The Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease: Legacy and Innovation
Topic I. CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
1 - Key Topics in Coronary Artery Disease |
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Debate: DES, BMS, or Medical Therapy in Stable Ischemic Heart Disease |
Chaitman |
Debate: DES, BMS, or Medical Therapy in Stable Ischemic Heart Disease |
Holmes |
Evaluating Percutaneous Interventions for TraditionalSurgical Indications |
Teirstein |
Perioperative Risk of Patients with Previous DES Placement |
Ellis |
What’s New in Coronary Surgery? |
Sabik |
Preventing Clots in Ischemic Heart Disease |
Lincoff |
2 - Management of Acute MI and Shock |
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Delays in Door-to-Balloon Time and the Impact on Choice of Therapy |
Bates |
CABG in Cardiogenic Shock: Patient Selection |
Sabik |
Circulatory Support in the Cath Lab: Saving Lives or Spending Money |
Kapadia |
Panel Discussion |
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3 - Technical Advances in PCI |
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Magnetic Resonance Guided PCI Van Geuns The Role of Rotational Angiography |
Carroll |
4 - The Gold Standard in the Treatment of CAD: PCI vs. CABG |
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What is the Data on Restenosis? |
Holmes |
What is the Data on Graft Patency? |
Sabik |
Case Presentations: Surgery vs. Stents vs. Medicine |
Starling |
Case Presentations Part 2: Surgery vs. Stents vs. Medicine |
Sabik |
Topic II. PREVENTION
1 - Key Topics in Prevention |
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Plaque Regression: Can We Make Atherosclerosis Go Away? |
Nissen |
HDL Targeted Therapy -- Which Drugs and Why |
Hazen |
Does Non-Invasive Imaging Prevent Death? - Pro |
Garcia |
Does Non-Invasive Imaging Prevent Death? - Con |
Lauer |
Panel Discussion |
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2 - What is the Role of Alternative Blood and Genetic Markers in Preventive Cardiology? |
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Blood Markers |
Ridker |
Genetic Markers |
McPherson |
Panel Discussion |
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3 - Ask the Experts |
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Complex Lipid Cases |
Hazen |
Women and Heart Disease |
Mayer-Sabik |
Women and the Cardiac X Syndrome |
Huang |
Panel Discussion |
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Topic III. VALVULAR DISEASE
1 - Key Topics in Valvular Disease |
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Asymptomatic 4+ MR with Prolapse -- Should We Operate? |
Bonow |
Repair of Ischemic MR -- the Substrate and the Challenges |
Miller |
Percutaneous Repair for MR -- Ready for Prime Time? |
Carabello |
Transcatheter AVR -- Which Patients, Which Approach? |
Kapadia |
Valve-Sparing Root Surgery -- What Has Time Taught Us? |
David |
Tissue Valves in Young Patients -- The Right Choice? |
Smedira |
The Treatment of Valve Endocarditis |
Pettersson |
Panel Discussion |
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2 - Minimally Invasive Mitral Repair |
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Anterior Leaflet Repair |
David |
Robotic Mitral Repair |
Mihaljevic |
Minimally Invasive Mitral Repair -- Is It Better? |
Gillinov |
Surgery for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation |
Kron |
Panel Discussion |
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3 - Advances in Imaging and Assessment of Valvular Heart Disease |
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Quantitative Doppler in MR: Threshold for Repair Stewart 3D Echo in Valve Disease |
Thomas |
Quantitative Doppler in AR: Threshold for Surgery? |
Bonow |
Panel Discussion |
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4 - Percutaneous Valve Technologies |
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Transcatheter Aortic Valves: How to Do It |
Svensson |
Transcatheter AVR will Change the Practice of Valve Disease |
Carabello |
Percutaneous Repair for MR: How Long Until It’s Ready? |
Kapadia |
Imaging for Percutaneous AVR and MV Repair |
Rodriguez |
Topic IV. AORTIC
1 - Key Topics in Aortic |
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Past, Present, and Future Concepts for AAA Repair |
Eagleton |
Contrast Between Open and Endovascular Repair Of Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms |
Roselli |
Hybrid Graft Solutions and Brain Protection for Arch Repair |
Svensson |
Panel Discussion |
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2 - Imaging & Patient Workup |
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Advances in Aortic CT Imaging |
Flamm |
Comprehensive Work Up of Aortic Patients Isselbacher Marfans and Other Genetic Disorders: Implications and Testing Efforts |
Moran |
3 - How I Do It |
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ETG Open and Hybrids |
Svensson |
ETA Completio |
Roselli |
Aortic Dissection |
Soltesz |
4 - Aortic Debates |
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Part 1 |
Reilly |
Part 2 |
Cambria |
Part 3 |
Kouchoukos |
Part 4 |
Cambria |
Topic V. VASCULAR
1 - Key Topics in Vascular |
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CEA is the Gold Standard |
Hertzer |
Carotid Stenting is the First line of Therapy For Carotid Stenosis |
Clair |
Medical Therapy -- No Case for Intervention |
Jaff |
Panel Discussion |
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Intervention Indicated in the Endovascular Era |
Gray |
Medical Management is the Only Therapy |
Gornik |
Panel Discussion |
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2 - Management of Venous Thromboembolism |
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(VTE) Diagnosis and Management of Acute PE Standard Anticoagulation for VTE |
Bartholomew |
Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute PE |
Weitz |
Thrombolytic Therapy/Intervention for DVT |
Comerota |
Surgical Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pulmonary Emboli |
Gonzalez-Stawinski |
New Oral Anticoagulants |
Weitz |
Thrombophilia (Genetic/Acquired) |
Marchant |
3 - Management of Lower Extremity Arterial Disease |
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PAD and Unusual Vasculopathies |
Olin |
Tibial Interventions |
Lyden |
The Superficial Femoral Artery - Interventions and Clinical Data |
Sarac |
The Treatment of SFA Disease |
Kramer |
Panel Discussion |
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4 - Management of Cerebral Vascular Disease |
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Carotid Duplex-The Gold Standard |
Gornik |
Cerebral Protection Devices |
Bajzer |
Vertebral Interventions: The Ignored Problem |
Berguer |
Percutaneous Vertebral Interventions |
Srivastava |
Unusual Carotid Disorders |
Jaff |
Panel Discussion |
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Topic VI. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
1 - Collaborative Approach to Electrical |
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Therapy of Heart Failure Identification of Patients at Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death |
Estes |
LV Function, LV Scar & Dyssynchrony in SCD |
Desai |
Electrical Measurements & Derivative |
Exner |
Panel Discussion |
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Bringing the Preop Assessment into the EP Lab |
Grimm |
Troubleshooting Optimized CRT |
Mullens |
Remote Disease Management 2.0 |
Wilkoff |
2 - Atrial Fibfillation: Pathophysiology |
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Cellular Insights into Atrial Fibrillation |
Van Wagoner |
3 - Atrial Fibrilation: Management |
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Rate vs. Rhythm Control: The Ongoing Struggle |
Page |
New Imaging & Navigation Modalities |
Reddy |
Surgical Ablation: When, Why and How? |
Gillinov |
Monitoring for Outcomes: Implanted, Wearable |
Lindsay |
Panel Discussion |
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4 - Collaborative Management of Device Therapy Morbdity: Prevention, Protection & Therapy |
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Vascular Occlusion: Detection & Therapy |
Bhatt |
Infection: Pathophysiology, Prophylaxis & Therapy |
Gordon |
Lead Failure: Pathophysiology, Prevention & Detection |
Wilkoff |
Topic VII. HEART FAILURE
1 - Therapy for Heary Failure: Today and Tomorrow |
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Medical Therapies and Personalized Delivery of Care with Genomics |
Bristow |
Current Indications and Outcomes in Heart and Lung Transplantation |
Taylor |
Panel Discussion |
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2 - Controversies in Heart Failure Care |
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Is Tailored Therapy with a PA Catheter Beneficial? -- Pro -- |
Tang |
Is Tailored Therapy with a PA Catheter Beneficial? -- Con - |
Rogers |
Heart Transplant Center Volume: Does Size Matter for Quality Outcomes? -- Pro -- |
Conte |
Heart Transplant Center Volume: Does Size Matter for Quality Outcomes? -- Con -- |
Sun |
Does Exercise Help Patients with Heart Failure? -- Pro -- |
O’Connor |
Does Exercise Help Patients with Heart Failure? -- Con -- |
Lauer |
3 - Treatment of Advanced Cardiopulmonary Failure |
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Advanced Lung Failure: ECMO Bridge to Lung Transplant |
Mason |
Pulmonary Hypertension: When to Choose Heart Transplant, Heart/Lung Transplant or VAD Support |
McCurry |
4 - Ventricular Assist Devices as a Therapy for Advanced Heart Failure |
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The Evolution of VADS: Past, Present and Future |
Copeland |
What Have We Learned About Continuous Flow Pumps? |
Slaughter |
Current Outcomes |
Starling |
Can VADs and Medicines Facilitate LV Recovery? |
Young |
Topic VIII. IMAGING
1 - Imaging for Viability: Why is it Important? |
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Echo |
Jaber |
Role of Nuclear Imaging |
Cerqueira |
CCT and CMR for Viability |
Garcia |
Panel Discussion |
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Topic IX. HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY
1 - Imaging for Viability: Why is it Important? |
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Imaging in HOCM |
Desai |
Percutaneous Therapy for HOCM |
Tuzcu |
Surgical Therapy for HOCM |
Schaff |
Mitral Valve Surgery for HOCM |
Smedira |
Panel Discussion |
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Topic X. HEART-BRAIN MEDICINE
1 - Heart-Brain Medicine |
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The Risk of Depression in the CABG Population |
Pozuelo |
The Role of Biofeedback in the Treatment of Heart Failure |
Moravec |
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