Registration and Continental Breakfast

Welcome and Course Overview - Charanjit S. Rihal, M.D.

The Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease - Bernard J. Gersh, M.B.Ch.B., D. Phil.

The Genetic Basis for CAD - Robert D. Simari, M.D.

NMR Lipid Fractionation and New Approaches to HDL - Gerald T. Gau, M.D.

Coronary Artery Disease in Women: Lessons from WISE - C. Noel Bairey Merz, M.D.

Panel Discussion - Drs. Gersh, Simari, Gau & Bairey Merz

Refreshment Break

Diet, Lifestyle and Supplements - Gerald T. Gau, M.D.

Illustrative Cases: Clinical Pearls in Prevention
Panel: Drs. Gersh, Simari,Gau & Bairey Merz
Moderator: Dr. Lerman

Lunch

Cardiac MR and Coronary Artery Disease - Christopher M. Kramer, M.D.

PET and Nuclear Imaging in the Assessment of CAD
- Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, M.D.

Cardiac CTA and Imaging of the Coronaries - Christopher M. Kramer, M.D.

Refreshment Break

Intracoronary Imaging: Where Do We Stand? - Amir Lerman, M.D.

Echocardiography in CAD and MI - A. Jamil Tajik, M.D.

Illustrative Cases: Clinical Pearls in Detection
Panel: Drs. Kramer, Chareonthaitawee, Tajik & Lerman
Moderator: Dr. Tajik

Continental Breakfast

Course Overview - Dr. Amir Lerman

Antithrombins and Antiplatelet Therapy in 2008 - Malcolm R. Bell, M.D.

PCI Without On-Site Surgery: Class 1 or Class 3? - Kirk N. Garratt, M.D.

Use and Abuse of Bio-Markers in Clinical Practice - Malcolm R. Bell, M.D.

Reperfusion Strategies for STEMI: What’s Next? - Kirk N. Garratt, M.D.

Apical Ballooning Syndrome: A New Acute Cardiac Syndrome
- Charanjit S. Rihal, M.D.

Refreshment Break

SPECIAL CASE PRESENTATION IN STABLE CAD - Charanjit S. Rihal, M.D.
1. The Surgical Perspective - Rakesh M. Suri, M.D.
2. The Interventional Perspective - David R. Holmes, Jr., M.D.
3. The Medical Perspective - Gerald T. Gau, M.D.

Panel Discussion
Panel: Drs. Rihal, Suri, Holmes & Gau
Moderator: Dr. Gersh

New Surgical Approaches to CAD: Total Arterial, Off-Pump, Minimally Invasive & Robotics - Rakesh M. Suri, M.D., D.Phil.

Lunch

Concurrent Session 1: Case Based Interventional Cardiology Symposium
Moderator: David R. Holmes, Jr., M.D.

Hemodynamic Support
Dr. Rihal

STEMI in the Cath Lab
Dr. Bell

Renovascular and Coronary Disease
Dr. Mathew

Physiology in the Cath Lab
Dr. Lerman

Concurrent Session 2: Clinical Nursing: Achieving Quality Care
Moderators: John F. Bresnahan, M.D. and William Schnell

STEMI: Providing Treatment in 2008
M. Christine Bjerke, RN, BSN

Bedside Quality Efforts
Laura Wentworth MS, APRN-BC, RN
Shauna Schad MS, APRN-BC, RN

Protocol / Order Sets
Nicotine Dependence Protocol
Phase 2 Cardiac Rehabilitation Protocol
Shauna Schad, MS, APRN-CB, RN

Advance Practice Providers:
Management Pearls

Inpatient Management and Treatment of
Unstable Angina/NSTEMI
M. Cecilia Tagle, ACNP

Coronary Disease and ED, Pharmaceutical
Options
Michele Yeadon, CNP

Myalgias and Amnesia: Statins Under Attack
Chest Pain Jeopardy
William Schnell, PA-C

Course Overview - Dr. Robert D. Simari

The Stent Patient Needing Non-Cardiac Surgery - Charanjit S. Rihal, M.D.

What to Do With the Non-Revascularizable Patient - Guy S. Reeder, M.D.

Atherosclerotic Arterial Disease: Parallels Between the Kidney and the Heart - Verghese Mathew, M.D.

Should we Revascularize for LV Dysfunction? - Bernard J. Gersh,M.B.Ch.B., D. Phil.

Regenerative Therapies for CAD - Robert D. Simari, M.D.

Refreshment Break

Reimbursement: What’s Happening and How it Affects You - James L. Ryan, MHA