The West Coast Cardiovascular
Forum: Current Insights and Future Directions
Co-sponsored by:
In Cooperation with:
Program Director: Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, FACC
June
19 - 21, 2009
The Ritz-Carlton
San Francisco, California
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Learning Pathway: General Cardiology: Hypertension,
Lipids and Prevention |
Friday, June 19
8:00 a.m. The
Macrophage War in the Vessel Wall: Promoting Health vs. Contributing
to Disease
Dr. Fuster
8:30 a.m. Genomics,
Proteomics, Metabolomics: Today’s Predictive Value vs. Let’s
Wait about 10 Years
Dr. Shah
8:55 a.m. Biomarkers
and “Jupiter”: Prognostic Value vs. Therapeutic Implications
Dr. Farkouh
9:20 a.m. OCT
in Atherogenesis: Biological Understanding vs. Therapeutic Guidance
Dr. Jang
10:30 a.m. STEMI:
Improving Home to Door and to Balloon Times Metropolitan vs. Rural
Community
Dr. Holmes
10:55 a.m. Antithrombotic
Challenges: Prasugrel Present and Future Aspirin/Clopidogrel Resistance
and the Vulnerable Stents
Dr. Shah
11:20 a.m. New
Aspects in Interventional Management
Dr. Holmes
1:15 p.m. Multivessel
Coronary Disease: A Historical Perspective Prognosis Based on Management
Dr. Fuster
1:45 p.m. Carotid,
Aortic and Peripheral Vascular Disease: Powerful Markers of Coronary
Disease and Prognosis
Dr. Cooke
2:15 p.m. Trials
and Guidelines in Cardiovascular Disease: Just a Roadmap, No More
Dr. Fuster
3:30 p.m. Lipids
and Guidelines
“For My Patient I Want More Simplicity.”
“LDL Less than 60 and Pay Attention to HDL, OK?”
Dr. Farkouh
3:50 p.m. Hypertension
“Dr. Jones, Most Don’t Know Their Own BP, Obligated
by Law?”
“Dr. Jones, Amlodipine and/or Diuretics for the Elderly?”
Dr. Jones
4:15 p.m. Diabetes
“Dr. Farkouh, Whatever is New is Confusing. Please, Help
Me!!”
“Dr. Farkouh, I am Told Diabetics Need a Real Doctor. What
Do They Mean?”
Dr. Farkouh
Saturday, June 20
8:00 a.m. Detection
of Early/Subclinical Ventricular Dysfunction: How to Do It, How
to Follow It, How to Manage It and What to Expect
Dr. Francis
8:25 a.m. Evolving
Diagnostic Imaging of the Various Cardiomyopathies: Myocarditis,
Dilated, Infiltrative, Hyperthrophic and Noncompaction
Dr. Garcia
8:50 a.m. Significant
Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Dysfunction: Management-based
on Contractile, Hemodynamic and BNP Patterns
Dr. Francis
9:15 a.m. Integrating
the Continuum of Care in Heart Failure
Dr. McLaughlin
9:40 a.m. Advanced
Heart Failure with Paucity of Randomized Trials Today: What to Expect
from Assist Devices (Bridging, Destination) and Transplantation
Dr. Miller
11:00 a.m. Integrating
the Continuum of Science: Heart Failure and Sudden Death
Dr. Prystowsky
11:20 a.m. Drugs vs. Catheter
Ablation in Ventricular Tachycardia
Dr. Reddy
11:45 a.m. Devices:
ICD Therapy/Biventricular Pacers/Monitoring Systems: A Challenge
in Electrical and Cardiac Failure
Dr. Prystowsky
1:45 p.m. Heart
Rate, Clots and Heart Rhythm: An Outline for “Brain Storming”
Dr. Fuster
2:10 p.m. “Vivek,
I Take Care of AF with Drugs before Ablation: I am Not Sleeping
in the Past.”
Dr. Prystowsky
2:35 p.m. “Eric,
I Take Care of AF with Ablation: I am the Real Future.”
Dr. Reddy
3:45 p.m. Timing
of Indications for Valvular Heart Surgery: “Should We Advance
the Clock, Folks?”
Dr. Carabello
4:15 p.m. “John,
Stories about the Demise of Cardiac Valve Surgery are Greatly Exaggerated!”
Dr. Adams
4:40 p.m. “David,
the Real Future is Percutaneous Valve Replacement.”
Dr. Webb
5:05 p.m. “You
are All Ignoring the Dilated Thoracic Aorta.”
Dr. Fuster
Sunday, June 21
8:00 a.m. Novelties
on the Genomic-wide Association Studies: Let’s Focus on the
Genetics of My Patient
Dr. Roberts
8:25 a.m. Novelties
on the Phenotype: The Environment Modifies the Genotype Thus Far,
What Do We Know? Predictions for 2015?
Dr. Ordovas
8:50 a.m. Novelties
on Myocardial Dysfunction: Future Therapeutic Approaches Cell Therapy
Needs Help from Gene Therapy!
Dr. Hajjar
10:00 a.m. Novelties
on Primary Prevention through Polyimaging: The HRP Project Can the
Evidence and Economics Catch Up with the Pictures?
Dr. Fuster
10:20 a.m. Novelties
on Secondary Prevention through a Polypill: The CNIC Project Can
Adherence and Economics Impact on Cardiovascular Health?
Dr. Sanz
10:45 a.m. Novelties
on Catheter Structural Interventions
Dr. Webb
11:10 a.m. Novelties
on Catheter Electrical Interventions
Dr. Reddy |
