American College of Cardiology

2nd Annual The Heart of Women’s Health

Program Directors: Rita F. Redberg, MD, MSc, FACC and Suzanne Hughes, MSN, RN

February 8 - 9, 2008
ACC’s Heart House
Washington, DC

PROGRAM PRESENTATIONS
Please note that pdfs are not listed for all program presentations as some faculty were unable to provide their full slide presentations to ACCF. Please refer to your printed syllabus for the key slides and/or abstracts that were released at the program.

Friday, Feb. 8

6:30 p.m.  Dinner Presentation - Health Reform and the Elections
Ms. Dentzer

Saturday, Feb.9

8:15 a.m.    Communicating the Concept of Lifetime Risk
Dr. Blumenthal

8:45 a.m.    The 40-somethings with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Explaining the Sex Disparity in Outcomes
Dr. Krumholz

9:15 a.m.    Stroke Prevention in Women: Adding a Cerebral Dimension to the Message  
Ms. Hughes

10:30 a.m.   Care of the Pregnant Woman with Congenital Heart Disease
Dr. Child

11:00 a.m.    Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy: What More Do We Know in 2008?
Dr. Redberg

12:00 p.m. Lunch with Keynote Speaker
FDA Reform – The Approval Process, Drug Safety, Use of Science and Decision-making
Dr. Wood

1:15 p.m.    Antiarrhythmic Devices: As Effective in Women?
Dr. Lampert

1:45 p.m.    Is There a Single “Save Your Heart” Diet?
Dr. Tuttle

2:30 p.m.    Beyond LDL: Treating Dyslipidemias in Women
Dr. Braun

3:00 p.m.    Imaging Update: The Role of CT/MR/PET
Dr. Taylor