Heart Valve Disease Training

On June 5, Global Heart Hub held our first patient advocate training on Heart Valve Disease, in collaboration with Heart Team Academy! By bringing together 39 participants across 18 countries, including patient organisation leaders, advocates and clinicians from the heart team, this event provided attendees with the tools to better support their heart valve communities.

The patient-led training day was designed to broaden the attendees’ knowledge of heart anatomy; the nature and types of HVD; treatment options and innovations, as well as an insight into treatment guidelines; shared decision making.

Huge thank you to our speakers: Dr Peyman Sardari Nia, Dr Nabila Laskar and Dr Konstantinos Spargias.

  • Dr Peyman Sardari Nia serves as a Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Maastricht University Medical Center and associate professor at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, with a specialised focus on minimally invasive cardiothoracic procedures.

  • Dr Nabila Laskar specialises in Cardiac Imaging at Barts Heart Centre in London, with a focus on Heart Valve Disease.

  • Dr Konstantinos Spargias is an Interventional Cardiologist and the Director of the Transcatheter Heart Valves Department at the Hygeia Hospital in Athens, Greece.

Watch the training recordings now! 

Essentials – Understanding Heart Valve Disease, Recognising Problems and Evaluating Conditions

Dr Peyman Sardari Nia

What Do The Guidelines Say? Understanding When And Why Treatment Is Necessary?

Dr Konstantinos Spargias

Management of asymptomatic valve disease for early intervention and improved quality of life

Dr Nabila Laskar

Heart Valve Disease State-of-the-Art Treatments

Dr Peyman Sardari Nia

Informed Choices: The Power of Shared Decision-Making in Healthcare

Dr Nabila Laskar

What Participants Say 

“Fantastic event that provided tremendous value in knowledge. Well organized, excellent speakers, great dialogue amongst all participants (faculty and attendees).”

“I was hugely impressed. Found this course really valuable. It was very practical and pitched perfectly at the different levels of knowledge in the room. Really helpful to highlight the HF connection to valve disease explained in the way it was and the interplay between the different types of valve disease.”

“The course was immensely valuable, especially for someone like me who had no prior knowledge about Heart Valve Disease, as the information was presented in a very easy-to-understand manner. I believe it’s always beneficial to hear more real-world examples.”

Heart Team Academy is an initiative of Dr. Sardari Nia. This global foundation is dedicated to
patient-centered care by redefining, promoting, researching, advancing and teaching
the concept of the Heart Team. 

Global Heart Hub