ACC Texas and SBC/ACC Brazil - Two Webinars

ACC Texas and SBC/ACC Brazil - Host Two Webinars Back-to-Back

"Revisiting the Management of Structural Heart Disease and Heart Failure"

Date: Saturday, August 1st
Total duration: 90 minutes (9:00am - 10:30am)
Time: 09:00am Brazilian Standard Time / 07:00am Central Daylight Time / 08:00 Eastern Daylight Time
Broadcasting: English

Opening Remarks: Dr Marcelo Queiroga (President, Brazilian Society of Cardiology - SBC) - 3 minutes

Co-Chairpersons/Moderators: 2 + 2 + 2 minutes

  • Dr Marcus Malachias (Governor, ACC Brazil Chapter, SMC/SBC-MG)
  • Dr George Rodgers (ACC Championship Hearts Foundation/Athlete Heart Screening Liaison, ACC Texas Chapter)
  • Dr Henrique Patrus (President, SMC/SBC Minas Gerais Chapter)

Talks: 4 talks of 12 minutes each:

  1. Aortic Stenosis: A Brief Review of Therapies and Technologies - Dr Michael Mack (ACC Texas Chapter)
  2. Chagas Cardiomyopathy: Revisiting Therapeutic Aspects in 2020 - Dr Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro (SMC/SBC-MG)
  3. Management and Outcomes of Acute Right Ventricular Failure - Dr Fernando Bacal (SBC Scientific Director)
  4. New Opportunities in Medical Therapy for Chronic Heart Failure - Dr Clay Cauthen (ACC Texas Chapter)

Panelists/Discussants and Q&A: 30 minutes - facilitated by the 3 co-chairpersons, Dr Queiroga, and the 5 facilitators/discussants.

  • Dr Jeffrey Michel (ACC International Center/ACC Texas Chapter Leadership)
  • Dr David Brasil (SBC Director of Research, SMC/SBC-MG)
  • Dr Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes (SMC/SBC-MG)
  • Dr Fernando Neuenschwander (SMC/SBC-MG)
  • Dr Estevão Lanna Figueiredo (SMC/SBC-MG)

Closing Remarks: Co-chairs: 3 minutes - Dr Marcus Malachias + Dr George Rodgers + Dr Henrique Patrus

"Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: Prevention in Focus"

Date: Saturday, August 1st
Total duration: 90 minutes (10:40am - 12:10pm)
Time: 10:40am Brazilian Standard Time / 08:40am Central Daylight Time / 09:40 Eastern Daylight Time
Broadcasting: English

Opening Remarks: Dr Marcelo Queiroga (President, Brazilian Society of Cardiology - SBC) - 3 minutes

Co-Chairpersons: 2 + 2 + 2 minutes

  • Dr Celso Amodeo (Vice-president, Brazilian Society of Cardiology - SBC)
  • Dr Benny Levenson (Governor, ACC Germany Chapter)
  • Dr Wael Al Mahmeed (Governor, ACC United Arab Emirates Chapter)

Talks: 4 talks of 12 minutes each:

  1. Turning Hypertension Guidelines Into Effective Prevention - Dr Jeffrey Michel (ACC International Center/ACC Texas Chapter Leadership)
  2. Overview of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease (LEPAD): Where We Are - Dr David Brasil (SBC Director of Research)
  3. Cardiac Biomarkers in the Prediction of CV Events in High-Risk Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension - Dr Marcus Malachias (Governor, ACC Brazil Chapter)
  4. New Insights Into Therapeutics Beyond LDL-Cholesterol - What We have Learned Recently - Dr Salim Virani (Chair, ACC Council for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease)

Panelists/Discussants and Q&A: 30 minutes - facilitated by the 3 co-chairpersons, Dr Queiroga, and the 5 facilitators/discussants.

  • Head of the Panel: Dr Daniel Piskorz (Governor, ACC Argentina Chapter)
  • Dr Antonio Carlos Chagas (ACC/AIG Steering Committee for Americas/President, SBC Dept Atherosclerosis)
  • Dr Glaucia Moraes Oliveira (SBC General Management Advisor)
  • Dr Sergio Kaiser (SBC-RJ, Scientific Director )
  • Dr Thiago Jardim (Vice-president, SBC Department of Hypertension)

Closing Remarks: Co-chairs: 3 minutes - Dr Celso Amodeo + Dr Benny Levenson + Dr Wael Al Mahmeed

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