Inflammatory Heart Disease

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Inflammatory Heart Disease

Inflammation is increasingly understood as a unifying mechanism in cardiovascular disease. Sessions cover myocarditis (viral, autoimmune, immune-checkpoint-inhibitor-related), cardiac sarcoidosis, Chagas heart disease, systemic-autoimmune cardiovascular involvement, residual inflammatory risk after ACS (CANTOS, ZEUS, HERMES), and anti-IL-1, anti-IL-6 and colchicine strategies. Discussion includes the diagnostic role of CMR and FDG-PET and the developing inflammation-modulating pipeline.

Topics covered in this session
  • Myocarditis (viral, autoimmune, ICI)
  • Cardiac sarcoidosis diagnosis
  • Chagas heart disease
  • Systemic-autoimmune CV involvement
  • Anti-IL-1 and anti-IL-6 therapy
  • Residual inflammatory risk after ACS
  • CMR and FDG-PET imaging
  • Inflammation-modulating pipeline