ACC Latin America 2023 Together With Asociación Costarricense de Cardiología

ACC Latin America 2023 Together With Asociación Costarricense de Cardiología

TRANSFORMING GLOBAL HEALTH TOGETHER

United by our shared commitment of transforming cardiovascular care, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Costa Rican Association of Cardiology (ASOCAR) invite you to join us for an innovative educational experience that will strengthen your everyday practice. ACC Latin America 2023 Together With Asociación Costarricense de Cardiología is designed to deliver an engaging forum to critically examine evidence-based strategies as well as contemporary best practices and clinical decision-making to reach our common objective of improving heart health of patients with cardiovascular disease.

Attend this conference and you will:

Challenge the norm: Discuss, share and critique the latest in cardiovascular prevention and care with GLOBAL EXPERTS and return to your practice ready to improve the care of your patients.

Lead the way: LOCAL LEARNING designed to empower you to transform your community through topics such as top clinical trials, guideline updates and health equity and disparities, as well as the latest in electrophysiology, heart failure and cardiomyopathies, interventional and ischemic heart disease, multimodality imaging, and prevention and health promotion.

Power your mind: Find PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS for everyday problems by using real-world approaches to guideline-driven care. Challenge your knowledge in participant driven sessions such as Rapid-Fire ECG and Imaging Interpretation.

Ignite conversation: Network with faculty from leading cardiovascular societies around the world in an intimate setting and CREATE CONNECTIONS with colleagues through shared discussion and bi-directional learning.

PLUS: Enjoy the benefit of ACC International Associate membership for 1 year included with registration.

Strive to be your best and join us in our vision of a world where science, knowledge and innovation optimize patient care and outcomes.

TARGET AUDIENCE
This conference is intended for practicing cardiologists, fellows-in-training, nurses, pharmacists and other members of the cardiac care team in the Latin America region.

CONFERENCE OVERALL GOAL
The overall goal of this conference is to examine emerging trends and evidence-based strategies as well as contemporary best practices resulting in guideline-driven, practical cardiovascular prevention and management for patients with cardiovascular disease.

Experience hands-on training, interactive case discussions, and more in the Interactive Learning Lab! This unique educational opportunity puts new technology in your hands and offers a selection of stations to augment learning that takes place in the traditional session rooms.

Challenging Clinical Case Discussions
Join subject matter experts in engaging discussions on real life cases submitted by attendees. These sessions will offer high interactivity for participants using an open Q&A forum.

Personalized Skills Area (iPads)
Learn at your leisure and sharpen your core cardiology skills with Heart Songs and ECG Drill & Practice. These modules provide a uniquely dynamic learning opportunity you won't want to miss!

Heart Songs 5
Research reveals that cardiologists fail to identify more than half of basic murmurs and about 35 percent of advanced murmurs when challenged at a major medical meeting, but skills improved after a 90-minute Heart Songs training session. Heart Songs 5 provides you with everything you need to effortlessly improve your cardiac auscultation skills! Heart Songs 5 will help you:

  • Prepare for the cardiac exam of the future by learning the complementary role of handheld echo in the bedside detection of heart sounds. Heart Songs 5 includes basic, intermediate, expert, and adult congenital murmurs, plus images of phonocardiograms, CT scans and videos of color Doppler echocardiograms. These visual enhancements will facilitate your understanding and mastery of many heart murmurs/sounds.
  • Master cardiac auscultation by reviewing the auditory characteristics and handheld echo findings of each heart sound.

First, pick a track and assess your baseline skills by taking a confidential pretest. Then simply view videos featuring classic heart murmurs accompanied by phonocardiograms and color Doppler echoes. Each video includes hundreds of repetitions of its murmur, and studies show that simple repetition is all you need to master a new sound. Watch the videos as many times as necessary to see a significant improvement on your posttest scores (most people need to watch 2 to 4 times). Each Heart Songs track takes approximately 30 minutes to complete, and sessions are self-paced.

Heart Songs makes sure you know what your stethoscope is telling you!

ECG Drill & Practice
Improve your ECG interpretation skills with ECG Drill & Practice. This program reviews key findings in clinical electrocardiography and contains a self-assessment ECG test, featuring the format and answer options similar to those of the ABIM's certifying examination in cardiovascular disease. It's a great resource for anyone preparing for initial Board certification in CV disease and for anyone looking to hone their ECG interpretation skills.

Three convenient modes let you use this product in whatever way best meets your needs.

  • Learn Mode: Teaches you how to recognize & differentiate ECGs across the topics above.
  • Drill & Practice Mode: Shows you ECG "flash cards" that you can practice interpreting. Turn each card over to see the answer and explanation.
  • Perform Mode: Practice interpreting ECGs using the ABIM's interpretation list. Receive detailed commentary on how your answer compares to the experts'.

Brush up on a core cardiology skill with ECG Drill & Practice's 100+ ECGs and expert insight!

Join ACC Latin America chapter teams – each made up of three Fellows in Training (FITs) – as they test their clinical knowledge during the FIT Jeopardy sessions at ACC Latin America 2023 Together With ASOCAR!

FIT Jeopardy is a friendly competition that promotes a healthy rivalry between ACC international chapters, fosters FIT engagement within the chapters, and provides educational value to the contestants and audience. Participants will be quizzed on a variety of topics ranging from imaging, prevention, and interventional cardiology in an unconventional manner. There will be a panel of judges and chairs to moderate the competition.

Three ACC Latin America chapter teams will compete at ACC Latin America 2023 Together With ASOCAR and the winning team will compete at the ACC.24 competition in Atlanta, Georgia in April 2024!

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS

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Juan Aranda Jr., MD, FACC
Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Department of Medicine
AHA Sun Coast Endowed Chair
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, USA

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Daniel Quesada Chaves, MD, FACC
Specialist in Cardiology
Former President, Costa Rican Association of Cardiology
Heart Failure Chapter President
ACC Central America Chapter Governor
Hospital San Vicente de Paul
San Jose, Costa Rica

PLANNING COMMITTEE

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Vivien Araya Gómez, MD, FACC, FHRS
Specialist in Cardiology and Electrophysiology
Electrophysiology Chapter President, ASOCAR
Director, Centro Cardiológico Integral
San José, Costa Rica

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Ana Barac, MD, PhD, FACC
Staff Clinician, Clinical Physiology Laboratory, NHLBI, NIH
Director, Cardio-oncology Program, MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University
Washington, DC, USA

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Jorge Chavarria, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
San Juan de Dios Hospital
Social Security in Costa Rica Clinica Biblica Hospital
San Jose, Costa Rica

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Mauricio G. Cohen, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Staff Physician, Interventional Cardiology
Director, Structural Heart Interventions
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Heart & Vascular Center
Weston, FL, USA

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Carlos Enrique Franco, MD, FSISIAC
Cardiologist, Advanced Echocardiography Specialist
Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Specialist
Board Member, Sociedad Imágenes Cardiacas de la Sociedad Interamericana de Cardiología (SISIAC)
Vice President, Exercise Cardiology Chapter, SISIAC
President, Cardiovascular Imaging Chapter, Asociación Salvadoreña de Cardiología
Heart Failure and Cardiac Rehablitation Unit, Escalón Medical Center
Editorial Committee Member, Revista de Ecocardiografía Práctica y otras Técnicas de Imagen Cardiaca (RETIC)
San Salvador, El Salvador

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Julio Guillen, MD, FACC
Member, Board of Directors, Guatemalan Association of Cardiology
Head, Cardiac Stimulation Department, Cardiovascular Surgery Unit (UNICAR)
Guatemala City, Guatemala

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Ismael Guzmán Melgar, MD, MsC, FACC, FAHA, FESC
Director, Cardiology Postgraduate Program
Vice Chair, Department of Medicine Hospital Roosevelt, Guatemala
Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases on Post Graduate Cardiology Program Universidad Mariano Galvez Guatemala
Associate Editor, Archivos de Cardiologia de Mexico Journal
Guatemala City, Guatemala

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Jose A. Joglar, MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs at Parkland, Department of Internal Medicine
Elizabeth Thaxton and Ellis Batten Page Professorship in Cardiac Electrophysiology Research
Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA

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Francisco Enrique Malca Reátegui, MD
Clinical Cardiologist, ASOCAR
Professor of Cardiology, Universidad de Costa Rica
Assistant Cardiology Physician, Hospital Máx Peralta
Cartago, Costa Rica

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Pamela B. Morris, MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
Director, Seinsheimer Cardiovascular Health Program
Trustee, American College of Cardiology
The Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC, USA

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Melissa Rodriguez-Israel, MD
Heart Failure Fellowship- H. Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
Delegate, Heart Failure Chapter, Interamerican Society of Cardiology
Master in Transesophageal Echocardiography
Graduate Professor of Cardiology
San José, Costa Rica

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Alexander Romero Guerra, MD
CIFACAH Board Member
Chair, Heart Failure Chapter, Panamanian Cardiology Society
Vice President, Panamanian Cardiology Society
Panamá, Panamá

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Moises Vasquez, MD
SCMR Level 3
Cardiology Consultant, Hospital Dr. Rafael Angel Calderon Guardia
University of Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica

Submit your abstract to ACC Latin America 2023 Together With Asociación Costarricense de Cardiología and you could get the chance to present it at ACC.24 in Atlanta, GA! The top three abstract winners will receive a travel scholarship to assist with expenses to present at ACC.24.

The abstract submission site is now open, and all abstracts must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, 2 May 2023.

Please ensure you have read the submission policies and procedures and submission instructions thoroughly before submitting your abstract.

Follow the directions and be cognizant of the deadline. Given the thorough review process, only submissions recognized as complete will be considered.

Please click here to begin your submission.

For any questions regarding your submission, please contact Holly Santry at hsantry@acc.org.

Do you have a challenging clinical case with valuable learning insights? If so, submit it to ACC Latin America 2023 Together With Asociación Costarricense de Cardiología for the chance to present it during one of our Challenging Clinical Case Discussion sessions!

The case submission site is now open, and all cases must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, 2 May 2023.

Please ensure you have read the submission policies and procedures and submission instructions thoroughly before submitting your case.

Follow the directions and be cognizant of the deadline. Given the thorough review process, only submissions recognized as complete will be considered.

Please click here to begin your submission.

For any questions regarding your submission, please contact Holly Santry at hsantry@acc.org.