Challenges in Clinical Cardiology: A Case-Based Update

September 20-22, 2024
In-Person or Livestream | Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile, Chicago, IL

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Credit Types: AMA PRA Category 1™ (17.25), Nursing (17.25), AAPA (17.25), Price: $865 - $999 | Register by 8/20 to save $100!

Program

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
7:15 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.
Welcome and Course Overview
GENERAL AND PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY I
Moderators: Nandan Anavekar, MB, ChB, Darrell Newman, MD
8:15 a.m.
State-of-the-Art Lecture: Peripheral Interventions
Arashk Motiei, MD
8:45 a.m.
How Do I Manage Residual Risk: LDL or Triglycerides?
Kyla Lara-Breitinger, MD
9:10 a.m.
How to Integrate VO2 Test Results in Clinical Management
Nadia Elfessi, PA-C
9:35 a.m.
Case Review: PE
Nandan Anavekar, MB, ChB, Arashk Motiei, MD
9:55 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Time to Visit Exhibits
GENERAL AND PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY II
Moderators: Heidi Connolly, MD, Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
10:20 a.m.
My Patient Has a New Diagnosis of LV Dysfunction - How Do I Start GDMT and Where Do I Go From There?
Svea Alm, APRN, CNP
10:45 a.m.
My Pregnant Patient has HFrEF, How Do I Manage Heart Failure During Pregnancy?
Katie Young, MD
11:10 a.m.
Is It Possible to Eat Healthy in 2024?
Kyla Lara-Breitinger, MD
11:35 a.m.
Summary and QA
11:45 a.m.
Lunch (provided)
ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
Moderators: Heidi Connolly, MD, Darrell Newman, MD, Phillip Rowse, MD
12:30 p.m.
State-of-the-Art Lecture: The Final Word on Viability Testing in Ischemic Heart Disease
Eric Yang, MD
1:00 p.m.
STEMI With Multivessel Disease – When to Operate?
Phillip Rowse, MD
1:25 p.m.
My 85-Year-Old Patient Has Left Main Stenosis – What to Do?
Michael Gharacholou, MD
1:50 p.m.
My Pre-Op Patient Has an Abnormal Stress Test – Is a Stent Necessary?
Eric Yang, MD
2:15 p.m.
Summary and QA
2:25 p.m.
Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits
CIRCULATORY FAILURE
Moderators: Nandan Anavekar, MB, ChB, Heidi Connolly, MD
2:45 p.m.
Is There a ‘Sweet’ Spot for Sodium Restriction in HF?
Paul McKie, MD
3:10 p.m.
My Patient Has NYHA II Functional Capacity and an LVEF of 15% – When Do I Need to Refer for Advanced Circulatory Therapies?
Barry Boilson, MD
3:35 p.m.
Polypharmacy in Heart Failure – Balancing Compliance, Cost and Therapeutic Efficacy
Paul McKie, MD
4:00 p.m.
TTR Amyloid, Optimal Medical Therapy?
Barry Boilson, MD, Melissa Lyle, MD
4:25 p.m.
Summary and QA
4:35 p.m.
Adjourn
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
7:15 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:55 a.m.
Overview of the Day
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE I
Moderators: Nandan Anavekar, MB, ChB, Darrell Newman, MD, Phillip Rowse, MD
8:00 a.m.
State-of-the Art: Treatment Options for Mitral Valve Disease in the Cath Lab in 2024
Abdallah El Sabbagh, MD
8:30 a.m.
Tricuspid Regurgitation: Who Should Have Intervention?
Hayan Jouni, MD
8:55 a.m.
Aortic Stenosis: When is My Patient Not a TAVR Candidate?
Vuyisile Nkomo, MD
9:20 a.m.
Ross Procedure: Truth and Consequences
William Miranda, MD
9:45 a.m.
Summary and QA
9:55 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Time to Visit Exhibits
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE II
Moderators: Heidi Connolly, MD, Nandan Anavekar, MB, ChB, Phillip Rowse, MD
10:15 a.m.
My Pregnant Patient Has VHD: When Do I Need to Worry?
Katie Young, MD
10:40 a.m.
Optimal Timing of Intervention for Aortic Valve Regurgitation
Hayan Jouni, MD
11:05 a.m.
My Patient Has a Newly Noted Bicuspid Aortic Valve: Evaluation, Counseling, and Follow-Up
Angela Kosec, APRN, CNP, DNP
11:30 a.m.
Rapid Fire Valve Case Review With Faculty in the Hot Seat
Abdallah El Sabbagh, MD, Hayan Jouni, MD, Angela Kosec, APRN, CNP, DNP, William Miranda, MD, Vuyisile Nkomo, MD, Phillip Rowse, MD
Moderators: Nandan Anavekar, MB, ChB, Heidi Connolly, MD
12:00 p.m.
Lunch (provided)
HEART RHYTHM DISORDERS I
Moderators: Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS, Darrell Newman, MD
1:00 p.m.
My Patient Has Bileaflet Mitral Valve Prolapse: How to Risk Stratify?
Konstantinos Siontis, MD
1:25 p.m.
Update on AF Guidelines: How Has it Changed My Practice?
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
1:50 p.m.
Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: Selecting Candidates, Procedural Advances, and Post-Operative Care
Thomas Munger, MD
2:15 p.m.
Interesting Arrhythmia Cases
Thomas Munger, MD, Konstantinos Siontis, MD, Vaibhav Vaidya, MBBS
Moderator: Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
2:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits
HEART RHYTHM DISORDERS II
Moderators: Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS, Heidi Connolly, MD
3:15 p.m.
My Patient Has a Pacemaker Showing High Atrial Rates: When to Start Anticoagulation?
Konstantinos Siontis, MD
3:35 p.m.
How to Manage Challenging Recurrent Vasovagal Syncope?
Vaibhav Vaidya, MBBS
3:55 p.m.
My Patient is Having Recurrent VT in the Hospital: Drugs/Ablation/Device Programming
Thomas Munger, MD
4:25 p.m.
Adjourn
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
7:15 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
Case Discussion & QA
Nandan Anavekar, MB, ChB
8:00 a.m.
CARDIOLOGY POTPOURRI
Moderators: Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS, Darrell Newman, MD
8:00 a.m.
State-of-the-Art Lecture: Exercise Restriction in Patients With CVD
Darrell Newman, MD
8:30 a.m.
My Patient Has a New Prosthetic Valve – How Do We Best Prevent Endocarditis?
Nandan Anavekar, MB, ChB
8:55 a.m.
Right Heart Catheterization: How to Interpret Findings
William Miranda, MD
9:20 a.m.
How Do I Manage a Patient With Thoracic Aneurysm?
Heidi Connolly, MD
9:45 a.m.
Summary and QA
10:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits
MY MOST CHALLENGING CASE OF THE YEAR
Moderators: Nandan Anavekar, MB, ChB, Heidi Connolly, MD, Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS, Darrell Newman, MD
10:15 a.m.
Case 1
Nandan Anavekar, MB, ChB
10:35 a.m.
Case 2
Heidi Connolly, MD
10:55 a.m.
Case 3
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
11:15 a.m.
Case 4
Darrell Newman, MD
11:35 a.m.
Review and Closing Comments
11:45 a.m.
Course Adjourns
Credit Types Offered
  • AMA PRA Category 1
    17.25
  • Nursing
    17.25
  • AAPA
    17.25

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