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CC BY 4.0 · Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 2025; 17(04): 172-187
DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1814455
Conference Abstracts

Abstracts of the Free Communications of the 11th Libyan Cardiac Society Congress (CARDIO-LIBYA 11), November 7–9, 2025, Tripoli, Libya

Authors

  • Basem Elbarouni

    1   University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

  • Aiman Smer

    2   The Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, UAE

  • Huda Elshershari

    3   Deaconess Riley Children's Spciality Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Evansville, Indiana, United States

  • Aisha Bugila

    4   Albida Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Omar Almukhtar University, Albida, Libya

  • Ahmed Gabroun 

    5   Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Science, Dubia, UAE

  • Mahmoud Abdou

    6   Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

  • Mohamed ElHarari

    7   Cardiology Department, Sheikh Tahnoon Medical City, College of Medicine and Science, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE

  • Omar Mangoush

    8   Cardiac Surgery Department, Venezia Hospital, Benghazi, Libya

  • Hanifa Alrabte

    9   Faculty of Medicine, Tripoli University, Tripoli, Libya

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Abstract

The 11th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Libyan Cardiac Society (CardioLibya 11), held in Tripoli from November 7 to 9, 2025, in conjunction with the 4th Pan-Arab Heart Failure Conference and the Kawasaki Disease Arab Initiative session, featured over 100 scientific presentations and 14 hands-on workshops across adult and pediatric cardiovascular care. A total of 48 abstracts were submitted, and 39 were accepted following rigorous peer review. These were categorized into adult oral presentations (6), pediatric oral presentations (5), and poster presentations (28). Key themes included structural heart disease, congenital heart anomalies, cardiac imaging, heart failure, valvular surgery, cardiometabolic risk factors, cardiac rehabilitation, and health system innovation in resource-limited settings. Top abstracts in each category received the Dr. Mahmoud Tarhuni Research Award. This compendium aims to disseminate recent findings and foster collaboration among cardiovascular specialists regionally and globally.

Keywords

cardiology - Libya - heart failure - congenital heart disease - aortic stenosis - Kawasaki disease - transcatheter interventions - cardiac imaging - cardiac rehabilitation - hypertension - salt intake - echocardiography - Ozaki procedure - cardiovascular risk - pediatric cardiology - cardiac surgery - structural heart disease

Authors' Contributions

The guest editors prepared the abstracts for publication in this journal. However, the authors of the individual abstracts are responsible for their abstracts' contents.


Compliance with Ethical Principles

The preparation and submission of this abstract book do not need ethical approval per se. However, The Libyan Cardiac Society accepts abstracts on the understanding that all due ethical approvals and consents were obtained for all forms of human research.




Publication History

Article published online:
31 December 2025

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