(AGENPARL) – lun 16 ottobre 2023 18th-20th October 2023
Palazzo Sersanti, Imola
XXIV CONGRESS
OF THE ITALIAN SOCIETY
OF CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH
PALAZZO SERSANTI
XXIV CONGRESS OF THE ITALIAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH
18TH-20TH OCTOBER 2023 PALAZZO SERSANTI, IMOLA
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Vincenzo Lionetti
(President of the Congress)
Teresa Pasqua
(Secretary of the Congress)
Andrea Gerbino
Alessandra Ghigo
Annunziatina Laurino
Francesco Lodola
Rosalinda Madonna
Michele Miragoli
Astrid Parenti
Claudia Penna
Carmine Rocca
Michele Samaja
Daniela Sorriento
Pietro Ameri
Tommaso Angelone
Lucio Barile
Sveva Bollini
Francesco Moccia
Pasquale Pagliaro
Stefano Tarantini
Carlo Gabriele Tocchetti
Serena Zacchigna
SIRC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Vincenzo Lionetti – President
Claudia Penna – Vice-President
Andrea Gerbino – Secretary
Annunziatina Laurino – Treasurer
Tommaso Angelone – Past-President
Alessandra Ghigo – Councillor
Francesco Lodola – Councillor
Rosalinda Madonna – Councillor
Michele Miragoli – Councillor
Carmine Rocca – Councillor
Michele Samaja – Delegate for
Relations with Patients Associations
Daniela Sorriento – Councillor
SIRC HONORARY PRESIDENT
Germano Di Sciascio
BOARD OF ARBITRATORS
Maria Carmela Cerra
Francesco Moccia
Astrid Parenti
BOARD OF AUDITORS
Monica Carmosino
Elena Guzzolino
Teresa Pasqua
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FACULTY
Pietro Ameri
Massimo Menetti
Tommaso Angelone
Michele Miragoli
Franca Barbic
Francesco Moccia
Lucio Barile
Lucia Mordidelli
Antonio Paolo Beltrami
Paolo Ortolani
Sveva Bollini
Elena Osto
Vincenzo Calderone
Pasquale Pagliaro
Giovanni Camici
Astrid Parenti
Roberto Caminiti
Teresa Pasqua
Monica Carmosino
Giovanna Maria Pelà
Barbara Casadei
Claudia Penna
Valeria Chiono
Maurizio Pesce
Raffaele De Caterina
Grant Pierce
Sanjiv Dhingra
Fabio A. Recchia
Francesco Fedele
Giuseppe Ristagno
Andrea Gerbino
Carmine Rocca
Alessandra Ghigo
Michele Samaja
Giuliano Grignaschi
Daniela Sorriento
Elena Guzzolino
Stefano Tarantini
Annunziatina Laurino
Gaetano Thiene
Vincenzo Lionetti
Carlo Gabriele Tocchetti
Giovanni Li Volti
Balwant S Tuana
Francesco Lodola
Zoltan Ungvari
Rosalinda Madonna
Christian Vergara
Michele Masetti
Serena Zacchigna
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Messaggio di benvenuto del Presidente
Care/i Colleghe/i,
Il Congresso della Società Italiana di Ricerche Cardiovascolari (SIRC) rappresenta l’evento
biennale di riferimento per tutte le cardioscienze del nostro Paese.
Questa edizione riveste un’importanza particolare poiché la SIRC festeggia il suo trentesimo
anniversario. Nel lontano 1993, il prof. Claudio Marcello Caldarera, già docente di biochimica
dell’Università di Bologna, ebbe l’intuizione di fondare la SIRC come luogo d’incontro e
confronto per le eccellenze scientifiche italiane operanti in tutto il mondo nel campo delle
ricerche cardiovascolari. Non a caso volle che Imola, la città natale di Antonio Maria Valsalva,
insigne medico, anatomista e chirurgo noto per il suo rigoroso metodo scientifico, di cui ricorre
quest’anno il trecentesimo anniversario della morte, ospitasse il Congresso. Imola, città Medaglia
d’Oro al Valore Militare, alla cui popolazione, duramente colpita dall’alluvione, la SIRC resta
vicino sin dalla prima ora.
Oggi, la SIRC è cresciuta e si è rinnovata grazie all’eccellente lavoro di chi ci ha preceduto,
continuando ad attrarre le menti più brillanti provenienti da diverse discipline scientifiche.
Nonostante l’instabilità del presente e l’incertezza del futuro, i cardioscienziati italiani si dedicano
instancabilmente con grande passione ed entusiasmo alle attività sperimentali, senza distogliere
lo sguardo da chi soffre a causa delle malattie cardiovascolari, acute e croniche, e merita risposte
tanto efficaci quanto adeguate.
Pertanto, insieme al Consiglio Direttivo e ai membri del Comitato Scientifico, è stato ideato
un Congresso ispirato all’obiettivo di sviluppo sostenibile n.3 dell’Agenda 2030 delle Nazioni
Unite, ovvero “Buona Salute e Benessere”. L’obiettivo è di voler mettere la SIRC nelle condizioni
di rispondere alle nuove sfide bio-mediche di un mondo profondamente cambiato dopo la
pandemia.
In questa edizione, proponiamo un programma di alto valore scientifico, articolato in otto
macroaree, per discutere di come l’invecchiamento, le differenze di genere, l’intelligenza
artificiale, gli stili di vita, i cambiamenti climatici, i fattori ambientali e il COVID19 stanno
definendo nuovi obiettivi della ricerca di base e applicata cardiovascolare e le loro prospettive
cliniche, sempre più personalizzate e di precisione. Parleremo anche di integrità ed etica della
ricerca animale.
A chi spesso guarda con sufficienza al nostro lavoro, mettendo in discussione i metodi utilizzati
dai ricercatori, sebbene nel rispetto dell’etica e della legge, ricordo che dietro la porta di ogni
laboratorio si trovano le lacrime, le speranze e le preghiere di file interminabili di persone
sofferenti che, insieme ai loro familiari, aspettano una soluzione con trepidazione. È a queste
persone che dobbiamo rendere conto, ricordandoci che non esiste la distinzione tra grandi e
piccole scoperte. Ogni passo avanti nella conoscenza è sempre un traguardo importante per la
salute e il benessere dell’umanità.
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Continuiamo a spalancare le porte della SIRC al dialogo con le scuole, le università e i centri
di ricerca che formano le generazioni del futuro, con le altre Società Scientifiche così da essere
più efficaci, con il Sistema Sanitario e le Associazioni dei pazienti, e con il mondo dell’industria
biomedica, che implementa l’innovazione tecnologica producendo soluzioni utili a migliorare la
pratica sperimentale in modo sostenibile.
In un mondo sempre più interconnesso, il Congresso del trentennale della SIRC avrà al suo fianco
sei partner di eccezione: il Comune della Città di Imola, la Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Imola,
che da sempre sostiene e valorizza il talento dei giovani cardioscienziati italiani, anche attraverso
l’ambito Premio “Antonio Maria Valsalva”, l’Istituto Nazionale per le Ricerche Cardiovascolari,
che dal 1996 favorisce collaborazioni tra università ed enti di ricerca ed industrie, nelle attività
scientifiche nel campo cardiovascolare, la Fondazione Italiana per il Cuore, membro attivo della
World Heart Federation e dello European Heart Network, che dal 1990 promuove la prevenzione
cardiovascolare, la International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences che dal 1996 promuove
la formazione e la ricerca cardiovascolare in tutto il mondo, e la prestigiosa rivista scientifica
internazionale Vascular Pharmacology (IF 4), che si impegna da anni nella divulgazione degli
abstract presentati in anteprima al Congresso.
I risultati delle discussioni scientifiche e tecniche offriranno alla SIRC importanti spunti di riflessione
per continuare a individuare nuovi orizzonti delle scienze cardiovascolari da condividere con
le Istituzioni, al fine di migliorare la salute e il benessere di ognuno di noi attraverso una ricerca
cardiovascolare responsabile e al passo con i tempi.
Porgo a tutti i partecipanti ed ai relatori il mio saluto e che il Congresso sia profittevole di prosperi
risultati.
E di nuovo, buon compleanno SIRC, e benvenuti a Imola!
Vincenzo Lionetti, Presidente
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President’s Welcome Message
Dear Colleague(s),
The Congress of the Italian Society of Cardiovascular Research (SIRC) represents the biennial
reference event for all cardiovascular sciences in our country. This edition holds special importance
as SIRC celebrates its thirtieth anniversary. Back in 1993, Professor Claudio Marcello Caldarera,
already a professor of biochemistry at the University of Bologna, had the intuition to establish
SIRC as a meeting and discussion platform for Italian scientific excellences operating worldwide
in the field of cardiovascular research. To host the Congress, he chose Imola, the hometown of
Antonio Maria Valsalva, a distinguished physician, anatomist and surgeon known for his rigorous
scientific method, whose 300th death anniversary falls this year. Imola, a city with a Gold Medal
for Military Valor, to whose people, hard hit by the flood, SIRC remains close from the first hour.
Today, SIRC has grown and revitalized thanks to the excellent work of those who came before us,
continually attracting the brightest minds from different scientific fields. Despite the instability of
the present and the uncertainty of the future, Italian cardioscientists tirelessly devote themselves
with great passion and enthusiasm to experimental activities, never losing sight of those who
suffer from acute and chronic cardiovascular diseases and deserve responses as effective as they
are adequate.
Therefore, together with the Board of Directors and the members of the Scientific Committee,
we have designed a Congress inspired by United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3,
“Good Health and Well-being” of the 2030 Agenda. The aim is to position SIRC to meet the new
biomedical challenges of a world profoundly changed after the pandemic.
In this edition, we propose a program of high scientific value, structured into eight macroareas, to discuss how aging, gender differences, artificial intelligence, lifestyles, climate
change, environmental factors, and COVID19 are defining new objectives of basic and applied
cardiovascular research and their increasingly personalized and precise clinical perspectives. We
will also address the integrity and ethics of animal research. To those who often look down on
our work, questioning the methods used by researchers, while respecting ethics and the law, I
recall that behind the doors of every laboratory lie the tears, hopes and prayers of endless lines of
suffering people who, along with their families, anxiously await a solution.
It is to these individuals that we must be accountable, remembering that there is no distinction
between great and small discoveries. Each step forward in knowledge is always an important
milestone for the health and well-being of humanity.
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Let us continue to open the doors of SIRC to dialogue with schools, universities, and research centers
shaping the generations of the future, with other Scientific Societies to enhance effectiveness,
with the Healthcare System and patient associations, and with the world of biomedical industry,
which implements technological innovations to improve experimental practices sustainably.
In an increasingly interconnected world, the 30th Congress of SIRC will have six exceptional
partners by its side: the Municipality of the City of Imola, the Cassa di Risparmio Foundation
of Imola, which has always supported and promoted the talent of young Italian cardiovascular
scientists, including through the prestigious “Antonio Maria Valsalva” Prize, the National
Institute for Cardiovascular Research, which since 1996 has been fostering collaborations
between universities, research institutions, and industries in cardiovascular scientific activities,
the Italian Foundation for the Heart, an active member of the World Heart Federation and the
European Heart Network, which has been promoting cardiovascular prevention since 1990, the
International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, which has been advancing cardiovascular
education and research worldwide since 1996, and the prestigious international scientific
journal Vascular Pharmacology (IF 4), which has been dedicated for years to the dissemination of
abstracts presented in advance at the Congress.
The outcomes of the scientific and technical discussions will provide SIRC with significant insights
to continue identifying new horizons in cardiovascular sciences to be shared with institutions,
with the ultimate goal of improving the health and well-being of each of us through responsible
and up-to-date cardiovascular research.
I extend my greetings to all participants and speakers, and I hope that the congress will be fruitful
in yielding prosperous results.
Once again, happy birthday SIRC, and welcome to Imola!
Vincenzo Lionetti, President
IMOLA
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Facilities and Local information
SIRC Congress 2023
Palazzo Sersanti, 1st floor, Piazza Giacomo Matteotti 8, Imola (BO)
located 800 meters (10 minutes walking distance) from the Imola railway
station (Piazzale Anselmo Marabini).
Parcheggio
Piazza Giacomo Matteotti is located in a pedestrian and limited traffic area.
Parking area:
– Parcheggio Ragazzi del ‘99, Piazzale Ragazzi del ‘99
(6 min walking distance)
– Parcheggio Guerrazzi, Viale Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi
(7 min walking distance)
– Parcheggio Palestra Cavina, Via G. B. Zappi, 116
(9 min walking distance)
– Parcheggio Ortomercato, Via G. B. Zappi
(10 min walking distance)
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Organizational Secretariat
The Organizational Secretariat (Summeet) is available to participants at Palazzo
Sersanti starting from 12.00 on Wednesday 18 October and for the entire duration
of the Congress.
The following services are provided:
• New registrations
• Pre-registered registration
• Speakers and Moderators
• Transportation and hotel information
• Lost & Found items
• Wi-Fi network information
Scientific Secretariat
The SIRC Scientific Secretariat will be present at the conference venue for the
entire duration of the Congress.
SIRC Members Secretariat
The SIRC Members’ Secretariat will be present at the conference venue for
the entire duration of the Congress to give SIRC Members the opportunity to
regularize their social position and collect the coupon for participation in the
Plenary Assembly of SIRC Members and Social Dinner.
Registration fees (excluding VAT)
The registration fee includes:
• participation in the scientific works of the Congress;
• the conference folder;
• scientific program
• buffet business breakfasts;
Participation in the Social Dinner is not included in the registration fee and
requires the payment of an additional fee of 55 euros by 10 October 2023.
Before/After October 1st
Regular member registration 100/180 euro
Regular non-member registration 300/350 euro
Member PhD student 40/50 euro
Non-member PhD student 120/150 euro
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One day registration
Regular member/non-member 150 euro
PhD student 60 euro
* A Certificate must be send together to the Bank transfer receipt at segreteriasirc@
sirc-cardio.it.
SIRC Members: provided that they are up to date with the payment of membership
fees starting from 2022 or starting from the membership fee of their registration
date if subsequent to 2022.
Free participation (Graduating university students only*).
* The certificate certifying the status of student is required.
At least one of the authors of the accepted communications (such as oral or poster
presentations) must be registered at the Congress.
If all the Authors benefit in various ways from free registration, at least one of
them is required to sign up for the Congress.
Terms of payment
Payment in euros made out to the Italian Society of Cardiovascular Research can
be made via:
For transfers from non-EU countries, the BIC/SWIFT code ‘BCITITMM’ must be
added.
The payment receipt must be sent to the Secretary of the SIRC, Dr. Andrea
Registration for the Congress can also be paid in cash at the Desk. A receipt will
be issued for each registration; it is therefore necessary to indicate the Tax Code.
Cancellation and Refund
To cancel a registration you need to send an e-mail, justifying it, to the following
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• Cancellation requests received by October 8, 2023 will be refunded 50%.
• Cancellation requests received after October 8, 2023 will not be refunded.
Official language
The official language is English. Simultaneous translations into other languages
will not be performed. All selected abstracts will be published in Vascular
Pharmacology (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vascular-pharmacology)
Safety Procedure
Access to the main conference room and access to view the posters will only
be possible for those who show a valid identification badge following regular
registration.
Wardrobe
Left luggage and cloakroom facilities are located in congress entrance. Access is
only during conference hours. The cloakroom is not guarded.
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THE EIGHT MACRO-AREAS
OF THE CONGRESS
18TH-20TH OCTOBER 2023 PALAZZO SERSANTI, IMOLA
18 October 2023
13.30-14.00 OPENING CEREMONY & WELCOME MESSAGES
Vincenzo Lionetti, SIRC President
Stefano Bonaccini, President of Emilia-Romagna
Marco Panieri, Mayor of Imola
Rodolfo Ortolani, CRIMOLA Foundation President
Rossi Andrea, Direttore Generale della AUSL di Imola
30TH ANNIVERSARY LECTIO
Chair: Vincenzo Lionetti, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
Claudia Penna, University of Turin, Orbassano, Italy
14.05-14.35 Barbara Casadei, University of Oxford, UK
“Fortune Sides with Those Who Dare”
14.40-16.00 COVID-19
Chairs: Paolo Ortolani, UO Cardiology, S.Maria della Scaletta Hospital, Imola,
Italy, Daniela Sorriento, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
14.40-15.05 Maurizio Pesce, IRCCS – Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, Italy
“SARS-CoV-2, Spike and coagulation. Expected and unexpected
threats to cardiac health at the time of COVID-19”
15.05-15.20 Jessica Gambardella, University of Naples Federico II, Italy and Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, New York City, USA
“COVID-19 Causes the Opening of the Mitochondrial Permeability
Transition Pore in Human Endothelial Cells”
15.20-15.35 Domenico Tuttolomondo, University Hospital of Parma, Italy
“Coronary inflammation on chest computed tomography and
COVID-19 mortality”
MEET THE EXPERT
Chair: Pasquale Pagliaro, University of Turin, Orbassano, Italy
15.40-16.15 Fabio A. Recchia, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and Institute of Clinical PhysiologyNational Council of Research, Pisa, Italy
“MicroRNAs Delivery to Repair the Infarcted Heart”
16.15-16.30 Coffee break
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SIRC-INRC JOINT LECTURE
Chair: Annunziatina Laurino, University of Siena, Italy
16.30-16.55 Francesco Fedele, President of the National Institute of
Cardiovascular Researches (INRC)
“Heart failure with preserved EF: a challenge and opportunity for
Cardiovascular Research”
17.00-18.20 INTEGRITY AND ETHIC IN ANIMAL RESEARCH
Chair: Francesco Lodola, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Michele Samaja, University of Milan, Italy
17.00-17.25 Giuliano Grignaschi, University of Milan, Italy
“EU Directive 63/2010: the best compromise between ethics and
reserach needs”
17.25-17.50 Roberto Caminiti, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
“Transparency in (animal) research and its costs”
17.50-18.05 Martina Rabino, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, Milan, Italy
“Impaired Endothelial Function in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophyassociated Cardiomyopathy: Insights from hiPSC-derived
Endothelial Cells”
18.05-18.20 Margherita Burattini, University of Verona, Italy
“MELAS Syndrome: Insights into Cardiac Mechanics”
SIRC-IACS JOINT LECTURE
Chair: Vincenzo Lionetti, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
18.25-18.55 Grant Pierce, President of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences
(IACS)
“Using dietary flaxseed to treat cardiovascular disease in humans
and animal models”
19.00-21.00 WELCOME COCKTAIL AND POSTER SESSION
Chair: Lucio Barile, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona, Switzerland
and Elena Guzzolino, Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy
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19 October 2023
08.30-09.50 FROM NUTRACEUTICS TO RISTOCEUTICS
Chair: Carmine Rocca, University of Calabria, Arcavacata, Italy
Astrid Parenti, University of Florence, Italy
08.30-08.45 Antonella Fiordelisi, Federico II University of Naples, Italy
“L-Arginine supplementation as mitochondrial therapy in diabetic
cardiomyopathy”
08.45-09.00 Maria Concetta Granieri, University of Calabria, Arcavacata, Italy
“Palmitate-induced cardiac lipotoxicity is relieved by Quercetin and
its novel acetylated derivative Q2 through inhibition of oxidative
stress and inflammation”
09.00-09.25 Lucia Morbidelli, University of Siena, Italy
“Vascular endothelium as target of protective activities by
nutraceutical”
09.25-09.50 Vincenzo Calderone, University of Pisa, Italy
“Sulfaceuticals: emerging modulators of cardiovascular health”
STATE OF THE ART LECTURE
Chair: Francesco Moccia, University of Pavia, Italy
9.50-10.20
Gaetano Thiene, University of Padua, Italy
“Sudden death in the athletes with concealed arrhythmogenic
cardiomyopathy: how to prevent?”
10.20-10.35 Coffee break
10.35-11.55 GENDER DIFFERENCES
Chair: Pietro Ameri, University of Genoa, Italy
Rosalinda Madonna, University of Pisa, Italy
10.35-11.00 Elena Osto, Medical University of Graz, Austria
“Impact of sex and gender on endothelial metabolism and function
in cardiometabolic disease”
11.00-11.25 Giovanna Maria Pelà, University of Parma, Italy
“The female side of the heart: sex differences in cardiovascular
diseases”
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11.25-11.40 Maria Angela Guzzardi, Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research
Council, Pisa, Italy
“The transfer of gut microbiota/metabolites from children to mice
affects cardiometabolic development and induces sex-dimorphism
in recipients”
11.40-11.55 Claudia Maniezzi, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
“Electrophysiological effects of estrogen on hiPSC-derived
cardiomyocytes of a patient affected by estrogen-sensitive Long-QT
Syndrome Type 2”
INDUSTRY SESSION
11.55-12.10 Michele Di Palo, Foreseebiosystems srl
“In Vitro Assessment of acute and chronic cardiotoxicity on
microelectrode arrays with laser cell optoporation”
SIRC TRASLATIONAL REASERCH LECTURE
Chair: Sveva Bollini, University of Genoa, Italy
12.10-12.40 Giovanni Camici, University of Zurich, Switzerland
“Cardiovascular aging: a translational perspective”
12.40-14.15 Lunch and Poster Session
Chair: Balwant S. Tuana, Ottawa University, Canada and Rosalinda Madonna,
University of Pisa, Italy)
14:15-16.00 BIOTECHNOLOGY, BIOENGINEERING AND
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Chair: Michele Masetti, UOC General Surgery, S.Maria della Scaletta Hospital,
Imola, Italy
Michele Miragoli, University of Parma, Italy
14.15-14.40 Valeria Chiono, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
“Design of biomimetic substrates for cardiac regeneration through
direct reprogramming”
14.40-15.05 Christian Vergara, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
“Computational analyses of cardiovascular problems: a quantitative/
non-invasive method for electrophysiology, hemodynamics, cardiac
perfusion”
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15.05-15.20 Marco Mergiotti, University of Turin, Italy
“Interrogating Early Molecular Events of Doxorubicin-induced
Cardiotoxicity at Single-cell Level to Identify New Therapeutic
Approaches”
15.20-15.35 Luca Sala, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy and Istituto Auxologico
Italiano IRCCS, Milan, Italy
“Use of hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes to study LQTS-variant
specific proarrhythmic effects of drugs”
15.40-17.00 CLIMATE CHANGES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Chair: Francesco Moccia, University of Pavia, Italy
Teresa Pasqua, University of Catanzaro, Italy
15.40-16.05 Franca Barbic, Humanitas University, Rozzano, Italy
“Environmental temperature and cardiac autonomic control: from
experimental observations to preventive interventions and save
energy”
16.05-16.30 Giovanni Li Volti, University of Catania, Italy
“The impact of cigarette smoke and reduced risk products aerosol
on endothelial function: the REPLICA project”
16.30-16.45 Mirko Hu, University of Parma, Italy
“Assessing the Impact of Air Pollution on Human Embryonic
Cardioids Using Innovative Longitudinal Monitoring and Machine
Learning”
16.45-17.00 Mariacristina Filice, University of Calabria, Arcavacata, Italy
“The influence of environmental hypoxia on the goldfish (Carassius
auratus) heart: from functional responses to mitochondrial
molecular mechanisms”
17.00-17.15 Coffee break
INDUSTRY SESSION
17.20-17.35 Caroline O’Riordan, FUJIFILM VisualSonics, Inc
“Enhancing cardiology research: unraveling early dysfunction
and molecular targets non-invasively through ultrasound and
photoacustic technology”
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VALSALVA PRIZE LECTURE
introduced by the SIRC President Vincenzo Lionetti and CRIMOLA Foundation
President Rodolfo Ortolani
Chair: Teresa Pasqua, University of Catanzaro, Italy
17.45-18.10 Gaetano Santulli, University of Naples Federico II, Italy and Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, New York, USA
“The (uneasy) road from basic research to clinical trials: Lessons
from COVID-19 and endothelial (dys)function”
18.10-19.00 Meeting of the SIRC Assembly
SOCIAL DINNER
18TH-20TH OCTOBER 2023 PALAZZO SERSANTI, IMOLA
20 October 2023
08.30-09.50 CARDIOVASCULAR MISCELLANEA
Chair: Claudia Penna, University of Turin, Orbassano, Italy
Astrid Parenti, University of Florence, Italy
08.30-08.55 Carlo Gabriele Tocchetti, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
“Cancer and Heart: dangerous liaisons”
08.55-09.20 Antonio Paolo Beltrami, University of Udine, Italy
“Protective role of BPIFB4 in ischemic heart disease”
09.20-09.35 Sophie Cnudde, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
“Phosphoinositide 3-kinase C2? (PI3KC2?) controls cardiac
contractility through regulation of ?2-adrenergic receptor recycling”
09.35-09.50 Niketa Sareen, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
“Reduced cyclooxygenase 2 levels after hypoxia exposure result in
the loss of immunoprivilege of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells”
GUIDO TARONE LECTURE
Chair: Alessandra Ghigo, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
09.55-10.25 Sanjiv Dhingra, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
“Immunomodulation of allogeneic stem cells
regenerative medicine”
cardiac
10.25-10.40 Coffee Break
10.40-12.00 AGING
Chair: Massimo Menetti, UO Geriatrics, S.Maria della Scaletta Hospital, Imola,
Italy – Stefano Tarantini, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA;
10:40-11.05 Balwant S. Tuana, University of Ottawa, Canada
“The centrosome in cardiac development, disease and aging”
11.05-11.30 Zoltan Ungvari, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
“Endothelial senescence: mechanisms and functional consequences”
XXIV CONGRESS OF THE ITALIAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH
11.30-11.45 Yulia Goshovska, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland and
Cardiocentro Ticino Institute, Bellinzona, Switzerland
“Reduction of doxorubicine-induced senescence does not provide
cardioprotective effect in mice”
11.45-12.00 Giulio Agnetti, University of Bologna, Italy and Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine, Baltimore, USA
“Understanding the Pathobiology of Intermediate Filaments to
Curb Acute and Chronic Cardiac Dysfunction”
VALSALVA PRIZE LECTURE
introduced by the SIRC President Vincenzo Lionetti and CRIMOLA Foundation
President Rodolfo Ortolani
Chair: Andrea Gerbino, University of Bari, Italy
12.05-12.30 Giuseppe Ristagno, Mario Negri Institute and University of Milan, Milan, Italy
“Cardioprotection by noble gas Argon”
12.35-13.30 CEREMONY RESEARCHER AWARDS
Chair: Vincenzo Lionetti, SIRC President
Claudia Penna, SIRC Vice-President
13.30
FINAL REMARKS & TAKE-HOME MESSAGES
Chair: Vincenzo Lionetti, SIRC President
Andrea Gerbino, SIRC Secretary
18TH-20TH OCTOBER 2023 PALAZZO SERSANTI, IMOLA
XXIV CONGRESS
OF THE ITALIAN SOCIETY
OF CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH
18th-20th October 2023
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NON CONDIZIONANTE DI
Official SIRC 2023 Journal
Il congresso del trentennale
della SIRC ha al suo fianco la
prestigiosa rivista scientifica
Vascular Pharmacology (IF 4),
che si impegna da anni nella
divulgazione degli abstract
presentati in anteprima al
Congresso