The document provides an agenda for the 2nd CUTEheart Workshop on Health Technology Assessment in Cardiovascular Disease held in Portugal on April 23rd, 2016. The workshop included sessions on international perspectives on health technology assessment in cardiovascular care, the main results and lessons from the CUTEheart project, and a round table discussion on implementing health technology assessment in Portugal. Speakers represented universities and research institutions from Portugal, the UK, USA, and Australia. The workshop provided an opportunity for stakeholders in cardiovascular health to discuss approaches to health technology assessment.

1. Congresso Português de Cardiologia
2nd CUTEheart Workshop: Health Technology Assessment in Cardiovascular Disease
Date: 23rd April 2016 | Venue: Hotel Tivoli, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal
Program schedule
09:00 Registration
09:30 – 09:45 Welcome Session
Altamiro Costa Pereira, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto
Sharon-Lise Normand, Harvard Medical School, USA
09:45 – 10:45 1st Session: International perspectives on health technology assessment in cardiovascular care
Moderator: Armando Teixeira-Pinto, University of Sydney, Australia
Non-compliance in randomised controlled trials comparing vascular and endovascular surgical interventions for
cardiovascular care
Manuel Gomes, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
The link of diagnostic tests and patient outcomes: methodologic challenges and experience from cardiovascular disease
Constantine Gatsonis, Brown University, USA
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30 2nd Session: Main results and lessons to be learned from the CUTEheart project
Moderator: Sharon-Lise Normand, Harvard Medical School, USA
Mariana Lobo, Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto
Elisabete Fernandes, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon
Cláudia Nisa, Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto
Leonor Bacelar Nicolau, Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon
11:30 – 12:45 Round Table: Implementing Health Technology Assessment in Portugal
Moderator: Altamiro Costa Pereira, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto
Luís Azevedo, Senior Researcher, Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), University of Porto
Heitor Costa, Executive Director of Portuguese Pharmaceutical Industry Association (APIFARMA)
João Gonçalves, Secretary-General of Portuguese Association of Medical Devices Industry (APORMED)
Marta Temido, President of the Central Administration of the Health System (ACSS)
Sónia Cardoso, Directorate of Health Products, National Authority of Medicines and Health Products, IP (INFARMED)
José Silva Cardoso, Past President of Portuguese Society of Cardiology (SPC)
Rui Cruz Ferreira, Coordinator of the National Program for Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Directorate-
General of Health, Ministry of Health
12:45 – 13:00 Closing Session
Sharon-Lise Normand, Harvard Medical School, USA
Altamiro Costa Pereira, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto
16:00 – 17:00 Posters Session
Posters’ Room