Program
6:30 a.m.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1
6:30 a.m.
Registration | Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
Welcome and Course Overview
Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
7:40 a.m.
Featured Lectures
Moderators: Malcolm Bell, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
7:40 a.m.
Cardio-Oncology 101
Joerg Herrmann, MD
8:00 a.m.
Diagnostic Test Interpretation
Charanjit Rihal, MD
8:20 a.m.
Top 5 CAD Trials from Last Year
Malcolm Bell, MD
8:45 a.m.
Case Reviews
8:45 a.m.
Type II MI
J. Wells Askew, III, MD
9:00 a.m.
Call From the ED – Closed-Chest Trauma Victim: Pearls From the Cardiac Surgeon
Gabor Bagameri, MD
9:15 a.m.
Interventional Treatment for Dyspnea
Gurpreet Sandhu, MD, PhD
9:30 a.m.
Myocardial Bridging
Abhiram Prasad, MD
9:45 a.m.
Summary and Q/A
10:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:20 a.m.
Case Reviews
Moderators: Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD, Gurpreet Sandhu, MD, PhD
10:20 a.m.
Mystery Case
Garvan Kane, MD, PhD
10:35 a.m.
Abnormal CTA, but Asymptomatic – What Now?
J. Wells Askew, III, MD
10:50 a.m.
CTO in a Patient With Angina
Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
11:05 a.m.
Mystery Case
Guy Reeder, MD
11:20 a.m.
Summary and Q/A
11:30 a.m.
Buffet Lunch - Return to Ballroom
Moderator: Amir Lerman, MD
11:50 a.m.
Lunch Time Lecture - Clinical Decision Making Through the Ages
Charanjit Rihal, MD
12:35 p.m.
Questions and Answers
12:45 p.m.
Stretch and Desserts
1:00 p.m.
Contemporary Topics in CAD
Moderators: Malcolm Bell, MD, J. Wells Askew, III, MD
1:00 p.m.
High Sensitivity Troponin: Case Studies
Malcolm Bell, MD
1:20 p.m.
New Diabetic Drugs for the CV Patient: Case Studies
R. Scott Wright, MD
1:40 p.m.
Multiple Arterial Bypass Grafts – Who, Why and How
Chaim Leker Locker, MD
2:00 p.m.
PCI for Stable Angina: Updates
Malcolm Bell, MD
2:20 p.m.
Questions and Answers
2:30 p.m.
Case Reviews
2:30 p.m.
Mystery Imaging Case
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD
2:40 p.m.
Interesting Stress Echo Case
Garvan Kane, MD, PhD
2:50 p.m.
STEMI With Shock and Multivessel Disease
Gurpreet Sandhu, MD, PhD
3:00 p.m.
Summary and Q/A
3:15 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:30 p.m.
Special Symposium - Electrics and Innovations
Moderators: Malcolm Bell, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
3:30 p.m.
Coronary Artery Disease and TAVR – Issues and Innovations
Abdallah El Sabbagh, MD
3:45 p.m.
Contemporary Management of VT storm – Step by Step
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
4:00 p.m.
Remote Monitoring – Devices, Apps, and Implants
Suraj Kapa, MD
4:15 p.m.
Who Should Get a Leadless Pacemaker or ICD?
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
4:30 p.m.
AI and AF
Suraj Kapa, MD
4:45 p.m.
Adjourn
6:45 a.m.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2
6:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
Overview
7:35 a.m.
Featured Lectures - Structural Heart Interventions
Moderators: Malcolm Bell, MD, Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
7:35 a.m.
LAA Closure for Stroke Prevention
David Holmes, MD
7:55 a.m.
TAVR – 2019 and Beyond
Mackram Eleid, MD
8:15 a.m.
Questions and Answers
8:25 a.m.
The Cranial View
8:25 a.m.
Spirits and Upton Sinclair
David Holmes, MD
8:50 a.m.
Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Dilemmas: Part I
8:50 a.m.
Introduction to Topic
Malcolm Bell, MD
8:55 a.m.
Case Reviews
8:55 a.m.
Case: When Can I Stop DAPT Prior to Non-Cardiac Surgery?
Abhiram Prasad, MD
9:10 a.m.
Case - NSTEMI and Stent: Warfarin and Antiplatelet Agents
Malcolm Bell, MD
9:25 a.m.
Case - NSTEMI and Stent: DOAC and Antiplatelet Agents
Robert McBane, MD
9:40 a.m.
Anticoagulation in Pregnancy – What’s New?
Robert McBane, MD
9:55 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:05 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:20 a.m.
Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Dilemmas: Part II
Moderators: Ana Casanegra, MD, Robert McBane, MD
10:20 a.m.
DAPT and Cardiac Surgery
Gabor Bagameri, MD
10:40 a.m.
Optimal Duration of DAPT and Patient Risk Assessment
Malcolm Bell, MD
11:00 a.m.
Reversal of Anticoagulation – When and How?
Ana Casanegra, MD
11:20 a.m.
Access-site Bleeding Complications
Yader Sandoval, MD
11:45 a.m.
Questions and Answers
12:00 p.m.
PICK UP LUNCH - Return to Ballroom
12:20 p.m.
Lunch Time Lectures
Moderator: R. Scott Wright, MD
12:20 p.m.
The Future of Cardiovascular Research
Amir Lerman, MD
12:40 p.m.
Cost of Prescription Drugs: Time for Action
Vincent Rajkumar, MD
1:05 p.m.
Stretch and Refreshment Break
1:20 p.m.
FEATURED LECTURE
Moderators: Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD, Amir Lerman, MD
1:20 p.m.
Disparities in CV Health Care
LaPrincess Brewer, MD
1:40 p.m.
Rapid Fire Case Reviews
1:40 p.m.
Apical Ballooning
Amir Lerman, MD
1:50 p.m.
SCAD
Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD
2:00 p.m.
HOCM Versus AS Case With a Hemodynamic Learning Point
Mackram Eleid, MD
2:10 p.m.
Left Main Emergency
Yader Sandoval, MD
2:20 p.m.
STEMI in Chemo Patient
Joerg Herrmann, MD
2:30 p.m.
Summary and Q/A
2:40 p.m.
Refreshment Break
2:55 p.m.
FEATURED LECTURE: Revascularization in Severe LV Dysfunction: What is the Current Status of Viability Testing?
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD
3:20 p.m.
Anguished Decision Making - Panelists: Drs. Albright, Bagameri, Holmes, Chareonthaitawee, McBane
Moderator: Malcolm Bell, MD
3:20 p.m.
Elderly Patient With NSTEMI and Severe Left Main Stenosis
Guy Reeder, MD
3:45 p.m.
Severe Symptomatic CAD and Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 5 or Moderate Dementia
Abdallah El Sabbagh, MD
4:10 p.m.
Adjourn
7:00 a.m.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast With Round Table: Bring Your Burning Preventive Cardiology Questions - Drs. Brewer, Wright, Lopez-Jimenez, and Albright
7:25 a.m.
Overview
7:30 a.m.
Hot Topics in Prevention
Moderators: LaPrincess Brewer, MD, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD
7:30 a.m.
Treating Triglycerides – When, Why, and How
Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD
7:55 a.m.
Preventive Cardiology in the Community
LaPrincess Brewer, MD
8:15 a.m.
Obesity – Who Should Get Surgery?
Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD
8:35 a.m.
Are We Over-Treating Hypertension?
Robert Albright, DO
8:55 a.m.
Coronary Artery From the Wrong Cusp
William Miranda, MD
9:15 a.m.
Questions and Answers
9:25 a.m.
Prevention: Step-by-Step Approach
Moderators: Joerg Herrmann, MD, Guy Reeder, MD
9:25 a.m.
Lipid Treatment – Hot Off the Press 2019
R. Scott Wright, MD
9:45 a.m.
Resistant Hypertension
Robert Albright, DO
10:05 a.m.
My Patient Needs to Exercise – Proven Strategies for Durable Success
Amanda Bonikowske, PhD
10:25 a.m.
Statin Intolerance: Step-by-Step
R. Scott Wright, MD
10:45 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:55 a.m.
Course Summary and Wrap Up
11:00 a.m.
Adjourn
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