2008 Faculty Presentations

Below is the list of faculty presentations for ACC Lake Louise 2008. For faculty info, abstract(s), references and/or supplemental slides, please click on the physician’s name.

MP3 Audio Files are also available at the 2008 Conference Program.

Paul W. Armstrong, MD FRCPC
Recent ACS Guidelines and Implications for Practice
- abstract, references, online article links and slides available

Renzo Cecere, MD FRCPC
Ventricular Assist Devices and Transplantation for End Stage Heart Failure
- abstract and slides available

Eric A. Cohen, MD FRCPC
The Efficacy and Safety of Drug Eluting Stents
The Importance and Prevention of Bleeding Complications Following PCI
- slides available

Heidi Connolly and Martha Grogan, MDs
PFO and Stroke: Guilt by Association
- abstract, references and slides available

Atrial & Ventricular Septal Defects: Identification & Management in the Adult
- abstract and slides available

Derek Exner, MD MPH FRCPC
Resynchronization Therapy for Severe Heart Failure
- slides available

David Fitchett, MD FRCPC FACC
The Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Diabetics
- abstract, references and slides available

Tailored Anti-Thrombotic and Anti-Platelet Therapy for the Patient with Acute Coronary Syndrome
- abstract available

Jacques Genest, Jr., MD FRCPC FACC
2008 Ronnie Campbell Lecture–Statins at 21: A Brief Look Back and Long Look Forward
- abstract and slides available

Alcohol and Heart Disease: In Vino Veritas (Are you MADD?)
- abstract and slides available

Bernard J. Gersh, MB ChB DPhil FRCP FACC
Management of Chronic Stable Angina: Do We Have the COURAGE?
- abstract and slides available

The Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease
- abstract and slides available

John J.P. Kastelein, MD PhD
Why Have HDL Raising Drugs Failed to Demonstrate Improved Patient Outcomes?
- abstract and slides available

David C.W. Lau, MD PhD FRCPC
Management of Obesity-Related Cardiometabolic Risk
- abstract and slides available

Controversies in the Management of Cardiovascular Complications of Diabetes
- abstract and slides available

Peter Liu, MD FRCPC FACC
Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy for Regeneration: Re-Building a Castle in the Air or True Homecoming?
- abstract and references available

Renin Angiotensin System In Cardiovascular Disease: Are We at the End or the Beginning?
- abstract and references available

Allan M. Ross, MD FACC FAHA
Rescue PCI in STEMI: Outcomes and Evidence Revisited
- slides available

Jean Rouleau, MD FRCPC
Studies that Impact Medical Therapy of CHF from Now to 2010
- abstract and slides available

Peter Sleight, MD FACC
Music, Mantras, Prayer & Biological Rhythms
- abstract and slides available

Why Do We Need Clinical Trials?
- abstract and slides available

Reginald E. Smith, PharmD
Anticoagulation Bridging for Surgical Procedures: Practical Solutions
- abstract and slides available

Robert Welsh, MD FRCPC FACC
Systems Approach to STEMI
- abstract and slides available