Controversies 2016 Online Syllabus

General Course Materials
Updated scientific program
November 16 Abstract Presentation Program
Corporate Support
Faculty Affiliations
Abstract Presenter Disclosures
Faculty Disclosures
Thursday, November 17th Presentations
PDFs of the faculty presentations are available below, when approved by the speaker. 
Presentations will be posted throughout the symposium.
Morning Sessions
Gee, Garwood - CA ACC Welcome Address
Shah, PK - Novel Pathways to Inflammation in Atherosclerosis
Brown, Alan - LDL-C Lowering
Mozaffarian, Dariush - Rethinking Dietary Fat
Ginsberg, Henry - Elevated Triglycerides
Messerli, Franz - New BP Goals
Olin, Jeffrey - There Are Still Indications for Renal Artery Stenging After CORAL
Messerli, Franz - Benefits of Heart Rate Lowering
Afternoon Sessions
Casale, Paul - New Payment Models: What Does this Mean for Cardiology?
Wright, Richard - MACRA
Brindis, Ralph - Piecing Together the MACRA Puzzle
Khandwalla, Raj - Digital Cardiology
Tapson, Victor - Innovations in the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension
Hage, Antoine - Pulmonary Hypertension in Left Heart Disease, PAH is Beneficial
Lewis, Michael - Pulmonary Hypertension in Left Heart Disease, PAH is Deleterious
Kransdorf, Evan - The New UNOS Donor Heart Allocation Proposal is FAIR
Chung, Joshua - The New UNOS Donor Heart Allocation Proposal is NOT FAIR
Friday, November 18th Presentations
Morning Sessions
Chugh, Sumeet - Silent Atrial Fibrillation, Quiet Yet Serious
Shen, Win K - Silent Atrial Fibrillation, No Treatment Without Symptoms
Kwong, Raymond - Risk of Sudden Death, All You Need is Cardiac MRI
Maron, Barry - Risk of Sudden Death, Only the Clinical Profile Determines Risk
Ehdaie, Ashkan - Catheter Ablation of Ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia, First ICD Shock
Cingolani, Eugenio - Silent Atrial Fibrillation, Where's the Fire?
Swerdlow, Charles - Time for Subcutaneous Device to Replace the Transvenous Defibrillator PRO
Shehata, Michael - Time for the Subcutaneous Device to Replace the Transvenous Defibrillator ANTAGONIST
Yusuf, Salim - A Contemporary Perspective on Global Health
Kaul, Sanjay - What Role Does Cangrelor Have?
Henry, Timothy - Choice of Anticoagulants at the Time of PCI
Kern, Morton - Bioresorbable Scaffolds, Where Are We Now?
Kaul, Sanjay - PCI vs CABG for LM CAD
Afternoon Sessions
Leon, Martin - Current Controversies in the Treatment of Aortic Stenosis
Siegel, Robert - Ultrasound is the New Physical Exam
Dweck, Marc - Imaging of Coronary Atherosclerosis
Makkar, Raj - 4D CT in Bioprosthetic Valves
Budoff, Matthew - Coronary CTA
Raman, Subha - Most Patients with Heart Failure of Uncertain Etiology Should Have Cardiac MRI PRO
Shiota, Takahiro - Most Patients with Heart Failure of Uncertain Etiology Should Have Cardiac MRI CON
Berman, Daniel - Clinical Role of FFRct
O'Neill, William - A Historical Journey on the Treatment of MI
Cox, David - Multivessel Disease, Fix the CULPRIT
Henry, Timothy - Multivessel Disease, Complete Revascularization
O'Neill, William - Advanced Cardiogenic Shock
Reardon, Michael - Barriers and Opportunities to the Treatment of Low Risk Patients with TAVR
Kar, Saibal - Functional Mitral Regurgitation
Fontana, Gregory - Functional Mitral Regurgitation
Wright, Richard - Appendage Closure
Kar, Saibal - Appendage Closure
Abstract Presentations
Aboualia, AbdelMohsen
Akhmerov, Akbarshakh
Cruz, Gilbert
Gatmaitan, Ingrid
Kearns, Mark
Markham, Ryan
Quizon, Lendry
Stadler, Petr
Sylvies, Fiona