CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

MOVE INTO AN ERA OF GLOBAL COLLABORATION

United by our shared commitment of transforming cardiovascular care, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Singapore Cardiac Society (SCS) invite you to join us for an innovative educational experience that will strengthen your everyday practice. ACC Asia 2021 Together With SCS 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting Virtual 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 to Change Your Practice, as well as the latest in acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, valvular disease, arrhythmia and prevention.

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 innovation and knowledge optimize cardiovascular care and outcomes.

Target Audience, Learning Objectives, and Conference Overall Goal

TARGET AUDIENCE

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

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Demonstrate appropriate interpretation of cardiovascular guidelines and diagnostic strategies needed in daily practice.
• Describe the best practices in the treatment of patients with heart failure.
• Identify prevention strategies for treating cardiovascular disease including CV risk assessment and managing dyslipidemia.
• Apply the latest evidence to the evaluation, medical management and surgical treatment of patients with valvular heart disease.
• Evaluate current treatment strategies in the investigation and management of coronary artery disease.
• Identify best practices for the management of patients with atrial and ventricular arrhythmias.
• Demonstrate improved ECG interpretation skills.

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.

Faculty

CONFERENCE CHAIRS

	Fred M. Kusumoto, MD, FACC Director, Heart Rhythm Services Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL, USA
	Kian Keong Poh, MBBChir, FACC Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS Senior Consultant Cardiologist, NUHCS, Singapore Steering Committee, American College of Cardiology AIG Singapore

PLANNING COMMITTEE

	Toon Wei Lim, MBBS, FRACP, PhD Senior Consultant, Cardiac Department National University Heart Centre, Singapore Vice President, Singapore Cardiac Society Singapore
	Julian Kenrick Loh, MBBCh BAO (Hons) Consultant Cardiologist Director, Coronary Care Unit National Heart Centre Singapore Singapore
	Hean Yee Ong, MBBCh BAO, FAMS, FRCP, FACC President, Singapore Cardiac Society Singapore
	Edgar Tay, MBBS, FACC Director, Structural Heart Disease Programme Senior Consultant Cardiologist National University Heart Centre Singapore Governor, ACC Singapore Chapter Singapore
	Colin Yeo, MBBS, FRCP, DRCPSC Consultant Cardiologist, Changi General Hospital Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Singapore
	Tee Joo Yeo, MBBS, MRCP (UK), MCI (Singapore) Assistant Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS Consultant Cardiologist and Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit National University Heart Centre Singapore Singapore

Abstracts

Submit your abstract to the ACC Asia Conference 2021 together with the SCS 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting and you could get the chance to present your abstract at ACC.22 in Washington, DC! The top three abstract winners will receive a travel scholarship to assist with expenses to present at ACC.22.

The abstract submission site will be opening on Monday, March 1, 2021. Please check back then for the link to submit your science!

For any questions regarding your submission, please contact Robin Young at ryoung@acc.org.