congestion · 20 min
11:15

Multiparametric evaluation of congestion: from lab to AI

20 min
11:35

Lung ultrasound: where to start

Hatem Soliman Aboumarie, Royal Brompton, UK · 20 min
11:55

Q&A

10 min
12:05 Lunch & Satellite Symposia
12:05

Lunch break

Until 13:00
12:05

Satellite 1 — Decongestion: importance of new MRAs

20 min
12:25

Satellite 2 — SGLT2

20 min
12:45

Satellite 3

20 min · in parallel: Hands-on Lung Ultrasound
14:00 Decongestion Strategies — Afternoon Session
14:00

Diuretic effects of food and HF medications

20 min
14:20

Strategies for in-hospital decongestion: what, how and when?

20 min
14:40

Decongested at home: parameters before congestion becomes overt

20 min
15:00

VeXUS protocol for evaluation of congestion

Hatem Soliman Aboumarie, Royal Brompton, UK · 20 min
15:20

Time for palliative care: when, how?

20 min
15:40

Q&A

10 min
15:50

Coffee break

20 min · Hands-on VeXUS in parallel (40–60 min)
16:10

Satellite 4 — Overcoming patient's prognosis: optimising treatment (SGLT2)

20 min
17:00 When Drugs Are Not Enough — Interventional Strategies
17:00

Success and disappointment: overview of new interventional strategies

Shunt devices, TEER, CRT, pulmonary artery reducers · 20 min
17:20

Cardiac resynchronisation therapy: guidelines and beyond

CRT vs. bundle branch pacing · 20 min
17:40

Secondary mitral regurgitation: COAPT vs. MITRA-FR

When to choose a TEER · 20 min
18:00

Advanced heart failure: when drugs are not the final step

Emil Najjar, Karolinska Institute, Sweden · 20 min
18:20

Q&A

10 min
19:00

Conference Dinner — Victoria Hotel

Networking dinner
Day 2 · Cardiomyopathies & Amyloidosis

Saturday, 12 September 2026

Start 09:00
09:00 Cardiomyopathies — Morning Session
09:00

Kahoot questionnaire (HCM / HOCM)

Interactive · 10 min
09:10

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: one term, multiple facets

What can be hidden? · 20 min
09:30

Diagnostic algorithm in HCM

20 min
09:50

Genetics in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Genotype vs. phenotype, monogenic vs. polygenic, gene therapy & the VUS dilemma · 20 min
10:10

SCD prevention in HCM: from risk scores to clinical reality

Includes panel discussion on ESC vs. AHA/ACC risk calculators · 20 min
10:30

Coffee break

30 min
11:00 HOCM & Beyond
11:00

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: causes, mechanisms, outcomes

20 min
11:20

Treatment strategies: obstruction and beyond

Arrhythmia, anticoagulants & more · 20 min
11:40

Any place left for surgery and interventions?

20 min
12:00

Surveillance and sports in HCM: from restrictions to liberalisation

20 min
12:20

Q&A

10 min
12:30

Lunch break

12:30 – 13:30
13:30 Amyloidosis — Afternoon Session
13:30

Kahoot questionnaire (amyloidosis)

Interactive · 10 min
13:40

Amyloidosis: state of the art

Marianna Fontana, UK · 30 min
14:10

Diagnostic paths and imaging

Differentiating the type of amyloid · 20 min
14:30

Coffee break

20 min
14:50

Satellite 5

20 min
15:10

Satellite 6

20 min · in parallel: Hands-on echo "Which one to suspect" (40 min)
15:30

Treatment strategies in amyloidosis

20 min
15:50

Follow-up: what matters and what remains unclear

Biomarkers and beyond · 20 min
16:10

Clinical cases discussion

20 min
16:30

Q&A & closure of the conference

10 min

The programme is preliminary and may be updated as additional speakers are confirmed.

Registration

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Early-bird pricing is open until 31 July 2026. Save up to €30 by registering today.

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€50
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Late rate from 1 August 2026

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Early-bird rate
€70
Early €70 · Late €100
Late rate from 1 August 2026

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