ACC.11: Philips Hands-On Learning Labs Registration

1. Speckle Tracking: From Cardiac Mechanics to Outcome
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2. Integrating 3D Ultrasound in the Cath Lab for Structural Heart Disease repair – today and tomorrow
Speaker: John D. Carroll, MD Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver; Director, Interventional Cardiology, Medical Director, Cardiac and Vascular Center University of Colorado Hospital
Description: Dr. Carroll introduces the concept and benefits of ultrasound integration in the cath lab – presenting images and statistics from complex Atrial Septal Defect closures and other advanced SHD cases. Dr. Carroll discusses the indications for Real-time 3D TEE today and in the future.
Sunday - April 3, 12:30-13:30
Monday - April 4, 12:30-13:30

3. Hypothermia for Cardiac Protection in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Speaker: Prof. David Erlinge, M.D., PhD, FESC Head, Dept. of Cardiology; Lund University Hospital, Sweden
Description: This presentation will provide an overview of the development of endovascular therapeutic hypothermia to reduce infarct size in conscious patients with anterior and large inferior STEMI including pre-clinical and clinical data; the effect of therapeutic hypothermia on cardiogenic shock & reactive hyperemia as well as emerging clinical trials & protocols will also be discussed.
Sunday - April 3, 15:46-16:45
Monday - April 4, 15:46-16:45

4. Management Tips for the Heart Failure Patient with Sleep Disordered Breathing
Speaker 1: Darshak Karia, MD FACC; Section Chief, Heart Failure Medical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support Program Einstein Heart and Vascular Institute, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia PA, USA
Speaker 2: William T. Abraham, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA, FESC - Professor of Internal Medicine, Cell Biology, and Physiology, Chair of Excellence in Cardiovascular Medicine Director, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio, USA
Description: This session will focus on the growing recognition and management of patients with Heart Failure and Sleep Disordered Breathing. The physician will focus on their management techniques for patients with acute and chronic heart failure who also have co-existing Sleep Disordered Breathing.
Monday - April 4, 9:30 – 10:30 am

5. Practical aspects of Managing a Sleep Disordered Breathing patient with Cardiovascular Disease.
Speaker: Lee A. Surkin, MD, FACC, FCCP, FASNC - Cardiology Wellness Specialists Williamston SC, USA
Description: This session will focus on the growing recognition and management of patients with Cardiovascular Disease and Sleep Disordered Breathing. The physician will focus on their identification and management techniques for patients with cardiovascular disease & co-existing Sleep Disordered Breathing.
Sunday - April 3, 9:30- 10:30

6. Tips and Techniques to Reduce Dose & Artifacts and accuracy on your cardiac CT
Speaker: MILIND Y. DESAI, M.D. Director, Cardiac CT and MRI Heart and Vascular Institute; Associate Profession of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Description: Tips and Techniques to Reduce Dose; Have you struggled with maintaining image quality while lowering radiation dose? Learn tips and techniques on how to reduce radiation dose in cardiac CT while maintaining optimal image quality. Artifacts and accuracy on your cardiac CT; Artifacts in cardiac CT can potentially hamper your diagnostic accuracy.
Sunday - April 3, 14:15-15:15
Monday - April 4, 11:00-12:00