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Cardiovascular Diseases

Challenges in Clinical Cardiology

Friday, September 14

TimeTopic
7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Registration
7:55 a.m. Welcome
8:00 a.m. Cardiac Biomarkers in Patients with Chest Pain: Which Ones and When?
8:25 a.m. Antiplatelet Agents in Acute Coronary Syndromes: Doses, Choices and Duration
8:50 a.m. NSTEMI in the Very Elderly: A Pragmatic Approach
9:15 a.m. Chest Pain with a Creatinine of 2.5 mg/dL: Elevation Options 
9:30 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Does My Breathless Patient Have Heart Failure?
10:25 a.m. Is CRT Working in My Patient?
10:50 a.m. Is This LVAD Working Properly?
11:15 a.m. Heart Failure with Elevated Creatinine: Management Strategy
11:40 a.m. Heart Failure and Preserved EF
12:05 p.m. Lunch (Provided)
1:05 p.m. Pulmonary Hypertension: How to Interpret the Cath Data
1:30 p.m. Central Versus Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Does It Matter?
1:55 p.m. Positive Stress Test and Normal Coronary Arteries: Approach to Treatment
2:20 p.m. Advanced Lipid Testing – Helpful? Recommended?
2:55 p.m. Break
3:20 p.m. CTA Versus Stress Echo for Chest Pain Evaluation
3:45 p.m. Noncardiac Surgery After DES
4:10 p.m. The Breathless Patient: Role of Oxygen Consumption Treadmill Testing
4:35 p.m. Nicotine Dependence: Pharmacologic and Non Pharmacologic Options
5:30 p.m. Reception