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Agenda

Day 1
Day 2

Thursday, October 31, 2024
All times in Eastern Time
7:00 am Registration/Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
8:00 am Welcome and Announcements
Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD

Session I: Prevention and Management of CV Risk Part 1
Moderator: Amy Zack, MD

8:15 am Tools in CVD Prevention and Risk Management: To Test or Not to Test? Lp(a),apoB, Non HDL-C
Dennis Bruemmer, MD, PhD
8:30 am Statin Initiation for Primary Prevention Among Statin Naïve Adults and Reasons for Nonadherence
Vikas Sunder, MD
8:45 am When Statins Are Not Enough – Non-statin Lipid Lowering Therapies to Manage Residual Risk
Ashish Sarraju, MD
9:00 am Managing Anti-Hyperglycemic and CV Risk Reduction Agents in Patients With Diabetes: SGLT2i or GLP1RA or Both?
Dennis Bruemmer, MD, PhD
9:15 am Weight Loss Pharmacotherapy: Utilizing Current Therapies and Exploring the Next Generation of Weight Loss Medications
Steve Nissen, MD
9:30 am

Keto, Low Carb, Plant Based, IF: Controversies in the Evidence for the “Best “Diet: What is the Evidence and How to Apply in Clinical Practice
Julia Zumpano, RD, LD

 
9:45 am Old and Evolving Strategies for Treatment-Resistant Hypertension
Luke Laffin, MD
10:00 am Social Determinants of Health and Cardiovascular Disease: Current State and Future Directions
Lee Kirksey, MD
10:15 am Panel Discussion/Q&A
Session Faculty
10:35 am Refreshment Break/Exhibits

Session II: Prevention and Management of Risk Part 2
Moderator: Luke Laffin, MD

10:55 am Hormone Therapy and Heart Health: Debunking Myths, Embracing Evidence
Luke Laffin, MD
11:05 am The Intersection of Cardiovascular Disease and Chronic Kidney Disease: Strategies for Reducing Cardiovascular Risk
Crystal Gadegbeku, MD
11:20 am Who Should Get a CAC? How Often? How to Use the Results to Assess Risk?
Milind Desai, MD
11:35 am Management of CV Issues in the Elderly: Geriatric Cardiology
Ardeshir Hashmi, MD
11:50 am Population Health Management: Interventions to Control Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Current Status
LeRoi Hicks, MD
12:05 pm Panel Discussion/Q&A
Session Faculty
12:25 pm Lunch

Session III: Special Populations
Moderator: Deirdre Mattina, MD

1:25 pm Cardiac Disease Remains the Leading Cause of Mortality in Women: What are we Doing to Address This?
Vikas Sunder, MD
1:40 pm Cardiovascular Disease and Pregnancy: Optimizing Maternal and Fetal Health
Deirdre Mattina, MD
1:55 pm Competitive Sports Participation in Athletes with Heart Disease: Evaluation and Management
Tamanna Singh, MD
2:05 pm Cardio-oncology: Optimizing the Balance Between Cancer Outcomes and Cardiac Success
Patrick Collier, MD, PhD
2:20 pm Panel Discussion/Q&A
Session Faculty
2:35 pm Refreshment Break/Exhibits

Session IV: Essentials of CVD
Moderator: Venu Menon, MD

2:55 pm Role of Advanced Imaging for Ischemic Heart Disease: CT, CMR, Nuclear and Advanced Echocardiography
Saberio Lo Presti Vega, MD
3:10 pm Creating a Pathway for the Management of Stable Angina in Your Clinic: Structured Risk Assessment and Clinical Decision Making
Ben Alencherry, MD
3:25 pm ANOCA, INOCA, MINOCA: What Does It All Mean? Diagnostic Testing and Therapeutic Management
Khalid Ziada, MD
3:40 pm How Do I Manage my Post MI Patient (Including DAPT Guidelines/Duration/CardiacRehab)
Venu Menon, MD
3:55 pm Cardiac Rehab: Why it is Critical and How Can We Improve Access and Compliance?
Erik Van Iterson, PhD, MS
4:10 pm Peripheral Artery Disease: Assessment and Clinical Decision Making
Lee Kirksey, MD
4:25 pm Panel Discussion/Q&A
Session Faculty
4:40 pm Adjourn

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Friday, November 1, 2024
All times in Eastern Time
7:00 am Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
8:00 am Welcome and Announcements

Session V: Structural Heart Disease
Moderator: Samir Kapadia, MD

8:10 am Aortic Stenosis: Diagnosis and Management in the Modern Era
Samir Kapadia, MD
8:25 am MR: How to Diagnose and Manage Mitral Valve Disease: When to Refer? What are the Options
L. Leonardo Rodriguez, MD
8:40 am What to Know About the Natural History of Tricuspid Regurgitation: Current and Future Management Strategies
Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
8:55 am Bicuspid and Aneurysm-Associated Aortic Valve Disease: Timing of Intervention and the Role of Family Screening
Milind Desai, MD
9:05 am Guidelines for Anticoagulation Following Structural Heart Therapies
Grant Reed, MD, MSc
9:20 am Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Co-management in the Era of Emerging Precision Therapies
Milind Desai, MD
9:35 am Panel Discussion/Q&A
Session Faculty
9:50 am Refreshment Break/Exhibits

Session VI: Heart Failure
Moderator: Amanda Vest, MBBS

10:10 am Heart Failure Stages, Phenotypes and Diagnosis and How to Screen for HF in the Primary Care Setting
Randall Starling, MD
10:25 am HFrEF: Essentials of Guideline Directed Medical Therapy Initiation and Titration
Amanda Vest, MBBS
10:40 am Managing Comorbidities in HF: Frailty, Anemia, Sleep Apnea, AF, Obesity
Karlee Hoffman, DO
10:55 am Essentials of Diagnosis and Management for HFpEF
Sanjeeb Bhattacharya, MD
11:10 am Diagnosis and Management of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM)
Mazen Hanna, MD
11:25 am Strategies to Enhance GDMT Implementation and Adherence
M. Trejeeve Martyn, MD
11:40 am Managing Long Term LVADs and Transplant Recipients in the Community Setting
Ike Okwuosa, MD
11:55 am The Importance of Collaboration Between EP and HF: CRT and Novel Pacing
Niraj Varma, MD, PhD
12:10 am Panel Discussion/Q&A
Session Faculty
12:30 pm Lunch

Session VII: Heart Rhythm
Moderator: Mohamed Kanj, MD

1:30 pm Diagnosis and Management of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation
Mohamed Kanj, MD
1:45 pm AF and Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Current and Future Directions
Mohamed Kanj, MD
2:00 pm What I Need to Know to Evaluate and Manage the Patient With PVCs and SVT
Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
2:15 pm Evaluation and Management of Syncope in the Young Adult
Kenneth Mayuga, MD
2:30 pm Follow-Up of Pacemakers and ICDs For the Non-Electrophysiologist
Kevin F. Kwaku, MD, PhD
2:45 pm Wearables for Arrhythmia Care: Current Challenges and Future Prospects
Niraj Varma, MD, PhD
3:00 pm Panel Discussion/Q&A
Session Faculty
3:15 pm Adjourn

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