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 –

We are pleased to announce the 13th Annual Cardiovascular Residents’ Research Competition, co-sponsored this year by Pfizer and Novartis.

Cardiology program directors from across Canada are specially invited to advertise the competition to the widest possible eligible audience and attend the Lake Louise presentations. Previous participants have found the Residents’ Research Competition rewarding and interesting — and have gone on to an active role in academic and clinical cardiology in Canada.

Deadline for Abstracts: Thursday, January 31
Pre-Conference Competition: 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 16, at Lake Louise
Awards: Wednesday, March 19, during ACC Lake Louise 2008

Eligibility and Submission
The competition is open to all cardiology and cardiac surgery residents and fellows in training programs in Canada. Submissions must be based upon work carried out within the three core years of cardiology training. In the case of collaborative research projects, the applicant must be the principle investigator and have personally carried out or directed the bulk of the work.

We strongly encourage the presentation of a personal research project designed and carried out to answer a clinical question. Applicants must submit a one-page abstract summarizing the case, the question, and the resultant research on or before January 31, 2008, to

J. Wayne Warnica, MD FRCP(C) FACC
Co-Director of the Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise
C849, Department of Cardiac Sciences
Foothills Medical Centre
Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9

Phone (403) 944-1020
Fax (403) 944-1592
wwarnica@ucalgary.ca

Guidelines
Each applicant will identify a clinical problem (a case) that introduces or presents a clinical question. The case must trigger an hypothesis-driven research project designed to answer the clinical question, and the submitted abstract must clearly state the hypothesis upon which the project has been based.

Judging Procedures
From the submitted abstracts, a panel of judges will select the best four (4) submissions. The four winners will be invited to attend the conference at Lake Louise to present a 15 minute dissertation before an international panel of judges from among the Conference faculty and Canadian cardiovascular community.

Lake Louise Conference presentations will be judged on the quality of research carried out to answer a clinical question and the quality of the presentation itself. The research may include a detailed review of the relevant literature or a review of local or national experience relevant to the question raised.

Awards
The four competition finalists will receive grants from Pfizer and Novartis to cover transportation costs and registration fees to attend the Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise. The winning resident or fellow will be recognized appropriately at the conference and invited to present his or her work to all conference attendees on Wednesday, March 19, 2008.

2008 Residents’ Research Competition Poster

Recent Winners
2007 – Dr. Francois-Pierre Mongeon, CHU Montreal
2006 – Dr. E. Marc Jolicoeur, Montreal
2005 – Dr. Jean-Francois Sarrazin, Quebec City
2004 – Dr. Justin Ezekowitz, U of Alberta
2003 – Dr. Subodh Verma, U of Calgary, U of Toronto
2002 – unavailable
2001 – unavailable
2000 – Dr. P. J. Devereaux, Dalhousie
1999 – unavailable
1998 – Dr. Satish Raj, Queen’s U, Ontario
1997 – Dr. Chris Simpson, Queen’s U, Ontario
1996 – Dr. Derek Exner, U of Calgary

╬ Supported by Pfizer Canada Inc. and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.

The preliminary brochure for the 24th Annual Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise is now available online. It contains

• program description & educational objectives

• topics & highlights

• faculty speakers

• target audience

• accommodation details

• contact information.

Download the ACC Lake Louise Brochure for a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat.

The latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader is available if you need it.