
Agenda
Friday, October 25 , 2024
4:00 pm REGISTRATION & EXHIBITS VIEWING
Saturday, October 26, 2024
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6:30 AM REGISTRATION, BREAKFAST & EXHIBITS VIEWING
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7:15 AM Welcome & Opening Remarks.
Carlos A. Leon, M.D., FACC
7:20 AM Thick Ventricles. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Amyloidosis
2024 State of the Art Update
Nima Taghipour, MD., FACC, RPVI
8:00 AM Coronary Calcification Simpified
Ca++ Score , CTA - FFR CT and Coronary Intervention
Carlos A. Leon MD., FACC
8:40AM High Risk Interventions
Shockwave and the Conquer of the Calcified Undilatable Stenosis
Samer M. Garas, M.D., FACC, FSCAI
9:10 AM Last Frontier in Coronary Interventions
CTO and Coronary CTA . Friends Working Together for Success
George Pilcher, M.D., FACC and Carlos A. Leon MD., FACC
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9:40 AM QUESTIONS, BREAK & EXHIBITS VIEWING
10:10 AM Cardiac MRI. A Must in Cardiology Imaging. Why and When in 2024.
Lucien N. Abboud, M.D., FACC
10:40 AM Percutaneous Valve Interventions 2024. Success Stories
Samer M. Garas, M.D., FACC, FSCAI
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​11:10 AM ANOCA Stories (Angina with Normal Coronaries)
Salman Farhat, MD., FACC, FSCAI
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12:00 PM QUESTIONS, LUNCH & EXHIBITS VIEWING
1:00 PM Physiologic Cardiac Pacing
A New Era in EP has Arrived
Anthony R. Magnano, M.D., MPH, FACC , FHRS
1:30 PM Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Saumil R. Oza, M.D., FACC
2:00 PM EP Debate
Beyond Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation.
Additional Ablation vs Antiarrhytmic Drugs as Adjuvant Therapy
Anthony R. Magnano, M.D., MPH, FACC , FHRS
Saumil R. Oza, M.D., FACC
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2:30 PM Cardiovascular Diseases in Women
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, SCAD and Takotsubo
Shailee Y. Shah, M.D., FACC
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3:00 PM QUESTIONS, BREAK & EXHIBITS VIEWING
3:20 PM Renal Denervation
The Next Frontier in Hypertension Treatment
George Pilcher M.D., FACC
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3:50 PM Case Presentation
Fascinating Case of Large Vegetations in Pacemaker Leads. Team Work!
Amr F. Barakat, M.D., MSc, FACC and Samer M. Garas, M.D., FACC, FSCAI
4:10 PM Transvenous Lead Extraction
Latest Update. Tips and Tricks
Amr F. Barakat, M.D., MSc, FACC
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4:40 PM FINAL QUESTIONS & ADJOURN
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