The 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Heart Failure Society

Program

Conference Schedule Abstract_en

Special Lecture

Special Lecture 1

9:00 – 9:45, Friday, October 23
Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)

The Rapidly Evolving Landscape of Acute Mechanical Support Therapy for Cardiogenic Shock

Chairs
  • Kenji Sunagawa
  • （Circulatory System Research Foundation）
Speaker
  • Navin Kapur
  • （J&J MedTech Heart Recovery, Danvers, USA）

Special Lecture 2

9:50 – 10:35, Friday, October 23
Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)

Expanding Our Therapies Into Ambulatory C2D Heart Failure: A Call To Action

Chairs
  • Yoshihiko Saito
  • （Nara City Hospital）
Speaker
  • Lynne Warner Stevenson
  • （Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA）

Special Lecture 3

11:30 – 12:15, Friday, October 23
Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)

Beyond Silos: The Future of Multidisciplinary Heart Failure Care

Chairs
  • Masafumi Kitakaze
  • （Hanwa Memorial Hospital）
Speaker
  • Tiny Jaarsma
  • （Department of Health, Medicine, and Caring Sciences, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden / University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands）

Special Lecture 4

14:40 – 15:25, Friday, October 23
Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)

The Role of Implantable Devices in Heart Failure

Chairs
  • Issei Komuro
  • （Department of Advanced Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital）
Speaker
  • JoAnn Lindenfeld
  • （Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA）

Special Lecture 5

14:15 – 15:00, Saturday, October 24
Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)

Heart Failure in 2026: Optimizing Comprehensive Therapy

Chairs
  • Shin-ichi Momomura
  • （Department of Cardiology, Seibu General Hospital）
Speaker
  • Giuseppe M C Rosano
  • （St George's University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK）

Special Lecture 6

15:10 – 15:55, Saturday, October 24
Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)

Reimagining Heart Failure with Artificial Intelligence

Chairs
  • Tsutomu Yoshikawa
  • （Department of Cardiology, Sakakibara Heart Institute）
Speaker
  • Gianluigi Savarese
  • （Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institute / Stockholm South General Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden）

Special Lecture 7

16:05 – 16:50, Saturday, October 24
Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)

Obesity and Heart Failure: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?

Chairs
  • Keiichi Fukuda
  • （Heartseed Inc.）
Speaker
  • Javed Butler
  • （Baylor Scott and White Health, Dallas, Texas / University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, USA）

Special Lecture 8

18:10 – 18:55, Saturday, October 24
Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)

Redefining HFpEF: Recent Advances

Chairs
  • Hiroyuki Tsutsui
  • （International University of Health and Welfare）
Speaker
  • Carolyn S P Lam
  • （National Heart Centre Singapore / Duke-National University of Singapore, Singapore）

Special Lecture 9

10:40 – 11:40, Sunday, October 25
Room 12 (TOYAMA SHIMIN PLAZA, AV STUDIO, 3F)

Paradigm Shifts in Heart Transplantation: How REUP Is Transforming the DCD Landscape

Chairs
  • Tomoyuki Fujita
  • （Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute of Science Tokyo）
Speaker
  • Ashish Shah
  • （Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA）

Presidential Lecture

Presidential Lecture From HFSA

10:40 – 11:25, Friday, October 23
Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)

Chairs
  • Hiroshi Ito
  • （Department of General Internal Medicine 3, Kawasaki Medical School）
Speaker
  • Michael M. Givertz
  • （Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, USA）

Presidential Lecture From KSHF

10:55 – 11:40, Saturday, October 24
Room 6 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, HO II, 3F)

The Rising Tide: Navigating the Future Burden of Heart Failure in a Super-Aging,
AI-Empowered Korea — The Role of the Korean Society of Heart Failure

Chairs
  • Yasuki Kihara
  • （Nishinomiya Watanabe Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Center）
Speaker
  • Byung Su Yoo
  • （Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea）

Congress President’s Special Program

Congress President’s Special Program 11

17:00 – 18:00, Saturday, October 24
Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)

Memorial Session Dedicated for Mike Bristow

Chairs
  • Koichiro Kinugawa
  • （Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Academic Assembly, University of Toyama）
Speaker
  • JoAnn Lindenfeld
  • （Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA）
  • Carlin S Long
  • （University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA）

Meet the Expert

Meet the Expert 1

10:05 – 10:35, Friday, October 23
Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)

Keita's Room

Chairs
  • Keita Saku
  • （Department of Hemodynamics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center）
Speaker
  • Navin Kapur
  • （J&J MedTech Heart Recovery, Danvers, USA）

Meet the Expert 2

9:55 – 10:25, Saturday, October 24
Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)

Naoko's Room

Chairs
  • Naoko Kato
  • （Department of Health, Medicine, and Caring Sciences, Linköping University）
Speaker
  • Tiny Jaarsma
  • （Department of Health, Medicine, and Caring Sciences, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden / University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands）

Meet the Expert 3

10:35 – 11:05, Saturday, October 24
Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)

Koichiro's Room

Chairs
  • Koichiro Kuwahara
  • （Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine）
Speaker
  • Gianluigi Savarese
  • （Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institute / Stockholm South General Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden）

Meet the Expert 4

11:10 – 11:40, Saturday, October 24
Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)

Kazuhiro's Room

Chairs
  • Kazuhiro Yamamoto
  • （National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center）
Speaker
  • Giuseppe M C Rosano
  • （St George's University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK）

Meet the Expert 5

14:15 – 14:45, Saturday, October 24
Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)

Yasuhiko's Room

Chairs
  • Yasuhiko Sakata
  • （Department of Clinical Research and Development / Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Hospital）
Speaker
  • Carolyn S P Lam
  • （National Heart Centre Singapore / Duke-National University of Singapore, Singapore）

Meet the Expert 6

14:55 – 15:25, Saturday, October 24
Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)

Takayuki's Room

Chairs
  • Takayuki Inomata
  • （Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences）
Speaker
  • Javed Butler
  • （Baylor Scott and White Health, Dallas, Texas / University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, USA）

Meet the Expert 7

15:35 – 16:20, Saturday, October 24
Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)

Ask the Experts: Women in HF

Chairs
  • Chisato Izumi
  • （Heart Failure and Transplantation Division, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center）
  • Minako Yamaoka-Tojo
  • （Department of Rehabilitation, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University）
Speaker
  • JoAnn Lindenfeld
  • （Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA）
  • Lynne Warner STEVENSON
  • （Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA）
  • Carolyn S P Lam
  • （National Heart Centre Singapore / Duke-National University of Singapore, Singapore）
  • Tiny Jaarsma
  • （Department of Health, Medicine, and Caring Sciences, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden / University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands）

Meet the Expert 8

16:25 – 16:55, Saturday, October 24
Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)

Koichiro's Room

Chairs
  • Koichiro Kinugawa
  • （Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Academic Assembly, University of Toyama）
Speaker
  • JoAnn Lindenfeld
  • （Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA）

Meet the Expert 9

17:05 – 17:35, Saturday, October 24
Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)

Naoki's Room

Chairs
  • Naoki Sato
  • （Kawaguchi Cardiovascular and Respiratory Hospital）
Speaker
  • Lynne Warner Stevenson
  • （Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA）

Meet the Expert 10

18:10 – 18:55, Saturday, October 24
Room 9 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA II, 3F)

Next Leaders for Advanced HF

Chairs
  • Koichiro Kinugawa
  • （Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Academic Assembly, University of Toyama）
  • Yasushi Sakata
  • （Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine）
Keynote Lecture
  • JoAnn Lindenfeld
  • （Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA）
Speaker
  • Makiko Nakamura
  • （Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toyama Hospital）
  • Takuma Sato
  • （Department of Transplantation Medicine, Heart Failure and Transplantation Division, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center）
  • Noriko Kikuchi
  • （Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University）
  • Takeo Fujino
  • （Department of Severe Cardiopulmonary Failure, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University）

Meet the Expert 11

10:10 – 11:10, Sunday, October 25
Room 1 (TOYAMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER, MAIN HALL, 3F)

Ask the Experts: Working Abroad as a Japanese Professional

Chairs
  • Koichiro Kinugawa
  • （Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Academic Assembly, University of Toyama）
  • Akira Shiose
  • （Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University）
Speaker
  • Fumiaki Ikeno
  • （Stanford University）
  • Naoko Kato
  • （Department of Health, Medicine, and Caring Sciences, Linköping University）
  • Yuichi Shimada
  • （Columbia University Irving Medical Center, USA）
  • Satoshi Miyashita
  • （Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dartmouth University Hospital）

Meet the Expert 12

11:15 – 11:45, Sunday, October 25
Room 4 (TOYAMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER, SPECIAL CONFERENCE ROOM, 2F)

Toru's Room

Chairs
  • Toru Kubo
  • （Department of Geriatric Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine, Kochi Medical School）
Speaker
  • Yuichi Shimada
  • （Columbia University Irving Medical Center, USA）

Joint Symposium

Joint Symposium 2

14:40 – 16:10, Friday, October 23
Room 5 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, HO III, 3F)

Heart Failure Management During Vulnerable Phase

Chairs
  • Chii-Ming Lee
  • （Catholic Fu-Jen University Hospital, Taiwan）
  • Naoki Sato
  • （Kawaguchi Cardiovascular and Respiratory Hospital）
Speaker
  • Yudai Fujimoto
  • （Department of Cardiology, Juntendo University）
  • Ryuichi Matsukawa
  • （Department of Heart Failure and Cardiology, Iizuka Hospital）
  • Yinghsien Chen
  • （Cardiovascular Center, National Taiwan University Hospital / Telehealth Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan）
  • Chao-Hung Wang
  • （Heart Failure Research Centre, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan / Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan）
  • Masataka Watanabe
  • （Miyabi Medical Corporation）

Joint Symposium 4

9:00 – 10:30, Friday, October 23
Room 7 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, HO I, 3F)

How to Integrate Emerging Therapies in the Era of DT?

Chairs
  • Michael M. Givertz
  • （Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, USA）
  • Koji Maemura
  • （Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences）
Speaker
  • Yuya Matsue
  • （Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine）
  • Michael M. Givertz
  • （Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, USA）
  • JoAnn Lindenfeld
  • （Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA）
  • Daisuke Nakamura
  • （Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University）
  • Makiko Nakamura
  • （Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toyama）

Joint Symposium 6

15:50 – 17:20, Saturday, October 24
Room 1 (TOYAMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER, MAIN HALL, 3F)

Digital Health and Heart Failure Management: Early Identification, Image Diagnosis, Phenotyping, Treatment-Decision Making

Chairs
  • Byung Su Yoo
  • （Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea）
  • Toshihisa Anzai
  • （Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University）
Speaker
  • Youngjin Cho
  • （Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Republic of Korea）
  • Nobuyuki Kagiyama
  • （Department of Cardiology, Juntendo University）
  • Kenya Kusunose
  • （Department of Cardiovascular, Renal and Neurological Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus）
  • Eung Ju Kim
  • （Cardiology Department, Korea University / A.Cure, Seoul, Republic of Korea）
  • Atsushi Mizuno
  • （Department of Cardiology, St. Luke's International Hospital）

Joint Symposium 8

17:25 – 18:55, Saturday, October 24
Room 3 (TOYAMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER, 203-204, 2F)

What Is the Optimal Patient Selection and Management for CRT and ICD?

Chairs
  • Gianluigi Savarese
  • （Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institute / Stockholm South General Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden）
  • Satoaki Matoba
  • （Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine）
Speaker
  • Frederik H. Verbrugge
  • （Centre of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Brussels, Jette, Belgium / Faculty of Medicine & Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium）
  • Gianluigi Savarese
  • （Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institute / Stockholm South General Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden）
  • Naoya Kataoka
  • （Department of Internal Medicine (Second Department), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama）
  • Nobuhiko Ueda
  • （National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center）
  • Marco Merlo
  • （Centre For Diagnosis and Management of Cardiomyopathies, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina-Trieste, Italy）
  • Fusako Sera
  • （Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University）

Young Investigator’s Award

Young Investigator’s Award 2

10:05 – 11:05, Friday, October 23
Room 4 (TOYAMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER, Conference Room, 2F)

Basic Science

Chairs
  • Carlin S Long
  • （University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA）
  • Yasuhiko Sakata
  • （Clinical Research and Development / Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Hospital）
Judges
  • Hiroyuki Okura
  • （Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University）
  • Hiroshi Akazawa
  • （Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Research, Strategic Research Center, Project Research Center, Institute of Medical Research, Kanazawa Medical University）
  • Shinsuke Yuasa
  • （Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University）
  • Masaharu Kataoka
  • （Second Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan）

Special Session

15:35 – 16:20, Friday, October 23
Room 8 (ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL TOYAMA, ASUKA I, 3F)

Heart Failure Care in Autumn 2026: A New Direction? Implications of the Revised Universal Definition and the 2026 ESC Heart Failure Guidelines

Chairs
  • Gianluigi Savarese
  • （Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institute / Stockholm South General Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden）
  • Yasuhiko Sakata
  • （Clinical Research and Development / Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Hospital）
Speaker
  • Gianluigi Savarese
  • （Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institute / Stockholm South General Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden）
  • Takeshi Kitai
  • （Heart Failure Division, Department of Heart Failure and Transplantation, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center）
  • Yuya Matsue
  • （Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University）
  • Toru Kondo
  • （Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University）

Organizer

Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toyama
2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
Tel: +81-76-434-7297

Congress Secretariat

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