Challenges in Clinical Cardiology: A Case-Based Update

September 14-16, 2018
Radisson Blu, Chicago, IL

Registration Closed
Credit Types: AMA PRA Category 1™ (17.5), ABIM MOC Points (17.5), Price: $779 - $879

Program

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
7:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:50 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Circulatory Failure
Moderators: Leslie Cooper, Jr., MD, Alfredo Clavell, MD
8:00 a.m.
State-of-the-Art Lecture: In-Patient Management of Decompensated Heart Failure
Barry Karon, MD
8:30 a.m.
Heart and Renal Failure: Approach to Treatment
Barry Boilson, MD
8:55 a.m.
Approach to Acute Fulminant HF (Myocarditis)
Leslie Cooper, Jr., MD
9:20 a.m.
Transition from Hospital to Home
Sara Severson, APRN, CNP, MS
9:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
Ischemic Heart Disease
Moderator: Hartzell Schaff, MD
10:15 a.m.
State-of-the-Art Lecture: Coronary Artery Disease in Women
Rekha Mankad, MD
10:40 a.m.
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
Marysia Tweet, MD
11:05 a.m.
Congenital Coronary Artery Anomalies: Recognition and Treatment
Nandan Anavekar, MB, ChB
11:30 a.m.
Myocardial Infarction: Complications
Charles Bruce, MD
11:55 a.m.
Left Main Disease: CABG or PCI
Malcolm Bell, MD
12:20 p.m.
Lunch (Provided)
General and Preventive Cardiology I
1:30 p.m.
Genetic Testing in Cardiovascular Disease: Practical Primer for the Non-Geneticist
David Deyle, MD
1:55 p.m.
Hypertension: Goals and Treatment in 2018
Gary Schwartz, MD
2:20 p.m.
How Much Exercise is Good for the Heart?
Todd Miller, MD
2:45 p.m.
What Diet Should I Be on to Reach 100?
Stephen Kopecky, MD
3:10 p.m.
Refreshment Break
General and Preventive Cardiology II
Moderator: Charles Bruce, MD
3:40 p.m.
Constrictive Pericarditis: Diagnosis and Treatment
Raul Espinosa, MD
4:05 p.m.
Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pregnancy
Heidi Connolly, MD
4:30 p.m.
What is the Cardiac Mass?
Charles Bruce, MD
4:55 p.m.
Adjourn
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:50 a.m.
Welcome and Announcements
Valvular Heart Disease I
Moderators: Charles Bruce, MD, Hartzell Schaff, MD
8:00 a.m.
Transcatheter Based Approaches to VHD in 2018
Vuyisile Nkomo, MD
8:30 a.m.
When is Aortic Regurgitation Severe?
Sorin Pislaru, MD, PhD
8:55 a.m.
Severe Mitral Regurgitation: When to Intervene?
Vuyisile Nkomo, MD
9:20 a.m.
Low Output Low Gradient Aortic Stenosis
Sorin Pislaru, MD, PhD
9:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
Valvular Heart Disease II
Moderators: Heidi Connolly, MD, Hartzell Schaff, MD
10:15 a.m.
Prosthetic Aortic Valve with High Gradient: What is Your Approach to Evaluation?
Lori Blauwet, MD
10:40 a.m.
Perivalvular Regurgitation; Diagnosis
Joseph Maalouf, MD
11:05 a.m.
Does a Patient with Prior Mitral Valve Repair Require Endocarditis Prophylaxis?
Daniel DeSimone, MD
11:30 a.m.
Infective Endocarditis: How to Recognize Complications
Joseph Maalouf, MD
11:55 a.m.
Lunch (Provided)
Heart Rhythm Disorders I
Moderators: Thomas Munger, MD, Christopher McLeod, MB, ChB, PhD
1:10 p.m.
State-of-the-Art Lecture: Atrial Fibrillation Ablation - Outcomes in 2018
Christopher McLeod, MB, ChB, PhD
1:35 p.m.
How to Recognize Amiodarone Toxicity
Suraj Kapa, MD
2:00 p.m.
WATCHMAN Complications
Thomas Munger, MD
2:25 p.m.
Atrial Fibrillation: Challenging Cases and Treatment Decisions
Suraj Kapa, MD, Christopher McLeod, MB, ChB, PhD, Thomas Munger, MD
3:15 p.m.
Refreshment Break
Heart Rhythm Disorders II
Moderators: Michael Osborn, MD, Charles Bruce, MD
3:40 p.m.
Management of Refractory VT
Suraj Kapa, MD
4:05 p.m.
Long QT: Recognition and Treatment
Christopher McLeod, MB, ChB, PhD
4:30 p.m.
Device Infection: Prevention and Treatment
Michael Osborn, MD
4:55 p.m.
Adjourn
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2018
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:50 a.m.
Welcome and Announcements
Cardiology Potpourri I
Moderator: Charles Bruce, MD
8:00 a.m.
State-of-the-Art Lecture: Pulmonary Hypertension - Treatment Options in 2018
Garvan Kane, MD, PhD
8:30 a.m.
A Challenging Vascular Case
Robert McBane, MD
8:50 a.m.
Familial Thoracic Aneurysms: How to Identify Those Patients at Risk
Juan Bowen, MD
9:15 a.m.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Risk Assessment
Jeffrey Geske, MD
9:40 a.m.
Diagnosis and Management of Cancer Treatment Related Cardiotoxicity
Carolyn Larsen, MD
10:05 a.m.
Refreshment Break
My Most Challenging Case of the Year
Moderator: Heidi Connolly, MD
10:30 a.m.
Case 1
Alfredo Clavell, MD
10:45 a.m.
Case 2
Malcolm Bell, MD
11:00 a.m.
Case 3
Christopher McLeod, MB, ChB, PhD
11:15 a.m.
Case 4
Charles Bruce, MD
11:30 a.m.
Case 5
Heidi Connolly, MD
11:45 a.m.
Closing Comments
12:00 p.m.
Adjourn
Credit Types Offered
  • AMA PRA Category 1
    17.5
  • ABIM MOC Points
    17.5

Price: $779 - $879

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