42nd Annual New York Cardiovascular
Symposium
Major Topics in Cardiology Today
Co-sponsored by: The New York Cardiological Society of
Program Director: Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, FACC
December 11 –
13, 2009
Hilton New York
New York City, New York
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Learning Pathway: General Cardiology: Hypertension,
Lipids and Prevention |
Friday, December 11
7:15 a.m. Jack
Lewin, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer
American College of Cardiology
Alfred A. Bove, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.C.
President
American College of Cardiology
Andrew Van Tosh, M.D., F.A.C.C.
President, New York State Chapter
American College of Cardiology
7:30 a.m. Vulnerable
Atherogenesis and Myocardium — Imaging Biological Understanding
and Therapeutic Guidance
Dr. Fuster
8:00 a.m. Vulnerable
Proteomics and Genomics — Biomarker Assessment Biological
Understanding and Therapeutic Guidance
Dr. O’Donnell
8:25 a.m. OCT
in Atherogenesis — Invasive Laboratory Biological Understanding
and Therapeutic Guidance
Dr. Jang
8:50 a.m. Antithrombotic
Progress — Evolving Oral Agents ADP Inhibitors, Antithrombins,
Fr Xa Inhibitors
Dr. Sabatine
10:05 a.m. STEMI:
Clock Time Therapy Challenges: The Ambulance, the Metropolitan and
the Community Settings
Dr. Harrington
10:30 a.m. ACS:
New Aspects in Pharmacological Management
Dr. Cannon
10:55 a.m. ACS: New Aspects in
Interventional Management
Dr. Stone
11:20 a.m. Stent
Thrombosis and Platelet Inhibitor Resistance: A Failure to Call
for Statistical and Nomenclature Assistance?
Dr. Bhatt
1:15 p.m. Multivessel
Coronary Disease: A 40-year Prospective (1970-2010) The “Forgetting
Syndrome” in Prognosis and Management
Dr. Fuster
1:40 p.m. Multivessel
Coronary Disease and Diabetes — The BARI 2D Trial An “Award
for the Thinking Doctor”
Dr. Frye
2:05 p.m. Refractory
Angina/Ischemia/Dyspnea in the Elderly: Evolving Non-interventional
Approaches and Challenges
Dr. Pepine
2:30 p.m. Peripheral
Vascular Disease Above and Below the Diaphragm: Powerful Markers
of Coronary Disease and Prognosis
Dr. Halperin
3:40 p.m. Guidelines
1: For My Patient I Want More Simplicity Risk Factors (No Formulas),
Including LDL < 70 and HDL > 50, OK ?
Dr. Blumenthal
4:00 p.m. Guidelines
2: For My Patient I Want Less Simplicity Framingham Formula, Including
CRP, OK?
Dr. Ridker
4:20 p.m. Hypertension:
Most Don’t Know Their Own BP. Oblige by Law? Amlodipine and/or
Diuretics for the Elderly?
Dr. Eagle
4:40 p.m. HENRY
I. RUSSEK LECTURE
Diabetes:
The Paradox of an Epidemic
A Lack of “Knowledgeable and Obsessive Cardiovascular”
Doctors
A Need to Refer to the “Diabetes Specialist”?
Dr. Nesto
Saturday, December 12
7:00 a.m. Evolving
Diagnostic and Prognostic Imaging (MR, CT) of the Various Cardiomyopathies:
Myocarditis, Dilated, Infiltrative (Amyloid, Sarcoid), Hypertrophic,
Noncompaction
Dr. Garcia
7:30 a.m. State-of-the-Art
Management Based on Hemodynamic and BNP Patterns: Left Ventricular
and Right Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction
Dr. Hunt
7:50 a.m. State-of-the-Art
Management of Diastolic Dysfunction: The Need for a Disease-specific
Approach
Dr. Falk
8:10 a.m. State-of-the-Art
Management of Pulmonary Hypertension: Various Etiologies
Dr. Landzberg
8:30 a.m. State-of-the-Art
Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Systolic and Diastolic
Challenges, Septal Reduction (Alcohol, Myectomy), ICD
Dr. O’Gara
8:50 a.m. Advanced
Heart Failure 2009 – 2019: Let Me Predict What to Expect from
Assist Devices (!!) and Transplantation (??)
Dr. Miller
10:00 a.m. Right
Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: A Model Link Between Myocardium, Fatal
Arrhythmias
and Genetics
Dr. McKenna
10:20 a.m. Advances
in the Understanding of ICD Therapy and Biventricular Pacers: What
Difference Do They Make in the Quality and Quantity of Life?
Dr. Sweeney
10:40 a.m. Catheter
Ablation (Imaging Guided) of VT and Atrial Fibrillation 2009 –
2019:
Let Me Predict What to Expect as Compared to Pharmacology
Dr. Reddy
11:00 a.m. Atrial
Fibrillation as a Model for New Antithrombotic Agents
Dr. Fuster
11:20 a.m. Atrial
Fibrillation and Mechanical Antithrombotic Intervention: Percutaneous
Left Atrial Appendage Closure (PROTECT AF Study)
Dr. Reddy
1:10 p.m. Asymptomatic
Severe Aortic Stenosis with Significant LVH: What Are We Waiting
For?
Dr. O’Gara
1:30 p.m. The
Best Prosthetic Valve Choice for a 45-year Old: Mechanical Valve?
Pericardial Valve? Autograph (Ross Procedure)?
Dr. Carpentier
1:50 p.m. Future
of Transcatheter AVR: The Best Procedure of Choice for an 80-year
Old?
Dr. Webb
2:55 p.m. It’s
Never Too Early or Too Late for Surgery in Severe AR
Dr. Carabello
3:15 p.m. Let’s
Not Forget About the Dilated Aorta and Its Consequences: Contemporary
Approaches to Prevent Dissection and Preserve the Valve
Dr. Fuster
3:55 p.m. It
May Be Too Early or Too Late for Surgery in Severe Mitral Regurgitation
Dr. Carabello
4:15 p.m. Function
and Anatomy of the Mitral Valve: Aiming for a Successful Repair
Dr. Adams
4:35 p.m. Future
of Percutaneous Devices for Mitral Regurgitation: Edge-to-Edge?
Coronary Sinus Devices? Percutaneous Remodeling or MVR?
Dr. Feldman
Sunday, December 13
7:00 a.m. Epigenetics:
Significant Environmental Influence on the Genotype
Dr. Ordovas
7:20 a.m. Cell
Regenerative Therapy: Progress on Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Dr. Simari
7:40 a.m. Stem
Cell-based Heart Replacement: The Taylor Heart
Dr. Taylor
8:00 a.m. Biological
Pacemakers: From Bench to Bedside
Dr. Cohen
8:20 a.m. Myocardial
Dysfunction: Cellular, Molecular and Humoral Pathways Clinical Relevance
Dr. Dorn
8:40 a.m. Polyimaging
(MR, CT, PET): For Early Atherothrombosis Identification and Management
Dr. Fayad
9:00 a.m. 3-D
Echocardiography: For Structural Heart Disease Understanding and
Management
Dr. Goldman
9:20 a.m. The
Integration of Imaging (CMR, CT) and Electrophysiology
Dr. Martin
9:40 a.m. Imaging
(CMR, CT) in the Emergency Department: Chest
Pain Evaluation
Dr. Arai
10:20 a.m. Exercise
and the Heart: Evidence and Mechanisms of Benefit
Dr. Balady
10:40 a.m. The
Management of Acute Stroke
Dr. Sacco
11:00 a.m. Congenital
Disease, PFO and Paravalvular Leaks: Catheter Interventions and
Devices
Dr. Ruiz
11:20 a.m. Evolving
Interventional Procedures and Stents
Dr. Sharma
11:40 a.m. A
Polypill for Secondary Prevention: Progress of the CNIC Project:
Can Adherence Impact on Cardiovascular Health?
Dr. Fuster
12:05 p.m. Paul
Dudley White Lecture Cardiovascular Research, A Global Perspective:
Opportunities and Challenges
Dr. Yacoub
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