2009 Faculty Presentations

Below is the list of faculty presentations for ACC Lake Louise 2009. For faculty info, abstract(s), supplemental slides and/or podcasts, please click on the physician’s name.

Paul W. Armstrong, MD FRCPC

• Do ACS Guidelines Change Clinical Practice?
  Podcast available.

Heidi Maria Connolly, MD FACC

• Update on Infectious Endocarditis Prophylaxis
• Evaluation of Cardiac Masses
  Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Ralph Damiano, Jr., MD FACC

• Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
• CABG vs. PCI for Left Main and Three-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease: The Great Debate
  Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Justin Ezekowitz, MBBCh MSc FRCPC

• Canadian Cardiovascular Society Workshop:
  The Many Different Faces of Heart Failure
  Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Paul W. M. Fedak, MD PhD FRCSC

• Bigger Is Not Better: How to Shrink a Failing Heart
  Podcast available.

Matthias G. Friedrich, MD FESC

• New Approaches to Imaging in Acute Infarction: The Role of CT and MRI
  Podcast and notes available.

Bernard J. Gersh, MB ChB DPhil FRCP FACC

• From Darwin to Tilt Table Testing: Pathophysiology and Management of Vasovagal Syncope
• The Natural History of Atrial Fibrillation: Is It a Vascular Disease?
  Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Chris Granger, MD FACC

• Reorganizing Acute MI Care: What Next in Canada and the United States
• Clinical Trials: Why They Fail to Meet Expectations
  Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Jonathan Howlett, MD FRCPC

• Canadian Cardiovascular Society Workshop
  The Many Different Faces of Heart Failure
  Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Debra Lynn Isaac, BN MD FRCPC

• Canadian Cardiovascular Society Workshop
  The Many Different Faces of Heart Failure
  Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Peter Liu, MD FRCPC FACC

• Ronnie Campbell Memorial Lecture Heart Failure Lost and Found - Discoveries over 25 Years
• Looking Forward: Are We Ready for Cardiovascular Vaccines?
  Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Allan M. Ross, MD FACC FAHA

• The Treatment of AMI: What Have We Learned in 50 Years?
  Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Erik Schampaert, MD FRCPC

• CABG vs. PCI for Left Main and Three-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease: The Great Debate
• Antithrombotics in Post-PCI Care
  Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Reginald E. Smith, PharmD ACPR

• Knowledge Translation Workshops
  Case-Based Interactive Exercises with Faculty

• Canadian Cardiovascular Pharmacists Network (CCPN) Pharmacotherapy Workshop

Mario Talajic, MD FRCPC

• Pulmonary Vein Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
• Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure
  Presentation notes and podcasts available.

Alexander Turpie, MD FRCPC

• Venous Thromboembolic Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment
• Novel Anticoagulants: Goodbye, Warfarin!
  Presentation notes and podcasts available.

David D. Waters, MD FACC

• Newer Indications and Limitations of Statin Therapy
• The Metabolic Syndrome: What Every Cardiologist Should Know
  Presentation notes and podcasts available.

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