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Cardiovascular Diseases

19th Annual Arrhythmias & the Heart: A Cardiovascular Update

Monday, January 30

TimeTopic
6:50 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast
7:15 a.m. Welcome and Introduction (Pre-Test)
Douglas L. Packer, M.D.
  Atrial Fibrillation
Moderator: Douglas L. Packer, M.D.
7:30 a.m. New Risk Factors for Atrial Fibrillation: Inflammation, Obesity, and Sleep Apnea
Paul A. Friedman, M.D.
7:55 a.m. Achieving Rate Control for Atrial Fibrillation: Medications vs. AV Node Ablation
Win-Kuang Shen, M.D.
8:20 a.m. Maintaining Sinus Rhythm: Following the AHA / ACC / HRS Guidelines and Practical Management Pearls
Stephen C. Hammill, M.D.
8:45 a.m. Curative Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Whom to Treat, Expectations, and Post-Ablation Management
Douglas L. Packer, M.D.
9:10 a.m. Panel Discussion
Drs. Friedman, Shen and Hammill
9:30 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:00 a.m. Preventing Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation – Getting with the Guidelines and Other Options Beyond Warfarin
Paul A. Friedman, M.D.
10:25 a.m. Treatment of Atrial Flutter and Atrial Tachycardia: When Medications Fail
Douglas L. Packer, M.D.
10:50 a.m. Panel Discussion
Drs. Friedman, Shen and Hammill
11:10 a.m. Atrial Fibrillation & Flutter – Case Management
Moderator: Dr. Brady
Panelists: Drs. Friedman, Hammill, Packer and Shen
12:00 p.m. Adjourn