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Agenda

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

Friday, August 2, 2024
All times in Eastern Time
7:00 am Continental Breakfast & Exhibits
8:00 am Welcome and Announcements
Venu Menon, MD

Meet the Trialists
Moderator: Venu Menon, MD

8:05 am CLEAR Outcomes Trial
Steven Nissen, MD
8:25 am VALOR Trial
Milind Desai, MD
8:45 am SELECT Trial
A. Michael Lincoff, MD
9:05 am SPORT Trial
Dennis Bruemmer, MD, PhD

Understanding the Guidelines
Moderator: Grant Reed, MD

9:25 am ACC/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Coronary Artery Revascularization
Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, MD
9:45 am ACC/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Aortic Disease
Sagar Kalahasti, MD
10:05 am ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation
Ayman Hussein, MD
10:25 am Refreshment Break & Exhibits

Overview of 2023/2024 Top 5 Trials
Moderator: Samir Kapadia, MD

10:45 am Electrophysiology and Pacing
Oussama Wazni, MD
11:05 am Interventional Cardiology
Mauricio G. Cohen, MD
11:25 am Heart Failure and Transplantation
Randall Starling, MD
11:45 am Cardiac Imaging
Brian Griffin, MD
12:05 pm Preventive Cardiology
Leslie Cho, MD
12:25 pm Lunch & Exhibits

State of the Art Management – Part 1
Moderator: Venu Menon, MD

1:25 pm New Paradigm Shift in the Treatment of Pericarditis
Allan Klein, MD
1:45 pm Current Management of Amyloidosis
Mazen Hanna, MD
2:05 pm Advances in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Sarcoidosis
Christine Jellis, MD, PhD
2:25 pm Current Management for HOCM
Milind Desai, MD
2:45 pm Pulmonary Hypertension – Emerging Therapies
Miriam Jacob, MD
3:05 pm Refreshment Break & Exhibits
3:25 pm Sports Cardiology and Return to Play
Michael Emery, MD
3:45 pm Clinical Decision-Making in Infective Endocarditis
Bo Xu, MD
4:05 pm Cardiac Rheumatology – Scope & Structure
Heba Wassif, MD
4:25 pm Closing Comments & Adjourn

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Saturday, August 3, 2024
All times in Eastern Time
7:15 am Continental Breakfast & Exhibits
8:00 am Introduction and Overview
Activity Directors

Novel Advances in Interventional Cardiology
Moderator: Grant Reed, MD

8:05 am Current Update and Future Direction in CHIP
Jai Khatri, MD
8:25 am State of the Art Structural Aortic Valve Interventions
Grant Reed, MD
8:45 am Progress in Structural Mitral Valve Interventions
Mauricio G. Cohen, MD
9:05 am Transcatheter Solutions for TV Disease – No Longer the Forgotten Valve
Samir Kapadia, MD
9:25 am Optimal Utilization of Intracoronary Imaging in Current Practice
Laura Young, MD
9:45 am Work-up of a Microvascular Disease
Khalid Ziada, MD
10:05 am Refreshment Break & Exhibits

Heart Failure Hot Topics
Moderator: Amanda Vest MBBS, MPH

10:25 am SGLT2s in Heart Failure: Above and Beyond GDMT
W.H. Wilson Tang, MD
10:45 am Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Is There a Solution?
Sanjeeb Bhattacharya, MD
11:05 am Achieving Optimal Guideline Directed Medical Therapy in the Community
M. Trejeeve Martyn, MD
11:25 am Sequencing GDMT in HF: An Urgent Need
Amanda Vest MBBS, MPH
11:45 am The Momentum of Heart Mate 3: The Scope and Promise of LVAD
Randall Starling, MD
12:05 pm Predicting Risk in Heart Transplant
Eileen Hsich, MD
12:25 pm Lunch & Exhibits
 

Insights from Preventive Cardiology
Moderator: Leslie Cho, MD

1:25 pm Coronary Calcium Score: Looking into the Future
Milind Desai, MD
1:45 pm Expanding Strategies to Optimize LDL Targets
Ashish Sarraju, MD
2:05 pm Optimal Management of Diabetes in 2023
Dennis Bruemmer, MD
2:25 pm Current Considerations in Optimal Blood Pressure Management
Vikas Sunder, MD
2:45 pm Pharmacological and Surgical Options in Obesity Management
Leslie Cho MD
3:05 pm Refreshment Break & Exhibits

Focus on Vascular Medicine and Cardiac Surgery
Moderator: Scott Cameron, MD, PhD

3:25 pm Pulmonary Embolism Response Team: Lessons Learned
Leben Tefera, MD
3:45 pm Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection – Recognition and Management
Pulkit Chaudhury, MD
4:05 pm COVID-19 and Thrombotic Disease: Bench to Bedside Implications
Scott Cameron, MD, PhD
4:25 pm The Importance of Conduit Selection in Long-term CABG Success
Donna Kimmaliardjuk, MD
4:45 pm Surgical Intervention on the Mitral Valve: When and Whom?
Marc Gillinov, MD
5:05 pm The Right Valve for the Right Patient: Surgical Management of Aortic Valve Disease
Marijan Koprivanac, MD
5:25 pm Closing Comments & Adjourn

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Sunday, August 4, 2024
All times in Eastern Time
7:15 am Continental Breakfast & Exhibits
8:00 am Introduction and Overview
Activity Directors

A New Era in Cardiac Critical Care
Moderator: Ran Lee, MD

8:05 am STEMI: What are the Remaining Challenges?
Stephen Ellis, MD
8:25 am Contemporary Management of Cardiogenic Shock
Ran Lee, MD
8:45 am My Approach to Crashing and Burning Heart Failure
Andrew Higgins, MD
9:05 am Evaluation and Rapid Treatment of Aortic Dissection
Venu Menon, MD
9:25 am Refreshment Break & Exhibits

State of the Art Management – Part 2
Ran Lee, MD

9:45 am ACHD Interventions: When & Where
Joanna Ghobrial, MD
10:05 am Cardio-Obstetrics: Moving the Needle
Deirdre Mattina, MD
10:25 am Current Management of Tetralogy of Fallot
Margaret Fuchs, MD
10:45 am Imaging for Structural Intervention

Ben Alencherry, MD

11:05 am Refreshment Break & Exhibits

Contemporary Innovations in Electrophysiology
Moderator: Ayman Hussein, MD

11:25 am Future of AF Ablation
Ayman Hussein, MD
11:45 am Updates and Novel Strategies in VT Mapping
Shady Nakhla, MD
12:05 pm Innovations in Cardiac Pacing
Niraj Varma, MD, PhD
12:25 pm Up to Date Approach to the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death
Jakub Sroubek MD, PhD
12:45 pm Novel Strategies for Stroke Prevention in AF
Walid Saliba, MD
1:05 pm Closing Comments & Adjourn
A five-minute question and answer is included in each speaker’s allotted talk.

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