2009 Conference Program & Agenda

The 25th Annual Cardiovascular Conference at Lake Louise will be March 1-5, 2009. ACC Lake Louise has been reviewed and approved by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society and is also associated with American College of Cardiology. Participants can claim up to 21 credit hours.

Sunday — Monday — Tuesday — Wednesday — Thursday

Please note that program details provided here are subject to change.

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The conference is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Read the conference information on meeting objectives and accreditation. You may also be interested in the Advance Program Brochure.

Sunday, March 1

– Registrant Check-In –

2:30 PM 14th Annual Residents’ Research Competition
Sponsored by Novartis

4:00 Introduction and Welcome from the Conference Director
Dr. W. Peter Klinke

Presiding: Dr. W. Peter Klinke

4:30 The Treatment of AMI: What Have We Learned in 50 Years?
Dr. Allan Ross

5:00 Do ACS Guidelines Change Clinical Practice?
Dr. Paul Armstrong

5:30 Reorganizing Acute MI Care: What Next in Canada and the United States
Dr. Chris Granger

6:00 Ronnie Campbell Memorial Lecture
Heart Failure Lost and Found—Discoveries over 25 Years
Dr. Peter Liu

6:30 Faculty Panel Discussion

7:00 Adjourn

Monday, March 2

Presiding: Dr. W. Peter Klinke

7:30 AM Newer Indications and Limitations of Statin Therapy
Dr. David Waters

8:00 Venous Thromboembolic Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment
Dr. Alexander Turpie

8:30 From Darwin to Tilt Table Testing: Pathophysiology and Management of Vasovagal Syncope
Dr. Bernard Gersh

9:00 Looking Forward: Are We Ready for Cardiovascular Vaccines?
Dr. Peter Liu

9:30 Faculty Panel Discussion

10:00 Adjourn

Presiding: Dr. J. Wayne Warnica

4:30 PM The Natural History of Atrial Fibrillation: Is It a Vascular Disease?
Dr. Bernard Gersh

5:00 Pulmonary Vein Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Dr. Mario Talajic

5:30 Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
Dr. Ralph Damiano, Jr.

6:00 Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure
Dr. Mario Talajic

6:30 Faculty Panel Discussion

7:00 Adjourn

Tuesday, March 3

Presiding: Dr. Jacques Genest

7:30 AM Update on Infectious Endocarditis Prophylaxis
Dr. Heidi Connolly

8:00 Novel Anticoagulants: Goodbye, Warfarin!
Dr. Alexander Turpie

8:30 Targeting Inflammation As a Predictor of Risk
Dr. Paul Ridker

9:00 Evaluation of Cardiac Masses
Dr. Heidi Connolly

9:30 Faculty Panel Discussion

10:00 Adjourn

Canadian Cardiovascular Society Workshop
The Many Different Faces of Heart Failure

4:00 Reception

4:30 - 6:00 PM Vignette Presentations

• Chair: Dr. Jonathan Howlett
• Vignette 1: Third Lead or Third Wheel? Should we ‘Synchronize’ my ICD?
  Dr. Debra Isaac
• Vignette 2: I wish I had taken my anti-hypertension medications. Now what do I do? “Treat me like it’s 1974.”
  Dr. Justin Ezekowitz
• Vignette 3: What do you mean I have heart failure?
  Dr. Justin Ezekowitz
• Vignette 4: I only had the flu… what is the big deal?
  Dr. Debra Isaac

Wednesday, March 4

Presiding: Dr. Robert Welsh

7:30 AM CABG vs. PCI for Left Main and Three-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease: The Great Debate
Dr. Ralph Damiano, Jr., and Dr. Erick Schampaert

8:00 Clinical Trials: Why They Fail to Meet Expectations
Dr. Chris Granger

8:30 New Approaches to Imaging in Acute Infarction: The Role of CT and MRI
Dr. Matthias Friedrich

9:00 Antithrombotics in Post-PCI Care
Dr. Erick Schampaert

9:30 Winning Entry from the Novartis Residents’ Research Competition
Winner TBA

9:45 Faculty Panel Discussion

10:00 Adjourn

4:00 - 6:00 PM Knowledge Translation Workshops
Case-Based Interactive Exercises with Faculty

• Acute Coronary Syndromes
  Dr. Robert Welsh
  Dr. Allan Ross
• Challenging Cases
  Dr. Paul Fedak
  Dr. Debra Isaac
• Management of Atrial Fibrillation
  Dr. Mario Talajic
  Dr. Bernard Gersh
• Canadian Cardiovascular Pharmacists Network (CCPN) Pharmacotherapy Workshop
  Dr. Alexander Turpie
  Dr. Reginald Smith

– Gala Dinner with illusionist Brian Michaels –

Thursday, March 5

Presiding: Dr. W. Peter Klinke

7:30 AM The Metabolic Syndrome: What Every Cardiologist Should Know
Dr. David Waters

8:00 Prognosis of Patients with ICDs
Dr. Derek Exner

8:30 Bigger Is Not Better: How to Shrink a Failing Heart
Dr. Paul Fedak

9:00 New Cardiovascular Risk Scoring: The Reynolds Risk Score
Dr. Paul Ridker

9:30 Faculty Panel Discussion

– Closing Remarks and Evaluations –

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