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Cardiovascular Diseases

Coronary Artery Disease: Prevention, Detection & Treatment

Friday, November 16

TimeTopic
7:00 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast
7:45 a.m. Welcome, Course Overview, and Outcome Survey
Charanjit Rihal, M.D.
  Screening and Prevention for CAD
Moderator: Charanjit Rihal, M.D.
8:00 a.m. Approaches to Screening for CVD: Who and How Should We Screen
C. Noel Bairey Merz, M.D.
8:30 a.m. Metabolic Syndrome and Heart Disease
Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, M.D.
9:00 a.m. Lipid Management Beyond Statins
R. Scott Wright, M.D.
9:30 a.m. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Tools in the Home and Office
C. Noel Bairey Merz, M.D.
10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion
Drs. Bairey, Merz, Lopez-Jimenez, and Wright
10:15 a.m. Refreshment Break
  Detection and Imaging for Coronary Artery Disease
Moderator: Amir Lerman, M.D.
10:35 a.m. Illustrative Case Presentation
Thomas Allison, Ph.D.
10:45 a.m. Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR): What Benefit Does It Offer?
Rajiv Gulati, M.D., Ph.D.
11:15 a.m. Imaging for Cardiovascular Risk Prediction. Is There a Role?
Robert (Todd) Hurst, M.D.
11:45 a.m. Special Lecture: Eating for a Healthy Heart
Amir Lerman, M.D.
12:05 p.m. Panel Discussion
Drs. Allison, Gulati, Hurst, and Lerman
12:15 p.m. Lunch
  Detection and Imaging for Coronary Artery Disease
Moderator: Amir Lerman, M.D.
1:00 p.m. Appropriateness Criteria in Stress Testing and Angiography
Issam Moussa, M.D
1:25 p.m. Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in CVD
Thomas Allison, Ph.D.
1:50 p.m. Optimal Use of CTA and MR in Ischemic Heart Disease
Eric Williamson, M.D.
2:15 p.m. Advances in Intracoronary Imaging
Kirk Garratt, M.D.
2:40 p.m. Panel Discussion
Drs. Moussa, Allison, Williamson, and Garratt
3:00 p.m. Adjourn