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Cardiovascular Healthcare Professionals Symposium (CHPS)

Sunday, October 06, 2013
8:00 AM - 8:10 AMWelcome and Course Overview
   
Peripheral Artery Disease
8:10 AM - 8:30 AMPAD: What Are the Benefits of Early Diagnosis?
8:30 AM - 8:50 AMMedical Therapy for PAD: Is There Anything New?
8:50 AM - 9:10 AMSegmental Pressures, CTA, MRA, and Duplex Ultrasound: What Test to Order and When?
9:10 AM - 9:30 AMSmoking Cessation: Can We Actually Succeed in Getting Our Patients to Quit?
9:30 AM - 9:40 AMVIDEOTAPED DEMONSTRATION - ABI MEASUREMENT
9:40 AM - 10:00 AMPanel Discussion
10:00 AM - 10:20 AMREFRESHMENT BREAK
10:20 AM - 10:40 AMCritical Limb Ischemia – Scope of the Problem
10:40 AM - 11:00 AMPoint - Counterpoint: Surgery is Still the Best Option for Most Patients with CLI
11:00 AM - 11:20 AMPoint - Counterpoint: “Endovascular First” Is the Only Way to Go!
11:20 AM - 11:40 AMMonitoring Patients After Surgical or Endovascular Interventions: What Do the Guidelines Tell Us?
11:40 AM - 12:00 PMCase Presentation: Complex Infrapopliteal Occlusive Disease and CLI: Creative Access Techniques
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMLUNCH
   
Promising Therapies in the Cath Lab: “Hold ‘em or Fold ‘em”
1:00 PM - 1:20 PMNew Anti-Platelet Agents: What Drug to Use and When?
1:20 PM - 1:40 PMRadial Access: Should This Be the Default Approach in the Cath Lab?
1:40 PM - 2:00 PMNew Generation Drug-Eluting Stents: Advantages and Choices
2:00 PM - 2:20 PMNew Anti-Coagulants: Making Sense of it All
2:20 PM - 2:40 PMBioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds: The Next Greatest Thing?
2:40 PM - 3:00 PMRenal Denervation: Hope or Hype?
3:00 PM - 3:15 PMBeyond Angiography – Imaging is What I Need! (IVUS/OCT)
3:15 PM - 3:30 PMREFRESHMENT BREAK
3:30 PM - 4:00 PMVIDEOTAPED CASE DEMONSTRATION - LOWER EXTREMITY INTERVENTION
4:00 PM - 4:20 PMTAVI: Current and Next Generation Devices and Approaches
4:20 PM - 4:40 PMLeft Atrial Appendage Closure Devices – Rationale and Use
4:40 PM - 5:00 PMPercutaneous Mitral Valve Therapies – The Next Wave
5:00 PM - 5:30 PMPanel Discussion
5:30 PMDAY ONE CONCLUDES