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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?
Moderator: Michael Modic, MD

Pro - Mario Garcia, MD
Con - Michael Lauer, MD
 
Panel Discussion
Michael Lauer, MD, Stephen Nicholls, MD, Leslie Cho, MD, Mario Garcia, MD

12:30 pm Lunch
 

Improving the Patient Experience in Cardiovascular Care:
More Than Reducing Mortality
M. Bridget Duffy, MD

Keynote Address
Edwin Beven, MD

2:00 - 3:30pm Concurrent Sessions
  Valve: Minimally Invasive Mitral Repair
Moderators: A. Marc Gillinov, MD and Robert Bonow, MD
•  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
•  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
•  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
•  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
•  Blood Markers - Paul Ridker, MD
•  Genetic Markers - Ruth McPherson, MD, PhD
  Electrophysiology: Atrial Fibrillation: Pathophysiology
Moderators: Patrick Tchou, MD and Oussama Wazni, MD
•  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
•  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
•  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
•  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
•  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
•  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
•  ETG Open and Hybrids - Lars Svensson, MD, PhD
•  TAAA Branch Grafts - Roy Greenberg, MD
•  ETA Completion - Eric Roselli, MD
•  Aortic Dissection - Edward Soltesz, MD
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  THURSDAY, JUNE 4
8:00 - 9:45am Valvular Disease Plenary
  Mitral Valve: Case Studies
Moderators: A. Marc Gillinov, MD and William Stewart, MD
•  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
•  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
 

Regulation and Innovation
Steven Nissen, MD

 

The Future of Information Technology and Patient Care
Eugene Blackstone, MD

1:30 - 3:15pm Vascular Plenary
Moderators: John Bartholomew, MD and Matthew Eagleton, MD
  Is Intervention Better than Drugs?
Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis (Debates)
•  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
•  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
•  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
•  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
•  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
•  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
•  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
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  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?
•  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
•  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
1:30 - 3:30pm Concurrent Sessions
  Valve: Percutaneous Valve Technologies
Moderator: Blase Carabello, MD
•  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
•  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
•  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
•  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
•  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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