The Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) returns to participate in the ACC Lake Louise community!

The 2008 CCS National Workshop Initiative, under the auspices of the CCS Heart Failure Consensus Conference Program, will be at ACC Lake Louise for a third consecutive year. Lake Louise provides the venue for the first of six case-based and highly interactive CCS workshop presentations in 2008. This year’s Lake Louise workshop is titled:

Clinical Conundrums in Heart Failure

Download the CCS Workshop Invitation [3.63 MB PDF].

CCS Workshop Schedule at Lake Louise
Tuesday, 18 March 2008

4:00 PM Welcome Reception and Introduction from the Chair
Robert McKelvie, MD PhD

4:35 Case 1: (Part One) Is It Myocarditis? Does It Matter?
(Part Two) Heart Failure: Restored Function, Now What?
Debra Lynne Isaac, BN MD

5:15 Case 2: The Sparkling Is for Champagne, Not the Myocardium: Managing Amyloid Heart Disease
Anique Ducharme, MD MSc

5:35 Case 3: Doxi Toxi, and Dropsy, HER-2 New: HF and Cancer Drugs
Justin Ezekowitz, MB

5:55 Closing Remarks from the Chair

The focus of the Clinical Conundrums in Heart Failure Workshop is on establishing benchmarks and ongoing improvements in the complex care of heart failure patients. CCS will also present its newly released 2008 Heart Failure Recommendations at Lake Louise.

CCS workshops are specially designed for health care professionals, physicians, trainees, nurses and pharmacists. Contributions by workshop participants have been–and continue to be–instrumental to CCS’s commitment to establishing, promoting and assessing evidence-based recommendations for the treatment of heart failure in Canada.

Please plan to participate in the CCS workshop at Lake Louise on Tuesday, March 18, 2008.

The complete conference program agenda is also available online.

The 24th Annual Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise is March 16-20, 2008.

Mornings and late afternoons involve scientific lectures and interactive workshops, while afternoons and evenings provide ample opportunities for networking and recreation. Program details are provided here according to the daily schedule.

Sunday — Monday — Tuesday — Wednesday — Thursday

[April 2008 update: faculty slides and conference audio are now available below.]

You may also access easy-print PDFs of program materials:
Download the Program Agenda & Syllabus [14.82 MB PDF].
Download the Advance Program Brochure [460.39 KB PDF].

View photos of ACC Lake Louise, past and present [13.15 MB PDF Download].

Sunday, March 16

– Registrant Check-In –

3:00 PM 13th Annual Pfizer/Novartis Residents’ Research Competition

4:15 Introduction and Welcome from the Conference Director
Dr. W. Peter Klinke

Presiding: Dr. W. Peter Klinke

Download MP3 Audio Files from
The Ronnie Campbell Memorial Lecture & Faculty Panel Discussion
Part 1 [6.86 MB] — Part 2 [6.86 MB] — Part 3 [6.86 MB]
Part 4 [6.86 MB] — Part 5 [561 KB]

4:30 Recent ACS Guidelines and Implications for Practice
Dr. Paul Armstrong (bio, abstract, references, links and slides)

5:00 Systems Approach to STEMI
Dr. Robert Welsh (bio, abstract and slides)

5:30 Rescue PCI in STEMI: Outcomes and Evidence Revisited
Dr. Allan Ross (bio and slides)

6:00 Ronnie Campbell Memorial Lecture
Statins at 21: A Brief Look Back and Long Look Forward
Dr. Jacques Genest (bio, abstract and slides)

6:30 Faculty Panel Discussion

Monday, March 17

Presiding: Dr. W. Peter Klinke

Download MP3 Audio Files from the Session
Part 1[13.7 MB] — Part 2 [13.7 MB] — Part 3 [13.7 MB]
Part 4 [12.2 MB]

7:30 AM Music, Mantras, Prayer & Biological Rhythms
Dr. Peter Sleight (bio, abstract and slides)

8:00 Ventricular Assist Devices and Transplantation for End Stage Heart Failure
Dr. Renzo Cecere (bio, abstract and slides)

8:30 Studies that Impact Medical Therapy of CHF from Now to 2010
Dr. Jean Rouleau (bio, abstract and slides)

9:00 Why Have HDL Raising Drugs Failed to Demonstrate Improved Patient Outcomes?
Dr. John Kastelein (bio, abstract and slides)

9:30 Faculty Panel Discussion

Presiding: Dr. J. Wayne Warnica

Download MP3 Audio Files from the Session
Part 1 [13.7 MB] — Part 2 [13.7 MB] — Part 3 [13.7 MB]
Part 4 [13.7 MB] — Part 5 [1.97 MB]

4:30 PM Management of Chronic Stable Angina: Do We Have the COURAGE?
Dr. Bernard Gersh (bio, abstract and slides)

5:00 Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy for Regeneration: Re-Building a Castle in the Air or True Homecoming?
Dr. Peter Liu (bio, abstract and references)

5:30 Resynchronization Therapy for Severe Heart Failure
Dr. Derek Exner (bio and slides)

6:00 The Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. Bernard Gersh (bio, abstract and slides)

6:30 Faculty Panel Discussion

Tuesday, March 18

Presiding: Dr. Jacques Genest

Download MP3 Audio Files from the Session
Part 1 [13.7 MB] — Part 2 [13.7 MB] — Part 3 [13.7 MB]
Part 4 [13.7 MB] — Part 5 [9.78 MB]

7:30 AM PFO and Stroke: Guilt by Association
Dr. Heidi Connolly/Dr. Martha Grogan (bio, abstract, references and slides)

8:00 The Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Diabetics
Dr. David Fitchett (bio, abstract, references and slides)

8:30 Atrial & Ventricular Septal Defects: Identification & Management in the Adult
Dr. Heidi Connolly/Dr. Martha Grogan (bio, abstract, references and slides)

9:00 Renin Angiotensin System in Cardiovascular Disease: Are We at the End or the Beginning?
Dr. Peter Liu (bio, abstract and references)

9:30 Faculty Panel Discussion

Canadian Cardiovascular Society Workshop
Clinical Conundrums in Heart Failure
Download the CCS Workshop Invitation [3.63 MB PDF].

Download MP3 Audio Files from the Session
Part 1 [13.7 MB] — Part 2 [13.7 MB] — Part 3 [8.26 MB]

4:00 PM Welcome Reception and Introduction
Dr. Robert McKelvie

4:35 Case 1: (Part One) Is It Myocarditis? Does It Matter?
(Part Two) Heart Failure: Restored Function, Now What?
Dr. Debra Isaac

5:15 Case 2: The Sparkling Is for Champagne, Not the Myocardium: Managing Amyloid Heart Disease
Dr. Anique Ducharme

5:35 Case 3: Doxi Toxi, and Dropsy, HER-2 New: HF and Cancer Drugs
Dr. Justin Ezekowitz

5:55 Closing Remarks
Dr. Robert McKelvie

Wednesday, March 19

Presiding: Dr. Robert Welsh

Download MP3 Audio Files from the Session
Part 1 [13.7 MB] — Part 2 [13.7 MB] — Part 3 [13.7 MB]
Part 4 [13.7 MB] — Part 5 [13.7 MB]

7:30 AM Alcohol and Heart Disease
Dr. Jacques Genest (bio, abstract and slides)

8:00 Why Do We Need Clinical Trials?
Dr. Peter Sleight (bio, abstract and slides)

8:30 Tailored Anti-Thrombotic and Anti-Platelet Therapy for the Patient with Acute Coronary Syndrome
Dr. David Fitchett (bio and abstract)

9:00 Management of Obesity-Related Cardiometabolic Risk
Dr. David Lau (bio, abstract and slides)

9:30 Winning Entry from the Pfizer/Novartis Residents’ Research Competition

9:45 Faculty Panel Discussion

Knowledge Translation Workshops
Case-Based Interactive Exercises with Faculty

4:30 - 6:00 PM

• Acute Coronary Syndromes
• Challenging Cases
• Risk Factor Modification and Coronary Disease
• Treatment of Heart Failure: Medical and Surgical
• Update in Advanced Cardiac Imaging: MRI, CT & Nuclear
• “Take This Pill or Die”: Recognizing the Importance of Medication Adherence

– Gala Dinner with Guest Speaker Will Gadd –

Thursday, March 20

Presiding: Dr. W. Peter Klinke

Download MP3 Audio Files from the Session
Part 1 [13.7 MB] — Part 2 [13.7 MB] — Part 3 [13.7 MB]
Part 4 [13.7 MB] — Part 5 [6.71 MB]

7:30 AM Controversies in the Management of Cardiovascular Complications of Diabetes
Dr. David Lau (bio, abstract and slides)

8:00 The Efficacy and Safety of Drug Eluting Stents
Dr. Eric Cohen (bio and slides)

8:30 Anticoagulation Bridging for Surgical Procedures: Practical Solutions
Dr. Reginald Smith (bio, abstract and slides)

9:00 The Importance and Prevention of Bleeding Complications Following PCI
Dr. Eric Cohen (bio and slides)

9:30 Faculty Panel Discussion

– Closing Remarks and Evaluations –

 

 

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. has recently joined in supporting the 24th Annual Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise.

Our thanks to Novartis for making this 2008 international cardiology event possible. As a Silver Sponsor, Novartis Canada is invited to hold an advisory or consultation meeting at Lake Louise and also enjoys additional credit, branding and promotional opportunities before and during the conference itself.

The Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise is also pleased to have Novartis sponsor our 13th Annual Residents’ Research Competition.

Here’s to a successful partnership in furthering heart research and continuing medical education!

For those attending the conference, please visit our information page on industry-sponsored satellite symposiums.

For a listing of corporate sponsors to date and full corporate sponsorship information, please visit our sponsors page.

 

 

AstraZeneca Canada Inc. has recently joined in supporting the 24th Annual Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise.

Our thanks to AstraZeneca for making this 2008 international cardiology event possible. As a Platinum Sponsor, AstraZeneca is invited to hold a Satellite Symposium as well as an advisory or consultation meeting at Lake Louise. The company will also enjoy additional credit, branding and promotional opportunities before and during the conference itself.

Here’s to a successful partnership in furthering heart research and continuing medical education!

For those attending the conference, please visit our information page on industry-sponsored satellite symposiums.

For a listing of corporate sponsors to date and full corporate sponsorship information, please visit our sponsors page.