Friday, April 25th
7:00 a.m. - Continental Breakfast
Clinical Issues in Ischemic Heart Disease - Coated Stents
Dr. Devang N. Patel, presiding
7:50 a.m. - Introduction
8:00 a.m. - Pathology of Stent Implants, Including Coated Stents
Dr. Farb
8:25 a.m. - Coated Stents Are the Current Therapy of Choice, Including Vulnerable Plaque
Dr. Rogers
8:50 a.m. - Coated Stents Are the Wrong Choice - We Will Still Need Radiation
Dr. Raizner
9:15 a.m. - Panel Discussion
Drs. Farb, Rogers, Raizner, and Patel
Optimum Treatment of Unstable Coronay Syndromes
Dr. Robert J. Chilton, presiding
10:05 a.m. - Introduction
10:15 a.m. - Role of IIb/IIIa in Acute Coronary Syndromes - Epicardial and Myocardial Effects
Dr. Tcheng
10:40 a.m. - Role of PCI in Multivessel Disease - PCI Is Therapy of Choice in 2003
Dr. Kuntz
11:05 a.m. - Multivessel Disease Should Still be Treated Surgically
Dr. King
11:30 a.m. - Panel Discussion
Drs. Tcheng, Kuntz, King, and Chilton
12:00 p.m. - Lunch
Advances in Therapy for Ischemic Heart Disease
Dr. David McCall, presiding
1:20 p.m. - Introduction
1:30 p.m. - Post M. I. Guidelines:
How Are We Doing and Does It Make a Difference?
Dr. McCall
1:55 p.m. - New Medical Treatments for angina Pectoris, p-Fox Inhibitors
Dr. Chaitman
2:20 p.m. - How Do We Improve Our Skills - New Simulators Can Help
Dr. Carroll
2:45 p.m. - Panel Discussion
Drs. Chaitman, Carroll, and McCall
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. - Simulator Training - Test Your Skills in the Lab
Dr. Carroll
Saturday, April 26
7:00 a.m. - Continental Breakfast
Special Situations in Ischemic Heart Disease
Dr. Steven R. Bailey, presiding
7:50 a.m. - Introduction
8:00 a.m. - Practical Advice for Optimizing Therapy in Everyday Practice
Dr. O'Rourke
8:25 a.m. - The Next Step in Guidelines - Where Are the Guidelines
Taking Us After
the Heart Protection Study?
Dr. Chilton
8:50 a.m. - Applying the Guidelines in Everyday Practice
Dr. O'Gara
9:15 a.m. - Panel Discussion
Drs. O'Rourke, Chilton, O'Gara, and Bailey
Peripheral Vascular Disease - Who Should We Be Treating?
Dr. Janet V. Hays, presiding
10:05 a.m. - Introduction
10:15 a.m. - Renal Artery Stenosis - We Should Be More Aggressive!
Dr. White
10:40 a.m. - Carotid Stenosis, Srugery or Stent - What Should We Do?
Dr. Jaff
11:05 a.m. - Peripheral Arterial Disease - Surgery Is Obsolete
Dr. Carroll
11:45 a.m. - Panel Discussion
Drs. White, Jaff, Carroll, and Hays
12:00 p.m. - Adjournment, Program Evaluation and CME Credit
(Return to previous schedule)
