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 –