Sunday, March 12, 2006
Cardiac Function and
Heart Failure

9:00 a.m. – Noon
MINI-COURSE #102
Invasive Therapies for Chronic Heart Failure
 

 
Monday, March 13, 2006
Cardiac Function and Heart Failure

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
BROWN-BAG BREAKFAST PANEL #501
Assessment of Right Ventricular Function in Patients
With Heart Failure

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
SYMPOSIUM #601
Novel Therapies for Heart Failure

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
SYMPOSIUM #605
Selection and Treatment of Heart Transplant
Candidates

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #202
How to Achieve and Maintain Ideal Volume Status in
Heart Failure Patients

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #207
Issues in Palliative Care of Heart Disease

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
CORE CURRICULUM #701
Modern Management of Chronic Heart Failure:
From Stage A to Stage D and Beyond

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #223
Clinical Controversies: Pharmacologic Therapy for
Diastolic Heart Failure

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
BROWN-BAG LUNCHTIME PANEL #301
Adherence to Self-Care Issues in Cardiac Heart
Failure Patients: Issues and Solutions

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
BROWN-BAG LUNCHTIME PANEL #310
Differences in Race/Gender in Heart Failure
Management

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #231
Comorbidities in Heart Failure:
Sleep Apnea, Anemia and Depression

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #621
Biomarkers in Heart Failure

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #633
Exercise in Heart Failure
 

Tuesday, March 14, 2006
 
Cardiac Function and Heart Failure

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
BROWN-BAG BREAKFAST PANEL #512
Left Ventricular Assist Device as Destination Therapy:
Patient Selection and Management

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
SYMPOSIUM #643
Controversial Issues in Heart Failure

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
SYMPOSIUM #649
Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Failure:
The Dangerous Intersection

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #243
Should We or Shouldn’t We Repair Mitral Regurgitation
in Patients With Severe Heart Failure?

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
SYMPOSIUM #652
Acute Heart Failure Syndromes

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #251
Core Measures in Heart Failure

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #656
Genomics in Heart Failure: Ready for Prime Time?

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #657
Clinical Controversies: Pharmacologic Therapy for
Diastolic Heart Failure

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
BROWN-BAG LUNCHTIME PANEL #312
Partnering in the Care of Cardiac Heart Failure
Patients: Making the Team Work

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #666
Heart Failure as a Progressive Disease:
Mechanisms, Epidemiology, and Treatment