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To secure your room at Disney’s Contemporary Resort at the discounted group rate of $209.00 (for a standard room), please call the Group Reservations Office at (407) 824- 3869 and state that you will be attending the Foundation of the Florida Chapter American College of Cardiology program. Group rates will be based on availability (Additional persons 18 and older, add $25 per person per night.)

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The 29th Annual Perspectives on
New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques
in Clinical Cardiology

January 22-24, 2010


Disney’s Contemporary Resort
Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, FL

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AGENDA
Friday, January 22, 2010


7:00am Registration/Continental Breakfast

7:45am Welcome, Introduction, Course Objectives, General Information, Drs. C. Richard Conti and Jamie B. Conti

8:00am - 10:00am Heart Failure Management Moderator: Dr. J. Hill Panel: Drs. R. Schofield, J. Aranda, C.R. Conti, D. Pauly

8:00am Vasopressin Antagonist Therapy Why And Why Not?- J. Hill

8:20am Myocarditis: Does Imaging Or Biopsy Help Make A Specific Diagnosis And Does It Really Matter?- D. Pauly

8:40am Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy 2010: Why Success-Why Failure?: CRT In Mild Heart Failure- J. Aranda

9:00am Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Diagnosis, Therapy, Who Improves, Who Does Not? – R. Schofield

9:20am Chemotherapy Induced Cardiomyopathy: Prevention And Treatment. – J. Aranda

9:40am Pharmacogenomics And Heart Failure Management- Will It Be Available In The Near Future?-D. Pauly

10:00am Refreshment Break

10:30am Imaging

10:30am .Cardiac CT Using 320 Detectors: Is It Necessary? – J. Hill

10:50am Cardiac MRI And Gadolinium –Safe Or Not Safe In Patients With Renal Dysfunction?- C. Schmalfuss

11:10am Cardiovascular Studies And The Radiation Dose- C.R. Conti

11:40am Cardiovascular Surgery Moderator: Dr. C.R. Conti

11:40am What Are We Learning Form The STICH Trial?: Revascularization Of Patients With LV Dysfunction- C. Klodel

12:00pm Tricuspid Valve Surgery For Tricuspid Insufficiency And Peripheral Edema- C. .Klodell

12:15pm Hybrid Procedures: A Cath Lab In The OR or An OR In The Cath Lab.-C. Klodell, T. Beaver

12:30pm Innovations In Thoracic Aortic Surgery For Aneurysm And Dissection -T. Beaver

12:45pm Balloons For The Heart: New Minimally Invasive Surgical Devices - T. Beaver
1.) Basal Annuloplasty Of The Cardia Externally (BACE) For Functional Mitral Regurgitation
2.) The C Pulse Device For Heart Failure

1:00pm Adjournment

Saturday, January 23, 2010

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00am Electrophysiology Moderator: Dr. W. Miles Panel: Drs. J. Conti, G. Woo, C. Hudson, C.R. Conti

9:40am Realistic Assessment Of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Ablation vs. Antiarrhythmic Therapy Long Term Cure Or Palliation? Results Of The Therma Cool AF Trial- W. Miles

10:00am Refreshment Break

10:30am Dronedarone Therapy For Atrial Fibrillation: Drug Characteristics And Results Of The Athena Trial—C. Hudson

10:50am Common And Unusual Complications During Pacemaker And ICD Implantation- J. Conti

11:10am Implantable Loop Recorder In Unexplained Syncope: When And Why-G. Woo

Miscellaneous Topics

11:30am EECP: Potential For Use In Acute Coronary Syndromes— C.R. Conti

12:00pm Hypertension; Case Examples Of What Can Be Done To Improve Management Strategies –E. Handberg

12:30pm Physiology Of Pregnancy And The Pregnant Patient With CV Disease: Drugs To Use And Avoid – J. Conti

1:00pm Adjournment

Sunday, January 24, 2010

7:30am Continental Breakfast

8:00am Diabetes For The Cardiologist- C. Pepine

8:30am The Polypill Story: What Is It And Who Might Need It? - M. Limacher

9:00am Interventional Cardiology Moderator: Dr. R.D. Anderson Panel: Drs C.R. Conti , A. Bavry, S. Denardo, C. Klodell
1. Which Patients Should Receive Prasugrel?
2. Do We Have To Catheterize The Patient With NSTEMI Immediately? The ABOARD Trial
3. Is This The End Of The GP2b3aEra? The Early-ACS Trial
4. Should All Patients Be Statin - Loaded Before PCI? The Amyda-Recapture Trial

10:00am Refreshment Break

10:30am Update On The Percutaneous Treatment Of Women With ACS- A. Bavry

10:50am Syntax Trial And Syntax Scoring System; Can Results Be Applied To Clinical Practice? - R.D. Anderson

11:10am Commentary: T. Beaver/C. Klodell

11:20am Aortic Stenosis: Aortic Balloon Valvuloplasty And Percutaneous Valve Replacement- R.D. Anderson

11:40am Is It Necessary To Use IVUS, Oct or Ffr To Evaluate Coronary Stenosis Severity In Stable And Unstable Angina Patients? - S. Denardo

12:00pm Adjournment, Program Evaluations, and CME Credit statements to be collected at this time.