Lectures and seminars Aortic symposium

28-05-2026 4:40 pm - 6:20 pm Add to iCal
Karolinska University Hospital, Solna BioClinicum J3:06 Ulf von Eulersalen.

Keynote lecture by,
Dr. John A. Elefteriades, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yale School of Medicine.

Program

16:40 Welcome, Hanna Björck

16:45 – 17:15 Prof. John A. Elefteriades (Yale University, USA) – AI-based aortic risk calculator for thoracic aortic aneurysms

17:15 – 17:30 Malin Granbom Koski, MD (Karolinska Institutet) - Long-Term Outcomes After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights Into Valve Morphology and Sex Differences

17:30 – 17:45 Antti Siika, MD, PhD (Karolinska Institutet) - Abdominal AorticAneurysms: PredictionofRuptureand LessonsFrom the Swedish Screening Program.

17:45 – 18:00 Artemy Zhigulev, PhD, (Karolinska Institutet) - Rare Regulatory Mutations Disrupt Mesenchymal Molecular Programs Driving Endocardial Cushion Formation in Bicuspid Aortic Valve

18:00 – 18:15 Prof. Tomas Gudbjartsson (University of Iceland) – NORCAAD, A modern Icelandic saga

18:15 – 18:20 Concluding remarks, Anders Franco-Cereceda

18:20 Mingle & light snacks