Friday, September 8th
7:00-7:50 a.m. - Continental Breakfast
Non-Invasive Assessment of Diastolic Function
John M. Erikson, MD, Presiding
7:50 am - Introduction
8:00 am - Non-Invasive Assessment of Diastolic
Function Methodology, Techniques, Interpretation
Sanjiv Kaul, MD
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Debate: Echo-Doppler Assessment of Diastolic Function
8:25 am - Pro: Echo-Doppler Assessment of Diastolic Function
is Important in Every Patient
Miguel Zabalgoitia, MD
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8:50 am - Con: Echo-Doppler Assessment
of Diastolic Function is Useless
Sanjiv Kaul, MD
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9:15 am - Update on Intravascular Imaging: IVUS, OCT and Spectroscopy
Marc D. Feldman, MD
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9:45 am - Break / Visit Exhibits
Cutting Edge of Cardiac Imaging
Janet Hays, MD, Presiding
10:00 am - Introduction
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10:10 am - Vascular Profling: CT and MRI Approaches
John Hodgson, MD
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10:30 am - The Expanding Role of Intraoperative
Echocardiography in Complex Mitral Valve
Repair: A Tutorial for the Imager
John M. Erikson, MD
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10:50 am - Echocardiography in the Modern Cardiac
Catheterization Laboratory: What is Being
Closed, Repaired and Replaced
John M. Erikson, MD
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Debate: CT Imaging Will Replace
Diagnostic Angiography
11:10 am - Pro: New Technologies Allow Diagnostic Screening Now!
John Hodgson, MD
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11:30 am - Con: So you found a problem, now what?
Sanjiv Kaul, MD
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12:00 pm - Lunch and learn
Case Based Presentations:
What Test Would You Use (and Why)
Valvular Heart Disease:
Emerging Percutaneous Therapies
William Wu, MD, Presiding
1:00 pm - Introduction
1:10 pm - Perctuaneous Mitral Valve Repair
Ted Feldman, MD
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1:30 pm - Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement:
On the Horizon or Over the Edge?
Steven R. Bailey, MD
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1:50 pm - Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Therapy
Ziyad M. Hijazi, MD, MPH
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2:10 pm - Surgery Is Really The Only Proven
Treatment For Valvular Disease
Michael J. Mack, MD
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2:30 pm - Break / Visit Exhibits
2:45 to 5:00 pm - Case Based Review of
Percutaneous Valve Repair and Replacement
Audience Participation via Computer Based
Interaction with Panel
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Saturday, September 9th
7:00 a.m. - Continental Breakfast / Visit Exhibits
Current Trends and Evolving Applicatons
Umesh Arora, MD, Presiding
7:50 am - Introduction
8:00 am - Carotid Artery Stenting: Who Qualifes in 2006?
Michael Wholey, MD
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8:25 am - SFA Interventions: Who and When?
Christopher White, MD
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8:50 am - Below the Knee: A Vessel Too Far?
Richard Smalling, MD
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9:15 am - Percutaneous Repair of AAA
Zvonomir Kracjer, MD
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9:45 am - Break / Visit Exhibits
Non Vascular Cardiac Interventions:
What you never Learned in Fellowship
Steven R. Bailey, MD, Presiding
10:00 am - Introduction
10:05 am - ASD and PFO:
Current Approaches To Treatment
Ted Feldman, MD
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10:25 am - Atrial Appendage Closure:
Who is Likely To Benefit
Mark Reisman, MD
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10:50 am - VSD Repair in Adults: When and How
Steven R. Bailey, MD
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11:15 am - PDA, Coarcts and All Those Other Problems
Charles E. Mullins, MD
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11:45 am - Panel Discussion
12:00 pm - Adjournment and Program Evaluation
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