TRUTH IN EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE CHALLENGE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM TRANSFORM YOUR THINKING FINAL PROGRAM October 20-25, 2007 Washington Convention Center · Washington, DC CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION® UC200801693EN_TCT07Ad_v5ƒ_live.pdf 9/21/07 12:13:59 PM I8I%,7ddi](&&. C[Zjhed_Y9WhZ_eLWiYkbWh ^\]ihgZhZgkZY#J8'%%-%&+.(:C ;dgY^hig^Wji^dc^ci]ZJH6dcan#'%%,BZYigdc^X!>cX#6aag UC200801693EN_TCT07Ad_v5ƒ_live.pdf 9/21/07 12:13:59 PM I8I%,7ddi](&&. C[Zjhed_Y9WhZ_eLWiYkbWh ^\]ihgZhZgkZY#J8'%%-%&+.(:C ;dgY^hig^Wji^dc^ci]ZJH6dcan#'%%,BZYigdc^X!>cX#6aag TRANSCATHETER CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPEUTICS TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRO The Difficult Patient: Diagnostic and Management Dilemmas ............. 31 Course Directors .............................................................................. 6 The Drug-Eluting Stent Summit, Part 1 ........................................... 32 SPECIAL ACTIVITIES Tough Calls in the Cath Lab: Advanced Hemodynamics and Angiography ..................................................... 33 30th Anniversary of Angioplasty ........................................................ 7 Vascular Access and Intervention: From Femoral Cath Lab of the Future ..................................................................... 7 Access to Closure Devices to Transradial Interventions ....................... 34 Challenging Cases ............................................................................ 7 Vulnerable Plaque: Pathophysiology, Detection, Percutaneous Intervention for the Surgeon ......................................... 7 and Therapeutic Intervention, Part 1 ............................................... 35 TCT-Supported Charity. ..................................................................... 7 International Lounge ........................................................................ 7 SUNDAY Breakfast Meetings ........................................................................ 36 TCT Live ......................................................................................... 7 Special Breakfast Session ............................................................... 36 Appreciation Luncheon .................................................................... 7 High-Risk Angioplasty and Cardiogenic Shock: Live Case Review Stations ................................................................ 7 Winners of the Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Case Competition .............. 36 CME INFORMATION SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS CME Accreditation And Designation .................................................. 8 Percutaneous Intervention for the Surgeon, Part 2 ............................ 36 Learning Objectives ......................................................................... 8 Board Review Course with Self Assessment for Target Audience ............................................................................... 8 Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Therapy, Part 2 ............... 36 Activity Evaluation ........................................................................... 8 Cardiovascular Non-Invasive Imaging: CTA, MRI, and Beyond (with Reading Sessions with the Experts), Part 2 ............ 37 Disclosure Statement ....................................................................... 8 Interventional Strategies and Adjunct Pharmacology Program Sponsorship and Support ..................................................... 8 in ACS and AMI, Part 2 .................................................................. 38 FACULTY Molecular Cardiology Breakthroughs: International.................................................................................... 9 Cell Therapy and Angiogenesis, Part 2 ............................................. 40 United States ................................................................................ 13 The Drug-Eluting Stent Summit, Part 2 ........................................... 41 LIVE CASE SITES Vulnerable Plaque: Pathophysiology, Detection, and Therapeutic Intervention, Part 2 ............................................... 43 International.................................................................................. 24 Bifurcation and Left Main Stenting: United States ................................................................................ 24 An Advanced Operator’s Workshop ................................................... 44 SATURDAY Chronic Total Occlusions: Basic and Expert Techniques ..................... 46 Interventional Therapies for Adult Congenital Heart SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS Disease and Structural Defects (Featuring A Mini-Course on Percutaneous Intervention for the Surgeon, Part 1 ............................ 26 Transseptal Catheterization) ............................................................ 48 Board Review Course with Self Assessment Innovative Devices and Futuristic Concepts I: Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, Part 1 ............. 27 Novel Bare Metal and Drug-Eluting Stents........................................ 49 Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialists Innovative Devices and Futuristic Concepts II: (RCIS) Review Course .................................................................... 27 Non-Stent-Based Technologies ........................................................ 51 Cardiovascular Non-Invasive Imaging: CTA, MRI, and Beyond IVUS and Physiologic Lesion Assessment Workshop: (with Reading Sessions with the Experts), Part 1 .............................. 27 Applications in the DES Era ............................................................ 53 Interventional Strategies and Adjunct Pharmacology 16th Annual Nurse and Technologist Symposium .............................. 54 in ACS and AMI, Part 1 .................................................................. 28 Peripheral Vascular Intervention: Evaluation and Molecular Cardiology Breakthroughs: Therapeutic Options ....................................................................... 56 Cell Therapy and Angiogenesis, Part 1 ............................................. 29 The Valvular Heart Disease Summit ................................................. 57 Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Evening Symposia .......................................................................... 59 Cardiomyopathy ............................................................................. 29 The Carotid Workshop: Exploring the Controversies from Diagnosis to Intervention ........................................................ 30 4 TRUTH IN EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE · CHALLENGE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM · TRANSFORM YOUR THINKING TABLE OF CONTENTS MONDAY WEDNESDAY Breakfast Meetings ........................................................................ 60 Breakfast Meetings ........................................................................ 82 RO T Physician Training Center ............................................................... 60 Physician Training Center ............................................................... 82 IN Main Arena ................................................................................... 60 Main Arena .................................................................................. 82 Coronary Theater ........................................................................... 61 Coronary Theater ........................................................................... 83 Endovascular Theater ..................................................................... 62 Endovascular Theater ..................................................................... 84 tURDAY AGENDA Structural Heart Disease Theater ..................................................... 62 Structural Heart Disease Theater ..................................................... 84 SA Morning Concurrent Sessions .......................................................... 63 Board Review Course with Self Assessment for Lunchtime Activities ...................................................................... 65 Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, Part 5 ............ 85 DAY Hot Topics, Hot Lunches ................................................................ 65 Morning Concurrent Sessions .......................................................... 85 SUN AGENDA Case Reviews with the Experts ........................................................ 66 Lunchtime Activities ...................................................................... 87 Board Review Course with Self Assessment for Hot Topics, Hot Lunches ................................................................ 87 Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, Part 3 ............ 66 Case Reviews with the Experts ........................................................ 88 DAY AGENDA Afternoon Concurrent Sessions ........................................................ 66 Afternoon Concurrent Sessions ........................................................ 89 MON Special Evening Sessions ............................................................... 69 Evening Symposia .......................................................................... 90 Evening Symposia .......................................................................... 69 MODERATED COMPLEX CASE REVIEW SESSIONS DAY UES AGENDA TUESDAY Monday, October 22 ....................................................................... 92 T Breakfast Meetings .......................................................................