Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Cardiac Arrhythmias

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
BROWN-BAG BREAKFAST PANEL #515
Advanced Imaging Capabilities in the Electrophysiology
Laboratory

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
BROWN-BAG BREAKFAST PANEL #516
Technical Aspects of Cardiac Resynchronization
Implantation

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
SYMPOSIUM #644
Safety Issues in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
Therapy

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
SYMPOSIUM #647
Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation:
Comparison of Techniques and Outcomes

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #245
Outpatient Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias:
Doctor-Nurse Practitioner Joint Venture

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #246
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: What to Do With
Nonresponders

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
CORE CURRICULUM #711
State of the Art for Resynchronization Therapy

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #253
Who Should Undergo Atrial Fibrillation Ablation?

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #254
Sudden Death in Athletes

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #659
Controversies in Device Implantation and Management

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #660
Pertinent Anatomy for New Electrophysiology
Applications

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #259
Choice of Antiarrythmic Drugs in Atrial Fibrillation

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #262
Is Low Ejection Fraction Enough for an Implantable
Cardioverter Defibrillator?

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
BROWN-BAG LUNCHTIME PANEL #315
How to Run a Device Follow-Up Clinic Efficiently and
Effectively

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
BROWN-BAG LUNCHTIME PANEL #316
How to Treat Neurally-Mediated Syncope

1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #270
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Risk Stratification and
Electrical Management

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #671
The Future of Cardiac Resynchronization

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #672
Novel Antiarrhythmic Drugs on the Horizon

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #278
Intracardiac Echo Tutorial

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
 
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Imaging and Diagnostic Testing

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
BROWN-BAG BREAKFAST PANEL #513
Typical and Difficult Cases in Coronary Computed
Tomography Angiography

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
BROWN-BAG BREAKFAST PANEL #521
Non-Cardiac Pathology on Computed Tomography
Angiography: What the Cardiologist Needs to Know

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #242
Read With the Experts...Computed Tomography
Calcium Scanning and Single-Photon Emission
Computed Tomography

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
SYMPOSIUM #653
Controversies in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance:
Ischemic Heart Disease

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #250
Bringing Contrast Into a Clinical Echo Laboratory

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #664
Embolic Stroke: Challenging Issues

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #258
Role of Nuclear Cardiology Versus Coronary Computed
Tomography Angiography After Percutaneous Coronary
Intervention: Case Review

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #261
Endocarditis and Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction:
Challenging Cases From the Echocardiography
Laboratory

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
BROWN-BAG LUNCHTIME PANEL #314
Training to Be a Multi-Modality Imaging Expert

1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #267
Cardiac Resynchronization: What Is the Best Modality?

1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #269
Echocardiography Guided Interventions

1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #271
Challenging Cases in Peripheral Magnetic Resonance
Angiography/Computed Tomography Angiography

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #667
Valvular Heart Disease: Maximizing the Power of
Echocardiography

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #674
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Echocardiography to
Guide Decision Making

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #275
Read With the Experts...Risk Stratification With
Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #277
Three Dimensional Echocardiography in a Clinical
Laboratory

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #279
Test Your Knowledge: Magnetic Resonance Imaging in
Congenital Heart Disease-Jeopardy!
 
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
BROWN-BAG BREAKFAST PANEL #517
Implementing the Acute Care Guidelines at Your
Hospital

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
SYMPOSIUM #645
Role of the Microcirculation in Acute Myocardial
Infarction: Myocardial Salvage After the 4-Hour
Window

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #241
Heart Attack Centers

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
SYMPOSIUM #663
Joint Symposium: Association of Black Cardiologists/
American College of Cardiology: Healthcare Disparities
in Ischemic Heart Disease - Race and Gender Issues

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
CORE CURRICULUM #709
Home From the Hospital After Acute Coronary
Syndrome

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #249
Biomarkers in Ischemic Heart Disease

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #658
Quagmire of Coagulopathy

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #662
The Patient With Acute Ischemic Heart Disease and
Chronic Renal Insufficiency

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #257
Cell Therapy: What the Clinician Should Know

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
BROWN-BAG LUNCHTIME PANEL #317
Risk Stratification in Acute Coronary Syndrome

1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #265
Acute Myocardial Infarction/Acute Coronary Syndrome
Discharge Management: Team Approach

1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #266
Valvular Heart Disease and Coronary Artery Disease

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #668
Controversies in Ischemic Heart Disease: Choosing
Medical, Percutaneous or Surgical Approaches

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #273
Minimizing Neurological Complications in
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Surgery

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #274
Atherosclerotic Regression Long-Term: How Much?
 
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Pediatric Cardiology and Adult
Congenital Heart Disease

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
BROWN-BAG BREAKFAST PANEL #518
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Congenital Heart
Disease

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
SYMPOSIUM #651
Tetralogy of Fallot: Long-Term Issues

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
CORE CURRICULUM #714
New Pharmacologies in the Congenital Armamentarium

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #665
Back to the Probe: 3-D Echocardiographic Imaging

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #263
Medical Management of Heart Failure and Myopathy in
Congenital Heart Disease: From Case Examples to New
Care Paradigms

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
BROWN-BAG LUNCHTIME PANEL #321
Care Practice Teams: Which Model Works Best?

1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #272
The Changing Roles and Options of Cardiac Pacing

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #675
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome:
Contemporary Options
 
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Special Topics

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
BROWN-BAG BREAKFAST PANEL #520
Are Guidelines Guiding Us?

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
SYMPOSIUM #650
Where Are We With Genetic Screening?

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #248
Writing the Publication for FIT’s, CCA’s and Young
Academic Cardiologists

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
SPECIAL SESSION #419
5th Annual American College of Cardiology
International Lecture

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
SPECIAL SESSION #418
Late-Breaking Clinical Trials

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
SYMPOSIUM #655
What to Do When the Evidence Conflicts? From
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Percutaneous Coronary
Intervention, Hormone Replacement Therapy to
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
CORE CURRICULUM #712
Cardiovascular Care During Pregnancy

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #255
Approach to End of Life Care

11:00 a.m. – Noon
SPECIAL SESSION #420
i2 for Me, Too!: Controversies in Interventional
Cardiology

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
SPECIAL SESSION #421
Late-Breaking Clinical Trials

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
BROWN-BAG LUNCHTIME PANEL #320
Innovative Models and Physicians and Mid-Level
Providers in Cardiology Practice

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
SPECIAL SESSION #422
ACC.06 and i2 Summit 2006
Late-Breaking Clinical Trials

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #669
Patient Centered Imaging

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #673
Medical Malpractice in Cardiovascular Medicine

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
SPECIAL SESSION #423
ACC.06 and i2 Summit 2006 Meeting Highlights
 
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Valvular Heart Disease

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
SYMPOSIUM #646
What You Need to Know About Degenerative Mitral
Regurgitation in 2006

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #247
Management of Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
CORE CURRICULUM #710
Bicuspid Aortic Valve

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #256
Patients With Severe Valvular Regurgitation
and Left Ventricular Dysfunction

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #264
Mitral Valve Prolapse: An Update

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
BROWN-BAG LUNCHTIME PANEL #318
A 22-Year-Old With Severe Aortic Regurgitation Wants
to Get Pregnant: What Are Her Options?

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #280
Radiation Heart Disease
 
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Vascular Disease, Hypertension,
and Prevention

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
BROWN-BAG BREAKFAST PANEL #511
Proper Use of the New Food Pyramid and Exercise
Guidelines for Optimal Cardiovascular Health

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
BROWN-BAG BREAKFAST PANEL #514
Overcoming Barriers to Lifestyle Changes for
Cardiovascular Health

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
BROWN-BAG PANEL #519
New Strategies for the Evaluation and Management
of Venous Thromboembolic Disease

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
SYMPOSIUM #648
Noninvasive Measures of Outcome in
Hypertensive Patients

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #244
Renal Artery Angioplasty and Stent:
When, in Whom and What Are the Benefits

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
CORE CURRICULUM #713
Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, and Cardiovascular
Disease: The Cardiologist’s Role

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #252
Pulmonary Hypertension: More Than Just Primary
Pulmonary Hypertension

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #661
Noninvasive Assessment of Atherosclerotic Burden

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #260
Low-Density Lipoprotein Apheresis

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
BROWN-BAG LUNCHTIME PANEL #313
Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes and Atherosclerosis

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
BROWN-BAG LUNCHTIME PANEL #319
Cardiac Rehabilitation in Special Populations

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
BROWN-BAG LUNCHTIME PANEL #322
Ultrasound Assessment of Carotid Intima-Media
Thickness and Endothelial Function

1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #268
Management of Obesity for the Cardiologist

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
SYMPOSIUM #670
Inflammation, Immunity, and the Metabolic Syndrome

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
MEET THE EXPERTS #276
Measurement of Arterial Stiffness:
Is it Ready for the Clinic?