2019 ACC Latin America Conference
Conference Overview
United by our shared commitment of transforming cardiovascular care, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and Colombian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery (SCC) invite you to join us for an innovative educational experience that will strengthen your everyday practice. The ACC Latin America Conference 2019 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 Lessons from the Leaders and 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.
For more information and to register visit: www.scc-acclatamconference.org
Join Us in Cartenga, Colombia
Statement of Need
Advances in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD) have yielded remarkably positive results, including a steady decline in CVD mortality across the globe. However, despite this remarkable progress, CVD remains the leading cause of death throughout the world and its prevalence remains high, making it a global public health priority and an intensive focus of research. Such research has led to new evidence that continues to accrue surrounding disease pathophysiology as well as strategies to enhance CVD prevention, evaluation and treatment. As care of the patient with CVD becomes more complex, it is imperative that cardiovascular professionals have an opportunity for a comprehensive review of evidence-based practices and exposure to state-of-the-art updates, innovative techniques and translational research on the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease.

"I was honored and pleased to have my work recognized by ACC, and grateful for the opportunity to present it in New Orleans. At the congress I saw firsthand how hard ACC is working to make sure that every talented person has a chance to contribute to science. And it's working: I saw groundbreaking research published by mothers, and Spanish speakers, and people from developing countries, and lots of others who fifty years ago would never get a chance... All of us are smarter than any of us."
Dr. Maia P Smith 2018 ACC International Conferences Abstract Winner
"Being part of such an event has been an invaluable experience, it made me feel confident in the work we can do in a developing nation, no matter the limited resources. Thanks to the ACC for expanding its reach and making us part of it."
Luis V. Martin Jimenez 2018 ACC International Conferences Abstract Winner
"As a medical student, being an international poster awardee in the ACC and having the honer to present my research poster in such a great conference meant to me a lot. It made me more confident and more excited and determinant to reach my academic goals. In addition to that, presenting my poster in the ACC allowed me to have an informative discussions with great cardiologists from all over the world and inspired me with more research projects ideas. The scientific sessions helped me explore the cardiology world further and made me amazed by how science grows faster than we easily can catch up with. Simply, attending the ACC 19 was one of my biggest and best 2019 experiences."
Jawaher Ali Towhari 2018 ACC International Conferences Abstract Winner

Target Audience
This conference is intended for practicing cardiologists and fellows in training in the Latin American 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.
Conference Committee
Hector Michelena, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine
Director, Intra-operative Echocardiography
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
Miguel Urina-Triana, MD, MSc, FACC
Professor of Medicine and Chief of Cardiology
Simón Bolívar University of Barranquilla
ACC Colombia Chapter Governor
Barranquilla, Colombia
Planning Committee
Juan Aranda, Jr., MD, FACC
Professor and Interim Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Department of Medicine
Director of Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplantation
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, USA
Javier Castillo, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery
Director, Hispanic Heart Center
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY, USA
Jorge A. Gonzalez, MD, FACC, FSCMR
Director, Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging (CT/MRI)
Co-Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic
Director, Aorta Imaging Clinic
Scripps Clinic Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Scripps Clinic Division of Diagnostic Radiology
La Jolla, CA, USA
Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Population Health Science and Policy
Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY, USA
Pamela B. Morris, MD, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
Director, Seinsheimer Cardiovascular Health Program
Co-Director, Women's Heart Care
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC, USA
Alejandro Olaya, MD
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Head of Cardiology Department
San José Hospital
Chief of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Children's Hospital of Cundinamarca
President of Colombian Chapter of Electrophysiology
Chief of Program of Cardiology, FUCS
Bogotá, Colombia
Adalberto Elias Quintero, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine and Cardiology
Simón Bolivar University of Barranquilla
SCC President (Sociedad Colombiana de Cardiologia y Cirugía Cardiovascular)
Barranquilla, Colombia
Manuel Urina-Triana, MD, MSc, FACC
Former President, Colombian Heart Foundation (2008-2010)
Former President, Colombian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery (2010-2012)
Fundación BIOS
Barranquilla, Colombia
ACC Chapter Governors
Antonio C. P. Chagas, MD, PhD, FACC – Brazil
Fernando Florenzano, MD, FACC – Chile
Armando Garcia Castillo, MD, FACC – Mexico
Cesar Jose Herrera, MD, FACC – Dominican Republic
Juan Krauss, MD, FACC – Argentina
Ivan Mendoza, MD, FACC – Venezuela
Alvaro Niggemeyer, MD, FACC – Uruguay
Eduardo Rivas-Estany, MD, FACC – Cuba
Henry "Rick" Steward, MD, MBA, FACC – Caribbean
Miguel Urina, MD, PhD, FACC – Colombia
International Society Presidents
Jorge Camiletti, MD
Argentine Federation of Cardiology
Oscar Pereira Dutra, MD, FACC
Brazilian Society of Cardiology
Lucia Florio, MD, FACC
Uruguayan Society of Cardiology
Pedro Gutierrez- Fajardo, MD, PhD, FACC
National Association of Cardiologists in Mexico
Pedro Iturralde, MD, FACC
Mexican Society of Cardiology
Juan Carlos Prieto, MD, FACC
Chilean Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
Adalberto Quintero Baiz, MD, FACC
Colombia Society of Cardiology
Pravinde Ramoutar, MD
Caribbean Cardiac Society
Carlos Enrique Ruiz, MD, FACC
Peruvian Society of Cardiology
Eduardo Rivas-Estany, MD, FACC
Cuban Society of Cardiology
Ana Salvati, MD, FACC
Argentine Society of Cardiology
Jose Miguel Torres, MD, FACC
Venezuelan Society of Cardiology
Fausto J De Jesus Warden Taveras, MD, FACC
Dominican Society of Cardiology
International Faculty
Robert Bonow, MD, FACC
Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Cardiology
Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA
Juan P. Brito, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine
Senior Associate Consultant, Division of Endocrinology
Medical Director of the Shared Decision-Making National Resource Center, Mayo Clinic
Director of Late-stage Translational Research of the Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS)
Investigator, Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
Antonio Carlos P. Chagas, MD, PhD, FACC
Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
ABC Medical School, Santo André - SP - Brazil
Heart Institute, University of Sao Paulo
Governor, Brazilian Chapter ACC
Scientific Director, Brazilian Medical Association
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Y. S. Chandrashekhar, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Editor in Chief
Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Oscar Dutra, MD, FACC
Associate Professor, Intensive Care Unit Instituto de Cardiologia
President, Brazilian Society of Cardiology, biennium 2018-2019
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Lucía Florio, MD, MSc, FACC
Associate Professor of Cardiology
University of the Republic (Uruguay)
President, Uruguayan Society of Cardiology
Montevideo, Uruguay
Bernard J. Gersh, MB, ChB, DPhil, MACC
Professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
Pedro Gutiérrez-Fajardo, MD, FACC
Cardiologist-Echocardiographer
Director, Cardiotest, Echocardiography Lab, Hospitales Mac Bernardette
President, National Association of Cardiologists of Mexico (ANCAM)
Past President, Mexican Society of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Imaging
Guadalajara, Mexico
Cesar J. Herrera, MD, FACC
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Adjunct)
Montefiore-Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, NY, USA
Director, CEDIMAT Cardiovascular Center
Governor, ACC Dominican Republic Chapter
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Richard Kovacs, MD, FACC
President, American College of Cardiology
Q.E. and Sally Russell Professor of Cardiology
Clinical Director Krannert Institute of Cardiology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Juan Krauss, MD, FACC
Associated MD of Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires
Associated Professor of Italian School of Medicine
Governor, ACC Argentine Chapter
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ivan Mendoza, MD, MS, MSc, FACC
Governor, ACC Venezuela Chapter
Caracas, Venezuela
Carlos A. Morillo, MD, FACC
Professor Department of Cardiac Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine
Section Chief Division of Cardiology, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary
Zone Head Cardiology Calgary & Southeastern Alberta Region Alberta Health Services
Foothills Medical Centre C823
Calgary, Canada
Viviana Navas, MD
Medical Director of Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation, and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Director of Cardiovascular Fellowship Program
Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiology & Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cleveland Clinic, Florida
Weston, FL, USA
Alvaro Niggemeyer, MD, FACC
Associate Professor of Cardiology
Centro Cardiovascular Universitario Universidad de la Republica Montevideo Uruguay
Past President, Uruguayan Society of Cardiology
Montevideo, Uruguay
Daniel José Piñeiro, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina
Board of Trustees, American College of Cardiology
Science Committee, Word Hear Federation
Former President, Interamerican Society of Cardiology and Sociedad Argentina de Cardiología
Former Board Member, World Heart Federation
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Daniel Piskorz, MD, FACC
Sanatorio Britanico SA, CV Research Center
President, Argentina Federation of Cardiology (2017)
Rosario, Argentina
Juan Prohias Martinez, MD, FACC
Cardiocenter Hnos Ameijeiras Hospital
Havana, Cuba
Eduardo Rivas-Estany, MD, DrSc, FACC
Director Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre
Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
Havana, Cuba
Ana Salvati, MD, FACC
President, Argentine Society of Cardiology
Staff Intensive Care Clinical Hospital - Buenos Aires University
Chief of Cardiology, Moron Model Clinic
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Michael T. Spooner, MD, FACC
Regional Director for Simulation
Naval Medical Center
Portsmouth, VA, USA
C. Michael Valentine, MD, MACC
Immediate-Past President, American College of Cardiology
Stroobants Cardiovascular Center
Centra Medical Group
Lynchburg, VA, USA
Fausto Warden, MD, FACC
Cardiologist - echocardiographer
President-elect (2019-2021), Dominican Society of Cardiology
Director, Department of Echocardiography, Hospital Dr. Luis Manuel Morillo King
Clinical-echocardiographic cardiologist, Father Fantino Medical Center / La Concepción Clinic
Past Cardiology Professor, Catholic University of Cibao
La Vega, Dominican Republic
B. Hadley Wilson, MD, FACC
The Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
Carolinas HealthCare System/Atrium Health
Clinical Professor of Medicine
UNC School of Medicine
Chair, Membership Committee
Board of Trustees
American College of Cardiology
Charlotte, NC, USA
Below are all accepted abstracts for the ACC Latin America Conference 2019, along with their presentation information.
EMBARGO POLICY
ACC Media Relations will review all ACC Latin America Conference 2019 abstracts for potential press promotion. All ACC Latin America Conference 2019 abstracts are embargoed until Thursday, July 25, 2019, at 1:35 p.m. COT/2:35 p.m. ET. Therefore, authors/institutions and members of the press cannot distribute or publish any information (other than the title) from the abstract while the embargo is in effect. ACC Media Relations staff will notify lead investigators if their submission is selected for further promotion. The ACC welcomes the participation of institutions in promoting research presented at the ACC Latin America Conference 2019. All promotions must abide by the embargo date and time. For questions, please contact ACC Sr. Media Relations Associate Katie Glenn, kglenn@acc.org.
2019 ACC Latin America Conference
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