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Controversies 2018 Online Syllabus


General Course Materials
Updated 2018
Program
Faculty
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General Symposium
Information

Thursday, November 15, 2018

The Ronald G. Victor, MD - Memorial Lecture
Yes I Can: How to Transform a Small Community Hospital Into the Nation’s #1 Cardiology Program in Five Decades
James Forrester, MD, FACC
 
Session I: Atherosclerosis and Dyslipidemia

Update on PCSK9 Inhibition
P.K. Shah, MD, MACC
 
Lipids Beyond LDL: Focus on Lpa and TG Rich Lipoprotiens
Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC
                                
De-Risking Primary Prevention: Role of Imaging
Matthew Budoff, MD, FACC

Session II: Update in Cardiac Imaging
 
Combining CAC with SPECT
Daniel Berman, MD, FACC
 
Device Infections and Complications: Role of Imaging
Louise Thomson, MB, ChB
                       
Does Myocardial Viability Predict Improvement with Revascularization?
Robert Bonow, MD, MACC
                                               
Coronary CTA is the Best First Test for Stable Chest Pain
Matthew Budoff, MD, FACC
                                               
Low Gradient AS
Robert Siegel, MD, FACC
 
Keynote Lecture: The Interventional Paradox:  When More Is More and Less is More
Martin B. Leon, MD, FACC


Session III: Controversies in Advanced Heart Failure
 
Personalized Medicine in Heart Failure
Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc, MACC
 
Debate: Personalized Medicine in Heart Failure: Are We There Yet? Ever?
Pro:     Evan Kransdorf, MD, PhD
Con:    Michelle M. Kittleson, MD, PhD, FACC
 
2:10 – 2:30 PM                      
Keynote Lecture: We Have the Data; the Guidelines Are Done – But How Much Do We Really Know About Heart Failure?
Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc, MACC
 
Keynote Lecture: Comprehensive Imaging in Heart Failure
Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD, FACC

Session V: Controversies in Structural Heart Disease
 

Debate: Management of Severe AS Patient with Poor Access – Surgical or Percutaneous?                                      
Surgical: Michael Mack, MD, FACC
Percutaneous: Ted Feldman, MD, FACC

Debate: LAA Closure – Should This Be First Line Therapy?
Pro: Brian Whisenant, MD, FACC
Con: David R. Holmes, Jr., MD, MACC
 
Keynote Lecture: Imaging of the Mitral and Tricuspid Valve for Structural Intervention
Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD, FACC

 
Debate: The Tricuspid Valve…No Longer the Forgotten Valve – Early Intervention or Watchful Waiting?
Early Intervention: Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD, FACC
Watchful Waiting:
Michael Mack, MD, FACC

Friday, November 16, 2018

PDFs of the Friday faculty presentations will be available below, if approved by the speaker. 

To the best of our ability, PDFs will be posted within 24 hours of presentation.
Session VI: Clinical Electrophysiology

Incorporating Genetic Testing into Cardiovascular Practice
Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD
 
Remote Monitoring Using a Smart Phone or Watch:  From Implantable to Wearable
Paul Friedman, MD, FACC
 
Present and Future of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Samir Saba, MD, FACC
 
Can We Personalize Risk Stratification for Sudden Death?
Jeffrey Goldberger, MD, MBA, FACC

Keynote Lecture: Will CT Angiography Replace Invasive Angiogram for Routine CABG?
Patrick Serruys, MD, PhD, FACC

Session VII: Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Aging – Cardiovascular Disease, Cognition and Health Policy
          
Introduction and Overview – Can Inclusion of Women Improve Men’s Health?
C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC
                                  
Bridging the Sex Gap in Early Myocardial Infarction Mortality – Why It Matters
Nakela L. Cook, MD, MPH, FACC

Keynote Lecture: Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine: Lights, Shadows and Needs
Francisco Fernandez-Aviles, MD, PhD, FACC

Session VIII: Controversies in RCT’s: 2018

1.  REDUCE-IT
2.  CIRT (Cardiovascular Inflammation Reduction Trial)                                                                      
3.  ODYSSEY Trial

4.  VEST
 
Keynote Lecture: Is the Heart Team Real or Just a Check Box?      
Michael Mack, MD, FACC    

Session IX: Aortic Dissection and Pulmonary Embolism Management

Aortic Dissection
Ali Azizzadeh, MD

Session X: Hypertension

Debate: Return of Renal Denervation 
Pro:     Florian Rader, MD, MSc, FACC
 
Session XI: Heart Health and Extreme Endurance Sports
                                                           
Debate: Heart Health and Extreme Endurance Sports: Harmful or Beneficial?
Matthew T. Wheeler, MD, PhD
Michael Emery, MD, MS, FACC

Session XII: Controversies in Cardiogenic Shock                                                                                                           

Case Presentation
Luke Oakley, MD, FACC
                       
Case Presentation
Luis Bowen, MD
 
Controversies in Cardiogenic Shock
Timothy D. Henry, MD, FACC
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