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Agenda 2011

All sessions will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Toronto, Canada. Please note that this schedule will be updated periodically.

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THURSDAY
JUNE 9, 2011



7:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
7:50 AM Official Welcome and Introduction
Drs. Peter Liu and Gary Newton

FUTURE OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
Dr. Peter Liu, Presiding

8:00 AM Guidelines and Scientific Evidence / Opportunities to Improve Cardiovascular care
Dr. Sidney Smith
8:25 AM Global Tobacco Control and Cardiovascular Health
Dr. Prabhat Jha
8:50 AM Novel Pathways Regulating Ischemic Injury: Are We Ready for Clinical Trials?
Dr. Thomas Force
9:15 AM

Clinical Trials Update - Cardiovascular Management in 2011
Dr. Michael Farkouh

9:40 AM

Active Learning Q & A with Panel

10:00 AM HEALTH BREAK

PREVENTING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN 2011
Dr. Gary Newton, Presiding

10:30 AM Moving Targets in Risk Factor Management
Dr. Robert Hegele
10:50 AM Global Efforts to Reduce Dietary Salt
Dr. Norman Campbell
11:10 AM Early Determinants of Risk of Childhood Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
Dr. Stephanie Atkinson
11:30 AM Is Bariatric Surgery the Cure for Diabetes?
Dr. Peter Crookes
11:50 AM Active Learning Q & A with Panel
12:10 PM Innovative Information Technology to Help You Manage Your Patient
Dr. Chi-Ming Chow
12:30 PM LUNCH
Simultaneous Session I
IMAGING TO DIRECT THERAPIES IN HEART FAILURE

Dr. Robert Beanlands, Presiding
1:30 PM

Myocardial Viability and the Decision for Revascularization
Dr. Éric Larose

1:50 PM

Neurohormonal Imaging and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy
Dr. Michael Freeman

2:10 PM Defining Scar to Direct Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Dr. James White
2:30 PM A Heart Failure MD’s Perspective - Translating the Evidence into Practice
Dr. Lisa Mielniczuk
2:50 PM Active Learning Q & A with Panel
3:10 PM HEALTH BREAK

Simultaneous Session II
CARDIAC FIBROSIS IN CARDIOMYOPATHIES
Dr. Mansoor Husain, Presiding

1:30 PM New Insights into Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure
Dr. Thomas Force
1:50 PM Inflammatory Cardiomyopathies
Dr. Akira Matsumori
2:10 PM Update on Treatment on Infl ammatory Cardiomyopathies
Dr. Heinz-Peter Schultheiss
2:30 PM Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Dr. Kim Connelly
2:50 PM Active Learning Q & A with Panel
3:10 PM HEALTH BREAK
ARRHYTHMIAS AND DEVICES
Dr. Paul Dorian, Presiding
3:40 PM Results of the RAFT Study
Dr. Anthony Tang
4:00 PM Effects of Bi-Ventricular Pacing on Arrhythmias
Dr. Paul Dorian
4:20 PM New Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for Atrial Fibrillation:
What’s New?
Dr. Allan Skanes
4:40 PM Risk of Stroke Related to Atrial Fibrillation
Dr. Frank Silver
5:00 PM Active Learning Q & A with Panel
5:20 PM POSTER SESSION (Moderated)
7:00 PM Adjournment

FRIDAY
JUNE 10, 2011



7:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
CHALLENGES OF HEART- KIDNEY INTERACTIONS
Dr. James Scholey, Presiding
8:00 AM Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Risk: Where Are We Now and Where Do We Go From here?
Dr. Alan Go
8:20 AM Sudden Death and Chronic Kidney Disease
Dr. Paul Dorian
8:40 AM Arterial Stiffness and Chronic Kidney Disease
Dr. Gary Mitchell
9:00 AM Atherosclerotic Renal Disease in the United States
Dr. Robert Foley
9:20 AM Active Learning Q & A with Panel
9:40 AM HEALTH BREAK
UPDATE ON CLINICAL TRIALS
Dr. Michael Farkouh, Presiding
10:00 AM What Have We Learned From the AVERROES Trial?
Dr. John Eikelboom
10:20 AM MCSD: An Update
Dr. Heather Ross
10:40 AM STICH Update
Dr. Vivek Rao
11:00 AM SHIFT Update
Dr. Peter Liu
11:20 AM Active Learning Q & A with Panel
11:45 AM LUNCH

Simultaneous Session III
CANADIAN CARDIOVASCULAR HARMONIZED GUIDELINES ENDEAVOUR (C_CHANGE)

Dr. Peter Liu, Presiding

12:45 PM Time to C-Change in Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Practice Guidelines:
The C-CHANGE Project
Dr. James Stone
1:05 PM Harmonizing Cardiovascular Prevention Guidelines in Canada
Dr. Sheldon Tobe
1:25 PM Implementation of Guidelines
Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya
1:45 PM Outcomes Assessments to Examine the Impact of Recommendations Programs. The Canadian Hypertension Experience
Dr. Norman Campbell
2:05 PM Active Learning Q & A with Panel

Simultaneous Session IV
INFECTIOUS AND INFLAMMATORY HEART DISEASE

Dr. Akira Matsumori, Presiding

12:45 PM

Long Term Outcome of Revascularization for Pediatric Kawasaki Disease
Dr. Soichiro Kitamura

1:05 PM

Role of Infection in Atherosclerosis
Dr. Peter Liu

1:25 PM

Chagas Disease
Dr. José Ramíres

1:45 PM

Cardiovascular Effects of Hepatitis C Viral Infection
Dr. Hany Negm

2:05 PM Active Learning Q & A with Panel
2:25 PM HEALTH BREAK
3:00 PM

WORKSHOPS AND CASE DISCUSSIONS:
Interactive; Participants are encouraged to bring own cases for discussion           

OPTIONS (Participants please select one):                

[A] Management of Cardiorenal patients
Drs. Christopher Chan and Gordon Moe

[B] Management of Challenging Heart Failure Cases
Dr. Gary Newton

[C] Challenges of Atrial Fibrillation: Case Presentations
Drs. Allan Skanes and Paul Dorian

4:00 PM CCS 2011 NATIONAL WORKSHOP INITIATIVE
Shaping the Future of Heart Failure Management in Canada
The Many Different Faces of Heart Failure
Chair: Dr. Robert McKelvie
5:50 PM Adjournment
6:00 - 9:00 PM SOCIAL EVENT

SATURDAY
JUNE 11, 2011



7:30 AM Registration and Breakfast
ACUTE MI/INTERVENTION
Dr. Christopher Overgaard, Presiding
8:20 AM Overview of Current STEMI Trials 2011
Dr. Christopher Overgaard
8:40 AM Novel Pharmacotherapies for ST Elevation MI: What’s Showing Promise?
Dr. Michel Le May
9:00 AM Adjunct Thrombectomy for ST Elevation MI: Standard of Care for 2011
Dr. Eric Cohen
9:20 AM Active Learning Q & A with Panel
HEART FAILURE
Dr. Malcolm Arnold, Presiding
9:40 AM Acute Heart Failure Syndromes: An Update 2011
Dr. Mihai Gheorghiade
10:00 AM Natriuretic Peptides for the Guided Management of Heart Failure
Dr. James Januzzi
10:20 AM HEALTH BREAK
10:45 AM TAVI and Implications of the PARTNER Trial
Dr. Eric Horlick
11:05 AM EMPHASIS HF
Dr. Faiez Zannad
11:25 AM Active Learning Q & A with Panel
DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 
Dr. Michael Farkouh, Presiding
11:45 AM Relationship of Albuminuria In Cardiovascular Risk
Dr. Matthew Weir
12:05 PM Cardio-Metabolic Recommendations
Dr. David Fitchett
12:25 PM New Target for Diabetes Therapy
Dr. Richard Gilbert
12:45 PM Incretin from Bench to Bedside
Dr. Mansoor Husain
1:05 PM Active Learning Q & A with Panel
1:25 PM Summary and Concluding Remarks
Dr. Peter Liu
1:35 PM

Adjournment
Program Evaluation will be collected and CME credit statements will be handed out at this time.

                       
   

 

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