Thursday 07 June 2018
0800 - 1030 SESSION 1
CONCURRENT SESSIONS (Choose one)
0800 – 1030 Master Class 1 (for doctors and fellows)
Chair: Stephen Fenton
0800 - 0900 Warm-up lectures:
0800 - 0835 “When do you need to consider ablation for your patients with VT and VF?” Sam Asirvatham
0835 - 0845 Questions and discussion - Sam Asirvatham
0845 - 0905 “The case against intervention in chronic total occlusion: a surgeon’s perspective” Michael Mack
0905 - 1030 Module 1 Case-based questions
Introduction: Rick Nishimura
Moderators: Rick Nishimura, Carole Warnes, Greg Scalia
Panel: Bernard Gersh, Bob Vogel, Lynne Pressley, David Colquhoun, Clara Chow
0830 - 1030 Secret Sonographers Business 1 (for sonographers and trainees)
Chairs: David Prior, Tony Forshaw
0830 - 0832 Welcome and introduction - chairs
0832 - 0847 “Diastolic function assessment in 2018: a very brief overview” Darryl Burstow
0847- 0902 “Diastolic cases: the guidelines in practice (illustrative case examples)” Bonita Anderson
0902 - 0920 “Aortic valve assessment in the TAVR era” Liza Thomas
0920 - 0930 “Common measurement errors in AVR assessment” Ruth Ramm
0930 - 0948 “What operation is that? Know the plumbing following surgical repair for CHD” Dorothy Radford
0948 -1000 “Congenital heart disease cases with audience questions” Rachael Cordina, David Scicluna
1000 -1030 “Cases, Cases, Cases: From the ICU, cath lab and more!” David Platts, Ryan Maxwell, Phil Currie
1030 -1100 Coffee Break and Expo
1100 - 1315 SESSION 2
Special Symposium: “Women and CV Disease”
Chairs: Gemma Figtree, Emily Granger
1100 -1120 “Monet or Manet? What’s different about women and how to recognize female-pattern cardiovascular disease?” Noel Bairey Merz
1120 -1140 “CV disease in women - can pregnancy predict future risk?” Carole Warnes
1140 -1200 “Heart Failure in women - from cause to cure” Chris Hayward
1200 -1220 “Are arrhythmias different in women?” Sam Asirvatham
1220 -1240 “Heart disease and pregnancy: what you need to know” Carole Warnes
1240 -1255 “Indications and issues with CT testing in women” Matt Budoff
1255 -1315 Panel discussion: Sam Asirvatham, Noel Bairey-Merz, Matt Budoff, Chris Hayward, Carole Warnes
1315 -1355 Lunch and Expo
Thursday Concurrent Workshops
Attend 2 of 8 workshops. Stay in one if you prefer or move between 2 of your choosing.
1355 - 1455 Concurrent Workshops A
A1 ECG Pearls with Sam Asirvatham
Supported by David Whalley, Mark McGuire
A2 Surgery and Intervention - Structural
Chairs: Martin Ng, Manu Mathur
Minilecture 1: “Surgical treatment of MR” Jurgen Passage
Minilecture 2: “An update on new and novel valves and devices” Ravi Bindi
Cases: Emily Granger & Rahul Sharma
Panel: Darren Walters, Aubrey Almeida, Greg Scalia, Hugh Wolfenden, Julie Humphries, Sharon Kay
A3 Lipids and Prevention
Chairs: David Sullivan, Warwick Bishop
Minilecture 1: "How gene-based lipid trials are affecting your practice "Bob Vogel
Minilecture 2: “The benefits of garlic” Matt Budoff
Cases: Bob Vogel & Len Kritharides
Panel: David Colquhoun, Tony Keech, Con Aroney, Richard Dunn, Matt Budoff, Christian Hamilton-Craig, Paul Nestel
A4 Women and Cardiovascular Disease
Chairs: Lynne Pressley, Helen Thomson
Minilecture 1: “Managing anticoagulation in pregnancy” Carole Warnes
Minilecture 2: “AMI with no obstructive CAD - fact or fiction?” Noel Bairey Merz
Cases Noel Bairey Merz and Carole Warnes
Panel: Clara Chow, Julie Mundy, Rebecca Kozor, Rachael Cordina, Gemma Figtree, Liza Thomas
1455 Bell Ring and Changeover
1500 - 1600 Concurrent Workshops B
B1 ECG Pearls with Sam Asirvatham
Supported by David Whalley, Mark McGuire
B2 Surgery and Intervention - Coronary
Chairs: Hugh Wolfenden, Julie Mundy
Minilecture 1: “Evolution and future direction of coronary stents” Rahul Sharma
Minilecture 2: “Design of a coronary bypass operation” Peter Tesar
Cases: Martin Ng & Craig Juergens
Panel: Peter Tesar, Manu Mathur, Aubrey Almeida, Andrew MacIsaac, Jason Sharp, Brian Bailey
B3 Sports Cardiology
Chairs: David Prior, Aaron Baggish
Minilecture 1: “Devices in athletes” Chris Semsarian
Minilecture 2: “Current roles for ECG screening and functional testing” Andre La Gerche
Cases: Bob Vogel & Rick Nishimura
Panel: Tony Freeman, Fiona Foo, Andre La Gerche, Chris Semsarian, Lynne Pressley, Sharon Kay
B4 Imaging in Clinical Practice
Chairs: David Platts, Rachael Cordina
Case presentations:
Case 1: Stuart Moir “Why is my patient short of breath”
Case 2: Carole Warnes “A case of congenital heart disease”
Case 3. Leah Wright “Pulmonary hypertension”
Case 4. Raj Puranik “CMR in clinical practice”
Case 5. Ryan Maxwell “A case of dyspnea and murmur”
Panel: Darryl Burstow, Helen Thomson, Liza Thomas, Ruth Ramm, Julie Humphries, Bonita Anderson, Greg Scalia
1600 -1630 Coffee Break and end of Thursday clinical sessions
1630 - 1715 OPTIONAL SESSION 4 (for doctors)
“Update on Medicare Review” Rick Harper