THURSDAY,
JUNE 10
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| 7:00 a.m. |
Registration and Breakfast |
| 7:50 a.m. |
Official Welcome and Introduction
Drs. Peter Liu and Gary Newton |
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PROGRESS TO 2010
Dr. Peter Liu, Presiding
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| 8:00 a.m. |
Global Health Perspective on Cardiovascular Disease: Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Sonia Anand |
| 8:20 a.m. |
Clinical Trials Update – Cardiovascular Management in 2010
Dr. Michael Farkouh
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| 8:40 a.m. |
Exciting Advances in Cardiac Science
Dr. Thomas Force |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Panel Discussion with Audience |
| 9:20 a.m. |
DEBATE: Should C-reactive Protein Be Used for Risk Stratification?
Pro: Dr. Jacques Genest
Con: Dr. Thomas Wang
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| 10:00 a.m. |
Health Break |
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Simultaneous Session I
CARDIAC IMAGING
Dr. Robert Beanlands, Presiding
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| 10:30 a.m. |
Assessment of Ischemic Heart Disease: Role of SPECT, PET and CT
Dr. Nisha D’Mello |
| 10:50 a.m. |
Advances in Echocardiography in Heart Failure
Dr.Howard Leong-Poi |
| 11:10 a.m. |
Prognostic Markers Derived from Cardiac Imaging - What Does MRI Offer?
Dr. Ian Paterson |
| 11:30 a.m. |
How to Use Imaging Strategies - A Heart Failure Specialists Perspective
Dr. Justin Ezekowitz |
| 11:50 a.m. |
Panel Discussion with Audience |
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Simultaneous Session II
NEW FRONTIERS OF CARDIAC SCIENCE
Dr. Mansoor Husain, Presiding
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| 10:30 a.m. |
miRNA Function and the Heart
Dr. Burton Yang |
| 10:50 a.m. |
Bioengineering Technologies to Enable Cardiac Regenerative Medicine
Dr. Peter Zandstra |
| 11:10 a.m. |
Targeting Cardiac Remodeling as a Therapeutic Strategy in Heart Failure
Dr. Douglas Mann |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Targeting Inflammation in Heart Failure
Dr. Akira Matsumori |
| 11:50 a.m. |
Panel Discussion with Audience |
| 12:15 p.m. |
LUNCH |
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HYPERTENSION/PREVENTION
Dr. Norman Campbell, Presiding
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| 1:15 p.m. |
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: What are the Priorities in Preventing Cardiovascular Disease?
Dr. Mary George |
| 1:35 p.m. |
Prevention and Control of Hypertension in Canada
Dr. Norman Campbell |
| 1:55 p.m. |
Integrating Preventative Cardiology Recommendations
Dr. Douglas Mann |
| 2:15 p.m. |
Managing and Preventing Obesity - the Tsunami of Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. David Lau |
| 2:35 p.m. |
Panel Discussion with Audience |
| 3:05 p.m. |
Health Break |
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DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Dr. Michael Farkouh, Presiding
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| 3:35 p.m. |
Risk Factor Modification and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Diabetes
Dr. Michael Farkouh |
| 3:55 p.m. |
Blood Pressure Lowering and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Diabetes
Dr. William Cushman |
| 4:15 p.m. |
Lipid Lowering and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Diabetes: Role of Fibrates
Dr. Marshall Elam |
| 4:35 p.m. |
Prevention of Diabetes: Does it Matter?
Dr. Richard Gilbert |
| 4:55 p.m. |
Panel Discussion with Audience |
| 5:25 p.m. |
Adjournment |
FRIDAY,
JUNE 11
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| 7:00 a.m. |
Registration and Breakfast |
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NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE CARDIO-RENAL SYNDROME
Dr. James Scholey, Presiding
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| 8:00 a.m. |
The Microvasculature of the Heart in Experimental Kidney Disease
Dr. Kim Connelly |
| 8:20 a.m. |
Adenosine Receptors and Kidney Function
Dr. David Cherney |
| 8:40 a.m. |
Cardiac Natriuretic Peptides
Dr. John Burnett |
| 9:00 a.m. |
The Heart and End-Stage Renal Disease
Dr. Patrick Parfrey |
| 9:20 a.m. |
Panel Discussion with Audience |
| 9:40 a.m. |
Health Break |
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HEART FAILURE
Dr. Gary Newton, Presiding
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| 10:10 a.m. |
Frailty: Evolving Concepts of Heart Failure in the Elderly
Dr. Douglas Lee |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Anticoagulation in Heart Failure: A Practical Perspective
Dr. Marvin Konstam |
| 10:50 a.m. |
From SOLVD to HEAAL: What We Now Understand About Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibition in Heart Failure
Dr. Marvin Konstam |
| 11:10 a.m. |
Clinical Applications of Biomarkers in Heart Failure
Dr. Wilson Tang |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Panel Discussion with Audience |
| 11:50 a.m. |
LUNCH |
| 12:50- 2:20 p.m. |
2010 CCS NATIONAL WORKSHOP INITIATIVE
Shaping the Future of Heart Failure Management in Canada
The Many Different Faces of Heart Failure [CLICK HERE]
Chair: Dr. Justin Ezekowitz
Faculty: Drs. Robert McKelvie and Gordon Moe
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| 2:20 p.m. |
Health Break |
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Simultaneous Session III
RHYTHM AND DEVICES
Dr. Stuart Connolly, Presiding
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| 2:45 p.m. |
New Developments in Rate vs. Rhythm for Atrial Fibrillation
Dr. Arnold Pinter |
| 3:05 p.m. |
Antithrombotic Strategies for Atrial Fibrillation
Dr. Stuart Connolly |
| 3:25 p.m. |
New Therapies for A-Fibrillation with Coexisting Heart Failure (Drugs & Ablation)
Dr. Kamran Ahmad |
| 3:45 p.m. |
New Indications for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Dr. Anthony Tang |
| 4:05 p.m. |
Panel Discussion with Audience |
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Simultaneous Session IV
BIOINFORMATICS AND PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
Dr. Peter Liu, Presiding
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| 2:45 p.m. |
Bioinformatics Approaches Yielding Biomarkers for Personalized Medicine
Dr. Rong Chen |
| 3:10 p.m. |
Genome-wide Association of Blood Pressure and Hypertension
Dr. Christopher Newton-Cheh |
| 3:35 p.m. |
Genes vs. Environment: Complex Human Disease
Dr. Pavel Hamet |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Panel Discussion with Audience |
| 4:20 p.m. |
WORKSHOPS AND CASE PANEL DISCUSSIONS:
Interactive; Participants are encouraged to bring own cases for discussion
WORKSHOP OPTIONS (Participants please select one):
A. Who and When Should We Send for AICD/CRT or Combination?
Drs. Nadia Giannetti and Anthony Tang
B. Should a Heart Failure Patient Ever Be Discharged From an Outpatient Clinic?
Drs. Malcolm Arnold, Justin Ezekowitz, and Heather Ross
C. Challenges of Atrial Fibrillation: Case Presentations
Drs. Vijay Chauhan and Arnold Pinter
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| 5:30 p.m. |
Adjournment |
| 6:30 p.m. |
DEPART FOR SOCIAL EVENT |
SATURDAY,
JUNE 12
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| 7:30 a.m. |
Registration and Breakfast |
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NOVEL INSIGHTS INTO PHARMACOTHERAPY
Dr. Peter Liu, Presiding
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| 8:20 a.m. |
Clopidogrel-PPI Interaction: Myth or Reality
Dr. Shaun Goodman |
| 8:40 a.m. |
Plasma Renin Activity and Residual Risk
Dr. Eva Lonn |
| 9:00 a.m. |
New Therapies for ACS: Insights and Emerging Evidence
Dr. Vlad Dzavik |
| 9:20 a.m. |
Panel Discussion with Audience |
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HEALTH POLICY
Dr. David Alter, Presiding
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| 9:40 a.m. |
Socioeconomic Determinants of Cardiovascular Risk
Dr. David Alter |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Eliminating Ethnic Disparities in Cardiac Care
Dr. Clyde Yancy |
| 10:20 a.m. |
Knowledge Translation: Harmonizing Cardiovascular Guidelines in Canada
Dr. Peter Liu |
| 10:40 a.m. |
Health Policy Strategies for Heart Disease Prevention – Urban Planning and the Obesity Epidemic
Dr. TBA |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Nutrition Disparities in Canada: Problems and Policy Considerations
Dr. Valerie Tarasuk |
| 11:20 a.m. |
Panel Discussion with Audience |
| 11:40 a.m. |
Health Break |
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ADVANCED HEART FAILURE
Dr. Heather Ross, Presiding
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| 12:00 p.m. |
Optimization of Pharmacotherapy for Advanced Heart Failure
Dr. Nadia Giannetti |
| 12:20 p.m. |
Transcatheter Valve Therapies for Advanced Heart Failure
Dr. Eric Horlick |
| 12:40 p.m. |
Update on Cardiac Transplantation
Dr. Heather Ross |
| 1:00 p.m. |
What is New in Targeted Molecular Therapy
Dr. Roger Hajjar |
| 1:20 p.m. |
Panel Discussion with Audience |
| 1:40 p.m. |
Summary and Concluding Remarks
Dr. Peter Liu |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Adjournment
Program Evaluation will be collected and CME credit statements will be handed out at this time. |
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