Wednesday, April 21st
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Registration
Thursday, April 22nd
7:00 a.m. - Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:45 a.m. - Welcome:
Dr. Steven R. Bailey and Dr. Gregory L. Freeman
Atherosclerosis: Targeting the Lesion?
Dr. Steven R. Bailey, presiding
7:50 a.m. - Introduction
8:00 a.m. - Pathology of Ischemic Heart Disease - What They Didn't Tell You!
Dr. Virmani
8:25 a.m. - Inflammation in Atherogenesis: From Bench to Bedside
Dr. Peter Libby and Dr. Steven R. Bailey
8:50 a.m.- Atherosclerossis and Genetics: Has the Link Been Identified?
Dr. Christie Ballantyne
9:15 a.m. - Panel Discussion
Drs. Virmani, Bailey and Ballantyne
9:45 a.m. - Coffee Break
Imaging Atherosclerosis: What can we see today?
Dr. Gregory Freeman, presiding
10:10 a.m. - Introduction
10:15 a.m. - Imaging Plaque Using Smart
Cells: Honing in on Plaque
Dr. Freeman
10:40 a.m. - Intravascular Ultrasonic Assessment of Atherosclerosis
Dr. Tuzcu
11:05 a.m. - Optical Coherence Tomography
Dr. Feldman
11:30 a.m. - Panel Discussion
Drs. Freeman, Tuzcu, and Feldman
12:00 p.m. - Lunch
Advances in Treatment of Atherosclerosis
Dr. Gregory L. Freeman, presiding
1:20 p.m. - Introduction
1:30 p.m.- Aggressive Management of Atherosclerotic Vascular
Disease: What Have We Learned From the Heart Protection Study
and HOPE and EUROPA trials?
Dr. Rapaport
1:55 p.m. - Integrating the Guideline for Unstable Angina,
Non ST-Elevation Acute MI into real world practice
Dr. O'Gara
2:20 p.m. - Non-traditional Therapies in Acute coronary Syndromes -
Anti-infectives, Anti-inflammatories (statins, etc.)
Dr. Willerson
2:45 p.m. - Panel Discussion
Drs. Rapaport, O'Gara, Willerson and Freeman
3:00 - 3:15 p.m. - Coffee Break
3:15 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. - Interactive Case Presentations:
Integrating Care
Dr. John M. Erikson, presiding
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Welcoming Reception
