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Conference
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Thursday,
September 11
| 4:00 - 6:30 pm |
Pre-conference Lecture - Skolnik Transparency Act (1 COPIC Point) |
| 6:00 - 8:00 pm |
Reception and Poster Session
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Friday,
September 12 Arrhythmias and Ablations
| 7:00 - 7:15 am |
Introduction |
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| 7:15 - 8:00 am |
Michael Barber, M.D., Ph.D. (Colorado Springs Cardiologists) ~ Autonomic Nervous System and Arrhythmias: The Brain-Heart Connection |
| 8:00 - 8:45 am |
Will Sauer, M.D. (Univ. of Colorado) ~ Which Arrhythmias Can be Ablated without the need for Drug Trials. |
| 8:45 - 9:30 am |
Christopher R. Cole, M.D. (Colorado Springs Cardiologists)
~ Why should I refer my AF patients for ablation after the AFFIRM/RACE/HOT-CAFE studies? |
| 9:30 - 9:45 am |
Break |
| 9:45 - 10:30 am |
Sunil Nath, M.D. (Heart Center of the Rockies) ~
How can I avoid rhythm problems in my Heart Failure Patients? |
| 10:30 - 11:15 am |
Bruce Wilkoff, M.D. (The Cleveland Clinic) ~ Integrated Approach to Heart Failure therapy, Images, Drugs and Devices |
| 11:15 - 1:00 pm |
Working Lunch - Documentation (1 COPIC Point) |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm |
Hands On Session - Electroanatomical Mapping Using the CARTO system
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Saturday,
September 13 Heart Failure and Devices
| 7:15 - 8:00am |
David Haines, M.D. (Beaumont) - What does the Cardiologist need to know about Elctrophysiology? |
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| 8:00am - 8:45 am |
Blair Grubb (Univ. of Toledo) ~ Syncope: Cost Effective Evaluation. |
| 8:45 - 9:15 am |
Debate ~ Are ICDs for everyone with low EFs really economically practical?
Protagonist - Bruce Wilkoff, M.D.
Antagonist - David Haines, M.D. |
| 9:15 - 10:00 am |
John Mehill, M.D. (Colorado Springs Cardiothoracic Surgery) - Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Surgery in 2008. |
| 10:00 - 10:30 am |
Break |
| 10:30 - 11:15 am |
Sanjiv Narayan, M.D. (UCSD) - How can we best target ICD Therapy in 2008? |
| 11:15 - 12:00 pm |
Ivan Casserly, M.D. (University of Colorado) ~ Update in Interventional Cardiology 2008 |
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| 6:30 pm |
Conference Dinner - (Included for conference attendees, $75 charge for guests.)
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Sunday, September 14
| Departures during the day. |
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