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Agenda
Wednesday, June 3 | Thursday, June 4 | Friday, June 5
| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 | |
| 8:00 am | Welcome - Delos M. Cosgrove, MD, CEO and President, Cleveland Clinic |
| 8:10am | Keynote Address Prolongevity - Floyd D. Loop, MD |
| 8:40 - 10:25 am | Coronary Artery Disease Plenary Moderators: Stephen Ellis, MD and Joseph Sabik, MD |
| • | Debate: DES, BMS, or Medical Therapy in
Stable Ischemic Heart Disease - Bernard Chaitman, MD and David Holmes, MD |
| • | Evaluating Percutaneous Interventions for
Traditional Surgical Indications - Paul Teirstein, MD |
| • | Perioperative Risk of Patients with Previous DES Placement - Stephen Ellis, MD |
| • | What’s New in Coronary Surgery? - Joseph Sabik, MD |
| • | Preventing Clots in Ischemic Heart Disease - A. Michael Lincoff, MD |
| 10:25 am | Break |
| 10:45 - 12:30pm | Prevention Plenary Moderator: Stanley Hazen, MD, PhD and Leslie Cho, MD |
| • | Plaque Regression: Can We Make Atherosclerosis Go Away? - Steven Nissen, MD |
| • | HDL Targeted Therapy - Which Drugs and Why - Stanley Hazen, MD, PhD |
| • | Does Non-Invasive Imaging Prevent Death? Pro - Mario Garcia, MD |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
Improving the Patient Experience in Cardiovascular Care: Keynote Address |
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| 2:00 - 3:30pm | Concurrent Sessions |
| Valve: Minimally Invasive Mitral Repair Moderators: A. Marc Gillinov, MD and Robert Bonow, MD |
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| • | Anterior Leaflet Repair - Tirone David, MD |
| • | Robotic Mitral Repair - Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD |
| • | Minimally Invasive Mitral Repair - Is It Better? - A. Marc Gillinov, MD |
| • | Surgery for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation - Irving Kron, MD |
| Coronary Artery Disease: Management of
Acute MI and Shock Moderator: A. Michael Lincoff, MD |
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| • | Delays in Door-to-Balloon Time and the Impact on Choice of Therapy - Eric Bates, MD |
| • | CABG in Cardiogenic Shock: Patient Selection - Joseph Sabik, MD |
| • | Circulatory Support in the Cath Lab: Saving Lives or Spending Money - Samir Kapadia, MD |
| Aortic: Imaging and Patient Workup Moderator: Eric Roselli, MD |
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| • | Advances in Aortic CT Imaging - Scott Flamm, MD |
| • | Comprehensive Work Up of Aortic Patients - Eric Isselbacher, MD |
| • | Follow-up Paradigms: Small Aneurysms, Dissections, and Endografts - Tara Mastracci, MD |
| • | Marfans and Other Genetic Disorders: Implications and Testing Efforts - Rocio Moran, MD |
| Heart Failure: Controversies in Heart Failure Care Moderators: Katherine Hoercher, RN and Eileen Hsich, MD |
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| • | Is Tailored Therapy with a PA Catheter
Beneficial? Pro - Wilson Tang, MD Con - Joseph Rogers, MD |
| • | Heart Transplant Center Volume: Does Size
Matter for Quality Outcomes? Pro - John Conte, MD Con - Benjamin Sun, MD |
| • | Does Exercise Help Patients with
Heart Failure? Pro - Christopher O’Connor, MD Con - Michael Lauer, MD |
| Prevention: What is the Role of Alternative Blood
and Genetic Markers in Preventive Cardiology? Moderator: Stanley Hazen, MD, PhD |
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| • | Blood Markers - Paul Ridker, MD |
| • | Genetic Markers - Ruth McPherson, MD, PhD |
| Electrophysiology: Atrial Fibrillation:
Pathophysiology Moderators: Patrick Tchou, MD and Oussama Wazni, MD |
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| • | Genotyping & Phenotyping, How Do We Get Here? - Mina Chung, MD |
| • | Cellular Insights into Atrial Fibrillation - David Van Wagoner, MD |
| • | Role of the Autonomic Nervous System - Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD |
| • | Insights from Noninvasive ECG Imaging (ECG) - Yoram Rudy, PhD |
| Panel Discussion | |
| 4:00 - 5:30pm | Concurrent Sessions |
| Electrophysiology: Atrial Fibrillation: Management Moderators: Thomas Dresing, MD and Walid Saliba, MD |
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| • | Rate vs. Rhythm Control: The Ongoing Struggle - Richard Page, MD |
| • | New Imaging & Navigation Modalities - Vivek Reddy, MD |
| • | Surgical Ablation: When, Why and How? - A. Marc Gillinov, MD |
| • | Monitoring for Outcomes: Implanted, Wearable - Bruce Lindsay, MD |
| Panel Discussion | |
| Coronary Artery Disease:
Technical Advances in PCI Moderator: Stephen Ellis, MD |
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| • | PCI for Chronic Total Occlusion - Samir Kapadia, MD |
| • | Magnetic Navigation System in PCI - Robert-Jan van Guens, MD, PhD |
| • | The Role of Rotational Angiography - John Carroll, MD |
| Heart Failure: Treatment of Advanced
Cardiopulmonary Failure Moderators: Kenneth McCurry, MD and Michael Hanna, MD |
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| • | Advanced Lung Failure: ECMO Bridge to Lung Transplant - David Mason, MD |
| • | Pulmonary Hypertension: When to Choose Heart Transplant, Heart/Lung Transplant or VAD Support - Kenneth McCurry, MD |
| • | Artificial Lung Technology - Are We Close? - Sudish Murthy, MD, PhD |
| Case Presentation | |
| Imaging for Viability: Why is it Important? Moderator: James Thomas, MD |
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| • | Echo - Wael Jaber, MD |
| • | Nuclear - Manuel Cerqueira, MD |
| • | CT/Cardiac MRI - Mario Garcia, MD |
| Vascular: Management of Venous
Thromboembolism (VTE) Diagnosis and Management of Acute PE Moderator: Marcelo Gomes, MD |
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| • | Standard Anticoagulation for VTE - John Bartholomew, MD |
| • | Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute PE - Jeffrey Weitz, MD |
| • | Thrombolytic Therapy/Intervention for DVT - Anthony Comerota, MD |
| • | Pulmonary Embolectomy - Gonzalo Gonzalez-Stawinski, MD |
| • | Newer Anticoagulants - Jeffrey Weitz, MD |
| • | Thrombophilia (Genetic/Acquired) - Kandice Marchant, MD, PhD |
| Aortic: How I Do It Moderator: Bruce W. Lytle, MD |
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| • | ETG Open and Hybrids - Lars Svensson, MD, PhD |
| • | TAAA Branch Grafts - Roy Greenberg, MD |
| • | ETA Completion - Eric Roselli, MD |
| • | Aortic Dissection - Edward Soltesz, MD |
| Back to Top | |
| THURSDAY, JUNE 4 | |
| 8:00 - 9:45am | Valvular Disease Plenary |
| Mitral Valve: Case Studies Moderators: A. Marc Gillinov, MD and William Stewart, MD |
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| • | Asymptomatic 4+ MR with Prolapse - Should We Operate? - Robert Bonow, MD |
| • | Repair of Ischemic MR - the Substrate and the Challenges - D. Craig Miller, MD |
| • | Percutaneous Repair for MR - Ready for Prime Time? - Blase Carabello, MD |
| • | Aortic Dissection - Edward Soltesz, MD |
| Aortic Valve: Case Studies Moderators: Tirone David, MD and E. Murat Tuzcu, MD |
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| • | Transcatheter AVR - Which Patients, Which Approach? - Samir Kapadia, MD |
| • | Valve-Sparing Root Surgery - What Has Time Taught Us? - Tirone David, MD |
| • | Tissue Valves in Young Patients - The Right Choice? - Nicholas Smedira, MD |
| • | The Treatment of Valve Endocarditis - Gosta Pettersson, MD, PhD |
| 9:45 am | Break |
| 10:15 - 12:00 pm | Aortic Plenary |
| • | Past, Present, and Future Concepts for AAA Repair - Hazim Safi, MD |
| • | Contrast Between Open and Endovascular Repair Of Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms - Roy Greenberg, MD |
| • | Hybrid Graft Solutions and Brain Protection for Arch Repair - Lars Svensson, MD, PhD |
| Panel Discussion | |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| Keynote Addresses | |
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| 1:30 - 3:15pm | Vascular Plenary Moderators: John Bartholomew, MD and Matthew Eagleton, MD |
| Is Intervention Better than Drugs? Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis (Debates) |
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| • | CEA is the Gold Standard - Norman Hertzer, MD |
| • | Carotid Stenting is the First line of Therapy - Daniel Clair, MD |
| • | Medical Therapy - No Case for Intervention - Michael Jaff, DO |
| Panel Discussion | |
| Non-Lifestyle Limiting Claudication (Debates) | |
| • | Intervention Indicated in the Endovascular Era - Bruce Gray, DO |
| • | Medical Management is the Only Therapy - Heather Gornik, MD |
| Panel Discussion | |
| 3:15 pm | Break |
| 3:45 - 5:15pm | Concurrent Sessions |
| Coronary Artery Disease: The Gold Standard
in the Treatment of CAD: PCI vs. CABG Moderators: A. Michael Lincoff, MD and Joseph Sabik, MD |
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| • | What is the Data on Restenosis? - David Holmes, MD |
| • | What is the Data on Graft Patency? - Joseph Sabik, MD |
| Case Presentations: Surgery vs. Stents vs. Medicine | |
| Valve: Advances in Imaging and Assessment of
Valvular Heart Disease Moderators: Blase Carabello, MD and D. Craig Miller, MD |
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| • | Quantitative Doppler in MR: Threshold for Repair - William Stewart, MD |
| • | 3D Echo in Valve Disease - James Thomas, MD |
| • | Quantitative Doppler in AR: Threshold for Surgery - Robert Bonow, MD |
| • | Imaging in Aortic Valve Repair - Brian Griffin, MD |
| Aortic Moderators: Roy Greenberg, MD and Eric Roselli, MD |
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| • | Debate: Open Versus Endovascular Repair for Infrarenal AAA - Tara Mastracci, MD vs. K. Wayne Johnston, MD |
| • | Debate: Open Versus Endovascular Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Repair - Hazim Safi, MD vs. Linda Reilly, MD |
| • | Debate: Open Versus Endovascular Descending Thoracic Aneurysm Repair - Richard Cambria, MD vs. Nicholas Kouchoukos, MD |
| Vascular: Management of Lower Extremity
Arterial Disease Moderator: Heather Gornik, MD |
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| • | PAD and Unusual Vasculopathies - Jeffrey Olin, MD |
| • | Imaging (Ultrasound, MRA, CTA, Ateriography) - Mark Sands, MD |
| • | SFA Stents versus PT - Timur Sarac, MD and Albrecht Kramer, MD |
| • | Tibial Recanalization - Sean Lyden, MD |
| • | Management of the Non-Revascularizable Patient - Jeffrey Olin, MD |
| Heart Failure: Ventricular Assist Devices as a
Therapy for Advanced Heart Failure Moderators: Jack Copeland, MD and James Young, MD |
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| • | The Evolution of VADS: Past, Present and Future - Jack Copeland, MD |
| • | What Have We Learned About Continuous Flow Pumps? - Mark Slaughter, MD |
| • | Current Outcomes - Randall Starling, MD, MPH |
| • | Can VADs and Medicines Facilitate LV Recovery? - Leslie Miller, MD |
| Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Moderator: Harry Lever, MD |
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| • | Clinical Aspects of HOCM - Harry Lever, MD |
| • | Imaging in HOCM - Milind Desai, MD |
| • | Percutaneous Therapy for HOCM - E. Murat Tuzcu, MD |
| • | Surgical Therapy for HOCM - Hartzell Schaff, MD |
| • | Mitral Valve Surgery for HOCM - Nicholas Smedira, MD |
| 6:30pm | Social Event: Great Lakes Science Center |
| Back to Top | |
| FRIDAY, JUNE 5 | |
| 8:00 - 9:45am | Electrophysiology Plenary: Collaborative Approach to Electrical Therapy of Heart Failure Moderators: Bruce Lindsay, MD and Robert Hobbs, MD |
| Identification of Patients at Risk of Preventable
Cardiac Death: What is the Best Strategy? |
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| • | Who Dies, When and How? - N.A. Mark Estes, III, MD |
| • | LV Function, LV Scar & Dyssynchrony - Milind Desai, MD |
| • | Electrical Measurements & Derivative - Derek Exner, MD |
| Discussion of Best Strategies | |
| Implementation of Collaborative Electrical Therapy | |
| • | Bringing the Preop Assessment into the EP Lab - Richard Grimm, DO |
| • | Troubleshooting Optimized CRT - Wilfried Mullens, MD |
| • | Remote Disease Management 2.0 - Bruce Wilkoff, MD |
| 9:45 am | Break |
| 8:00 - 9:45am | Heart Failure Plenary |
| Therapy for Heart Failure: Today and Tomorrow Moderators: Nicholas Smedira, MD and Randall Starling, MD, MPH |
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| • | Risk Stratification: Do We Need a Heart Transplant Allocation Score? - Wayne Levy, MD |
| • | Stem Cell Therapies for Acute and Chronic Heart Failure: Options for Today and Tomorrow - Marc Penn, MD, PhD |
| • | Medical Therapies and Personalized Delivery of Care with Genomics - Michael Bristow, MD, PhD |
| • | Current Indications and Outcomes in Heart and Lung Transplantation - David O. Taylor, MD |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| Keynote Address Bruce W. Lytle, MD |
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| 1:30 - 3:30pm | Concurrent Sessions |
| Valve: Percutaneous Valve Technologies Moderator: Blase Carabello, MD |
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| • | Apical and Transfemerol AVR - How to Do It - Lars Svensson, MD, PhD |
| • | Transcatheter AVR will Change the Practice of Valve Disease - Blase Carabello, MD |
| • | Percutaneous Repair for MR: How Long Until It’s Ready? - Samir Kapadia, MD |
| • | Imaging for Percutaneous AVR and MV Repair - L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD |
| Vascular: Management of Cerebral
Vascular Disease Moderator: Matthew Eagleton, MD |
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| • | Carotid Duplex - The Gold Standard - Heather Gornik, MD |
| • | Cerebral Protection Devices - Christopher Bajzer, MD |
| • | Vertebral Interventions: The Ignored Problem - Ramon Berguer, MD, PhD |
| • | Percutaneous Vertebral Interventions - Sunita Srivastava, MD |
| • | Unusual Carotid Disorders - Michael Jaff, DO |
| Prevention: Ask the Experts Moderator: Leslie Cho, MD |
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| • | Complex Lipid Cases - Michael Rocco, MD, and Stanley Hazen, MD, PhD |
| • | Women and Heart Disease - Leslie Cho, MD, Julie Huang, MD, and Ellen Mayer-Sabik, MD |
| Heart-Brain Medicine Moderator: Marc Penn, MD, PhD |
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| • | State of the Science - Marc Penn, MD, PhD |
| • | Subarchnoid Hemorrhage and Sudden Cardiac Death - Javier Provencio, MD |
| • | The Risk of Depression in the CABG Population - Leo Pozuelo, MD |
| • | The Role of Biofeedback in the Treatment of Heart Failure - Christine Moravec, PhD |
| Electrophysiology: Collaborative Management
of Device Therapy Morbidity: Prevention,
Protection & Therapy Moderators: David Martin, MD and Mohamed Kanj, MD |
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| • | ICD Shocks: Causes, Prevention & Risk - Michael O. Sweeney, MD |
| • | Vascular Occlusion: Detection & Therapy - Deepak Bhatt, MD |
| • | Infection: Pathophysiology, Prophylaxis & Therapy - Steven Gordon, MD |
| • | Lead Failure: Pathophysiology, Prevention & Detection - Bruce Wilkoff, MD |
| 3:30pm | Meeting Adjourns |
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