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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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.

Reservations via hotelvictoria.lt/klaipeda
Special rate using the code BaltCardio2026 — to use it, email reservations directly to sl1.klaipeda@hotelvictoria.lt
Alternative options: top10hotels.com

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.

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

Marianna Fontana

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

Hatem Soliman Aboumarie

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

Emil Najjar

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

Michele Senni

Chief of the Cardiovascular Department and Division of Cardiology,Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy

Scientific Programme

Two days, three core themes

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

Day 1 · Heart Failure

Friday, 11 September 2026

Start 10:00

10:00 Heart Failure — Morning Session

10:00

HFpEF and HFrEF in 2026: key ESC guideline updates and changes

20 min

10:20

Residual congestion in HF: where are we?

How common, how to detect, how bad is the prognosis · 20 min

10:40

Congestion: what happens in kidneys stays not only in kidneys

20 min

11:00

Multiparametric evaluation of congestion: biomarkers, imaging and AI tools

20 min

11:20

Lung ultrasound to guide decongestion: how to start in daily practice

Hatem Soliman Aboumarie, UK · 20 min

11:40

Q&A

10 min

12:00 Lunch & Satellite Symposia

12:00

Lunch break

12:00 – 13:00

12:00

Satellite 1

20 min

12:20

Satellite 2

20 min · in parallel: Hands-on lung ultrasound

14:00 Decongestion Strategies — Afternoon Session

14:00

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

20 min

14:20

Outpatient congestion: drugs, devices

20 min

14:40

Time for palliative care in advanced HF: when, how and when not to intervene?

20 min

15:00

VeXUS protocol for evaluation of venous congestion

Principles, acquisition and interpretation · Hatem Soliman Aboumarie, UK · 20 min

15:20

Q&A

10 min

15:30

Coffee break

20 min · Hands-on VeXUS protocol in parallel (40–60 min)

15:50

Satellite 3

20 min

16:10

Satellite 4

20 min

17:00 When Drugs Are Not Enough — Interventional Strategies

17:00

Success and disappointment: overview of new interventional strategies

Shunt devices, pulmonary artery reducers · 20 min

17:20

Cardiac resynchronisation therapy: guidelines and beyond

CRT vs. conduction system pacing · 20 min

17:40

Secondary mitral regurgitation: long-term results of COAPT vs. MITRA-FR

When to choose a TEER (Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair) · 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

State of the Art in HCM

Perry Elliott, UK · 30 min

09:30

SCD prevention in HCM: from risk scores to clinical reality

20 min

09:50

Is there still a place for surgery and other interventions in HOCM?

20 min

10:10

Coffee break

20 min

10:30 Hands-on & Panel

10:30

Hands-on for everyone: CPET and stress echo in HCM, live case

40 min

11:10

Surveillance and sports in HCM: from restrictions to liberalization and shared decision-making

20 min

11:30

Panel discussion: what truly matters in HCM

30 min

12:00

Lunch break

12:00 – 13:00

13:00 Amyloidosis — Afternoon Session

13:00

Kahoot questionnaire (amyloidosis)

Interactive · 10 min

13:10

Early detection of cardiac amyloidosis

20 min

13:30

Treatment of amyloidosis: place of TTR suppressors in clinical practice

20 min

13:50

Cardiac amyloidosis: state of the Art

Marianna Fontana, UK · 30 min

14:20

Coffee break

20 min

14:40

Hidden signs and red flags: where to search for amyloid in everyday practice?

20 min

15:00

Multimodality imaging in amyloidosis and prognostication

20 min

15:20

Panel discussion: follow-up in cardiac amyloidosis and what remains unknown

30 min

16:00

Closure of the conference

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

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

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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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