Medical Digest & Congress Report

Professor Julie De Backer co-chaired the 2025 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease and pregnancy at ESC 2025 Congress.

Video: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6jHEqlydLBarYQmDYF6gRA

Professor Iacopo Olivotto shared the new insights in the management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at ESC 2025 Congress.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:new-insights-management-hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy-exploring-clinical-spectrum

Professor Christi Deaton co-chaired the 2025 ESC consensus statement on mental health and cardiovascular disease at ESC 2025 Congress.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:2025-esc-consensus-statement-mental-health-and-cardiovascular-disease

Professor Massimo Volpe chaired an interesting session on the importance of influenza vaccination in older people at ESC 2025 Congress.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:importance-influenza-vaccination-older-people-report-esc-2025

Professor Jeanette Schulz-Menger co-chaired the 2025 ESC Guidelines for the management of myocarditis and pericarditis at ESC 2025 Congress.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:2025-esc-guidelines-management-myocarditis-and-pericarditis

Professor Fabien Praz co-chaired the 2025 ESC/EACTS guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease at ESC 2025 Congress.

Vidoe: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:2025-esceacts-guidelines-management-valvular-heart-disease

Professor Francois Mach co-chaired the 2025 focused update of the 2019 ESC/EAS guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias at ESC 2025 Congress.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:2025-focused-update-2019-esceas-guidelines-management-dyslipidaemias

We asked Professor Rebecca Edelmayer, Vice President of Scientific Engagement at the Alzheimer's Association about important news about the diagnosis and treatment of dementia at AAIC 2025.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:importance-early-detection-and-diagnosis-dementia

Important Websites

ALZPro -- Your central hub offering the latest clinical guidelines, education and training, research publications and practical tools for researchers, clinicians and dementia care providers. Built to empower all dementia professionals, ALZPro delivers timely, relevant resources to advance evidence-informed, person-centered care.

https://pro.alz.org/

ALZ-NET -- Collects clinical and safety data about patients being evaluated for memory concerns or receiving new FDA-approved treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, including drugs/medications and devices, and tracks the long-term health outcomes associated with their use in real-world settings. ALZ-NET is a voluntary health care provider-enrolled patient network.

https://www.alz-net.org/

U.S. POINTER -- A clinical trial to evaluate whether lifestyle interventions that simultaneously target multiple risk factors protect cognitive function in older adults (age 60-79) at increased risk for cognitive decline. It is the first such study to be conducted in a large group of U.S. residents.

https://www.alz.org/us-pointer/home.asp

https://www.alz.org/us-pointer/study-results.asp

AAIC 2026 -- London

https://aaic.alz.org/

Professor Frauke Förger shares his insights on antirheumatic drugs in reproduction, pregnancy, and lactation. Gave a systematic literature review informing the 2024 update of the EULAR recommendations.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:antirheumatic-drugs-reproduction-pregnancy-and-lactation-systematic-literature-review-informing-2024-update-eular-recommendations

Professor Antonis Fanouriakis shares his insights on what is new in systemic lupus erythematosus at EULAR 2024.

Video: https://medicaldigest.org/scientific-contents/interview:what-new-systemic-lupus-erythematosus